CARE, GIFTS, and HOPE
I apologize for my absence! However, I have a great deal to share. As many of you know, I am in the final phases of a Masters degree in nursing specializing in nursing education. I just started my teaching practicum and will be graduating in July. I am excited and very glad I took the step.
With all that said, I have not been able to spend much time here….telling everyone about the great organization Save a Girl, Change the World! It is not far from my mind everyday and I am in constant search of other organizations and people that are doing extraordinary things!!!
CARE:
In light of the crisis in Haiti, I must mention an organization that is doing wonderful things in addition to helping the cause for empowering girls and young women, CARE International.
CARE currently has several programs that are helping to end poverty through education, microloans, and empowerment.
www.CAREinternational.org
Please take a look, find out how you can help, become involved, spread the word about Save a Girl and CARE International!
GIFTS:
Also in my absence I have been working on setting up a store where people like you can purchase t-shirts and other merchandise as gifts for yourself and for others!!! Proceeds will go to Save a Girl, Change the World mission to help impoverished girls and young women.
The link to the store is coming soon!!! PLEASE check back soon and often for additional stories and information.
An additional gift I would like to share is the book: 29 Gifts in 29 Days by, Cami Walters.
The website is www.29gifts.org
The premise or challenge is to give 29 gifts in 29 days. The power of giving is more than you can imagine. I have embarked on this challenge for myself and for Save a Girl, Change the World. I am excited to venture into this journey and challenge. In the spirit of giving and helping others I encourage everyone to jump in and try!!!
HOPE:
I recently came across an article in the December (09) edition of Outside magazine (yes, we have old copies around the house). The article featured, Martin Strel, who by the article is the world’s most unlikely philanthropist. In short, this man from Slovenia has records for long distance swims such as the Mississippi in 68 days and in 2007 the Amazon (6,000 miles) in 66 days. The goal to swim the worlds rivers, dirty and all and spread the message “I swim for peace, friendship, and clean water” (Strel as cited in Outside magazine, December, 2009). My first thoughts are that is crazy! This article filled me with hope and made me realize that if he can do THAT, I can do my part and raise awareness for girls and young women. I also came to the realization that WE CAN ALL do our part. I am still of the belief one person CAN make a difference. So, I challenge each and every one of us (myself included) to answer the call, “What is your cause?” and do something about it.
**side note: check out the December 2009 edition of Outside magazine. In the same edition, Nicholas Kristof writes a fabulous piece on “How to Save the World & Influence People".
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Save a Girl, Change the World
Save a Girl, Change the World
Empower Support Educate
Mission
The mission Save a Girl, Change the World is to build a social movement to increase awareness, cultivate change, and empower girls and young women in developing countries through supportive projects, health care initiatives, and education.
Values
Empowerment
Support
Education
Leadership
Collaboration
See post titled: Create Awareness to Cultivate Change
Run for Congo Women
I must say I get a rush of inspiration that I want to shout from roof tops when I see others doing extrodinary deeds. One such person is Lisa Shannon who is the founder of Run for Congo Women.
Lisa Shannon was inspired by an episode of Oprah (much like myself) that featured life for women in the Congo region. She soon set in motion and took action by starting the organization Run for Congo Women.
It is another example that one person can make a difference and lasting change in the world.
Please take a look at the website: www.runforcongowomen.org
Reporter - The Film
The film titled REPORTER will be available on March 21, 2010. The film a hauting account of life in the Congo. REPORTER is a documentary featuring Nicholas Kristof and a film crew.
REPORTER is a feature documentary about Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, who almost single-handedly put the crisis in Darfur on the world map. The film puts the viewer in Kristof’s pocket, revealing the man and his methods, and just how and why real reporting is vital to our democracy, our world-awareness, and our capacity to be a force for good. But REPORTER has a second agenda. By tracking a newsman, we track his news. - Reporter Film.com
Take a moment to look at the website: REPORTER FILM
From the website you will be able to leave your name and email to be notified when the film is available. I will be posted my reactions to the film once I have seen it.
REPORTER is a feature documentary about Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, who almost single-handedly put the crisis in Darfur on the world map. The film puts the viewer in Kristof’s pocket, revealing the man and his methods, and just how and why real reporting is vital to our democracy, our world-awareness, and our capacity to be a force for good. But REPORTER has a second agenda. By tracking a newsman, we track his news. - Reporter Film.com
Take a moment to look at the website: REPORTER FILM
From the website you will be able to leave your name and email to be notified when the film is available. I will be posted my reactions to the film once I have seen it.
A Walk to Beautiful
A Walk to Beautiful is an award winning documentary of women in Ethiopia. The film is moving and an eye opening account of Ethiopian women who have suffered devastating complications from child birth. Obstetric fistulas are an unheard of event in western societies. However, obstetric fistulas are a hidden epidemic in developing countries. Women suffer not only physical limitations but are also ostracized by their families, husbands, and the community.
A Walk to Beautiful is a must see film to understand the epidemic that is affecting women in developing countries.
I ordered the film from Netflix and can be instantly downloaded. After watching the film, send me a note, post a comment.
Link: A Walk to Beautiful
A Walk to Beautiful is a must see film to understand the epidemic that is affecting women in developing countries.
I ordered the film from Netflix and can be instantly downloaded. After watching the film, send me a note, post a comment.
Link: A Walk to Beautiful
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Girl Effect
Take a moment to watch by using the link: The Girl Effect.
You can become a fan on Facebook!! Take a look at the website for additional information and ways to help!
Friday, January 8, 2010
A Coalition for Adolescent Girls
www.coalitionforadolescentgirls.org
Girls Count: Global Action & Investment Agenda
A Girls Count Report on Adolescent Girls
One organization that tops the list is The Coalition for Adolescent Girls. Please take a moment to check out their website and the vast amount of information available. Here is a brief synopsis and staggering statistics reflective of adolescent girls in developing countries.
One person in eight is a girl or young woman age 10–24. Girls’ welfare is fundamental in determining economic and social outcomes (Levine, et al., 2009).
The cycle of neglect of girls’ rights, poor health and education indicators, meager economic options, and the generation-to-generation transmission of poverty can be broken by focused investments in girl-directed policies and programs that meet girls’ needs (Levine, et al., 2009).
Even beyond the self-evident human rights argument, the wellbeing of girls is vital for societies—and protecting girls’ rights and fostering their opportunities is the right strategy for economic development (Levine, et al., 2009).
The condition of girls ripples out to their families, communities, and countries and echoes into future generations in particular and profound ways (Levine, et al., 2009).
Compelling data show that key future social and economic outcomes depend heavily on the condition\ of adolescent girls today—not only their access to education, which has become a well accepted (albeit still unfulfilled) part of the development agenda, but many other aspects of their welfare (Levine, et al., 2009).
Staggering Stats:
- In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, only 17 percent of girls enroll in secondary school.
- One girl in seven in developing countries marries before age 15, and nearly half of all girls are expected to marry by age 20.
- Around 59 percent of HIV-positive adults in sub-Saharan Africa—the worst affected region in the world—are women, and 75 percent of infected youth are girls ages 15–24.
- Nearly half of sexual assaults worldwide are against girls ages 15 and younger, and girls ages\ 15–19 in developing countries are at a particularly high risk for physical and sexual violence
- One-quarter to one-half of girls in developing countries become mothers before age 18. Adolescent girls are up to five times more likely to die from complications of pregnancy than women in their 20s, and their babies are also at higher risk of dying.
(Levine, et al., 2009).
Reference
Levine, R. Llyod, C., Greene, M., & Grown, C., (2009). Girls count: Global action & investment agenda. A girls count report on adolescent girls. Retrieved on January 8, 2010 from http://www.coalitionforadolescentgirls.org/girls_count
Girls Count: Global Action & Investment Agenda
A Girls Count Report on Adolescent Girls
One organization that tops the list is The Coalition for Adolescent Girls. Please take a moment to check out their website and the vast amount of information available. Here is a brief synopsis and staggering statistics reflective of adolescent girls in developing countries.
One person in eight is a girl or young woman age 10–24. Girls’ welfare is fundamental in determining economic and social outcomes (Levine, et al., 2009).
The cycle of neglect of girls’ rights, poor health and education indicators, meager economic options, and the generation-to-generation transmission of poverty can be broken by focused investments in girl-directed policies and programs that meet girls’ needs (Levine, et al., 2009).
Even beyond the self-evident human rights argument, the wellbeing of girls is vital for societies—and protecting girls’ rights and fostering their opportunities is the right strategy for economic development (Levine, et al., 2009).
The condition of girls ripples out to their families, communities, and countries and echoes into future generations in particular and profound ways (Levine, et al., 2009).
Compelling data show that key future social and economic outcomes depend heavily on the condition\ of adolescent girls today—not only their access to education, which has become a well accepted (albeit still unfulfilled) part of the development agenda, but many other aspects of their welfare (Levine, et al., 2009).
Staggering Stats:
- In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, only 17 percent of girls enroll in secondary school.
- One girl in seven in developing countries marries before age 15, and nearly half of all girls are expected to marry by age 20.
- Around 59 percent of HIV-positive adults in sub-Saharan Africa—the worst affected region in the world—are women, and 75 percent of infected youth are girls ages 15–24.
- Nearly half of sexual assaults worldwide are against girls ages 15 and younger, and girls ages\ 15–19 in developing countries are at a particularly high risk for physical and sexual violence
- One-quarter to one-half of girls in developing countries become mothers before age 18. Adolescent girls are up to five times more likely to die from complications of pregnancy than women in their 20s, and their babies are also at higher risk of dying.
(Levine, et al., 2009).
Reference
Levine, R. Llyod, C., Greene, M., & Grown, C., (2009). Girls count: Global action & investment agenda. A girls count report on adolescent girls. Retrieved on January 8, 2010 from http://www.coalitionforadolescentgirls.org/girls_count
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