Save a Girl, Change the World would like to recognize the organization Ghana Health and Education Initiative (GHEI). GHEI's objective is to help build a sustainable future for the people of Ghana through community-based health and education projects (GHEI, 2010). GHEI works within the community with both health and education initiatives. GHEI recognizes gender disparities exist and work with girls and women in the community to build and develop women empowerment programs. This organization is another example of how educating girls and women benefits the entire community.
For more information please go to:www.ghei.org
GHEI accepts volunteers!!!
Reference
Global Health and Education Initiative (2010). Health programs. Retrieved on May 20, 2010 from www.ghei.org
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Educate Girls Globally
Research has proven time and time again that investing in girls and women is essential for economic growth and social achievement. When women and girls are educated, the birthrate falls, family health improves, literacy increases because an educated mother is more likely to send her children to school, political extremism and violence decline, and national income grows (EGG, 2010).
Save a Girl, Change the World gives recognition the organization Educate Girls Globally (EGG).
The Educate Girls Globally team is small, close-knit, highly experienced and very focused on our mission to provide opportunities for women and girls to achieve their full potential, recognizing that educated women are the world’s most powerful agents of social change (EGG, 2010).
Please take a moment to read more about the organization. EGG also accepts volunteers to work abroad. www.educategirls.org
Girls matter because they are human beings. Girls have equal rights to human dignity, self-determination, freedom from violence, good health, education, and participation in economic and political life (Global & Investment Action Agenda, 2009).
The wellbeing of girls is vital for societies—and protecting girls’ rights and fostering their opportunities is the right strategy for economic development (Global & Investment Action Agenda, 2009).
Save a Girl, Change the World gives recognition the organization Educate Girls Globally (EGG).
The Educate Girls Globally team is small, close-knit, highly experienced and very focused on our mission to provide opportunities for women and girls to achieve their full potential, recognizing that educated women are the world’s most powerful agents of social change (EGG, 2010).
Please take a moment to read more about the organization. EGG also accepts volunteers to work abroad. www.educategirls.org
Girls matter because they are human beings. Girls have equal rights to human dignity, self-determination, freedom from violence, good health, education, and participation in economic and political life (Global & Investment Action Agenda, 2009).
The wellbeing of girls is vital for societies—and protecting girls’ rights and fostering their opportunities is the right strategy for economic development (Global & Investment Action Agenda, 2009).
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Save a Girl, Change the World salutes One H.E.A.R.T.
In searching for ways to connect the mission of Save a Girl, Change the World I have had the opportunity to learn about amazing people doing amazing deeds. One such person is the founder of the organization, One H.E.A.R.T. (Health, Education, and Research in Tibet), Arlene Samen.
The founder of One HEART, Arlene Samen, a registered nurse, began One HEART after a volunteer trip to India in the late 90’s. In 2001, Samen was selected as one of 50 Unsung Heroes for Acts of Compassion, by the Grace Family Foundation.
One HEART has taken active steps toward providing medical education and teaching preventive health care practices to decrease maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of the People's Republic of China, an area that continues to suffer from some of the highest rates of birth-related deaths in the world (One HEART, 2010).
“The Tibetan society is one of the few in the world where there is no tradition of trained birth attendants. Poor nutrition, lack of trained health personnel, long travel distances, and limited access to emergency care place Tibetan women and infants at high risk of birth-related deaths. The vast majority of births take place at high altitude, in a cold environment, and without access to electricity or health care. More than 95% of Tibetan women give birth at home” (One HEART, 2010).
Save a Girl, Change the World would like to salute One HEART and the founder Arlene Samen! It is truly an inspiration learning about the organization and the tremendous support that One Heart is providing to the women and children of Tibet.
To learn more and connect with One HEART: www.onehearttibet.org
The organization does accept volunteers!!!!
Reference
One HEART (2010). Save the lives of women and children, one birth at a time. Retrieved on May 4, 2010 from www.onehearttibet.org
The founder of One HEART, Arlene Samen, a registered nurse, began One HEART after a volunteer trip to India in the late 90’s. In 2001, Samen was selected as one of 50 Unsung Heroes for Acts of Compassion, by the Grace Family Foundation.
One HEART has taken active steps toward providing medical education and teaching preventive health care practices to decrease maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of the People's Republic of China, an area that continues to suffer from some of the highest rates of birth-related deaths in the world (One HEART, 2010).
“The Tibetan society is one of the few in the world where there is no tradition of trained birth attendants. Poor nutrition, lack of trained health personnel, long travel distances, and limited access to emergency care place Tibetan women and infants at high risk of birth-related deaths. The vast majority of births take place at high altitude, in a cold environment, and without access to electricity or health care. More than 95% of Tibetan women give birth at home” (One HEART, 2010).
Save a Girl, Change the World would like to salute One HEART and the founder Arlene Samen! It is truly an inspiration learning about the organization and the tremendous support that One Heart is providing to the women and children of Tibet.
To learn more and connect with One HEART: www.onehearttibet.org
The organization does accept volunteers!!!!
Reference
One HEART (2010). Save the lives of women and children, one birth at a time. Retrieved on May 4, 2010 from www.onehearttibet.org
Save a Girl, Change the World & Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH)
Save a Girl, Change the World is pleased to announce the support of the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) – Creating a healthy world together.
The mission of NIGH is to inform and empower nurses and other health care workers and educators to become ‘21st Century Nightingales’ — working in the local, national and global community to build a healthy world (NIGH, 2010).
Enabling peoples of the United Nations, as citizens of its Member States, to work together in a worldwide campaign for health as the top global priority;
Enlisting nurses and other health care workers and educators to work together effectively — and to collaborate with others of like-mind, heart and spirit— in mobilizing public opinion to this purpose;
Encouraging individual initiative and cooperative action toward these ends by highlighting the life of Florence Nightingale and the lives other nurses and health care workers—past and present—who have devoted themselves to building a healthy world.
One Goal of NIGH:
To build a grassroots movement among nurses, health care workers, educators and other global citizens—from every country and community—who will work together to inform, educate and mobilize public opinion throughout the world towards the adoption of health as the universal priority of the United Nations and its Member States.
Save a Girl, Change the World has signed the “Nightingale Declaration for Our Healthy World”.
"We, the nurses and concerned citizens of the global community, hereby dedicate ourselves to the accomplishment of a healthy world by the year 2020.
We declare our willingness to unite in a program of action, sharing information and solutions to resolve problems and improve conditions -- locally, nationally and globally -- in order to achieve health for all humanity.
We further resolve to adopt personal practices and to implement public policies in our communities and nations, making this goal for the year 2020 achievable and inevitable, beginning today in our own lives, in the life of our nations and in the world at large (NIGH, 2010).
To learn more: www.nightingaledeclaration.net
Reference:
Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) (2010). Creating a healthy world together. Retrieved on May 2, 2010 from http://www.nightingaledeclaration.net
The mission of NIGH is to inform and empower nurses and other health care workers and educators to become ‘21st Century Nightingales’ — working in the local, national and global community to build a healthy world (NIGH, 2010).
Enabling peoples of the United Nations, as citizens of its Member States, to work together in a worldwide campaign for health as the top global priority;
Enlisting nurses and other health care workers and educators to work together effectively — and to collaborate with others of like-mind, heart and spirit— in mobilizing public opinion to this purpose;
Encouraging individual initiative and cooperative action toward these ends by highlighting the life of Florence Nightingale and the lives other nurses and health care workers—past and present—who have devoted themselves to building a healthy world.
One Goal of NIGH:
To build a grassroots movement among nurses, health care workers, educators and other global citizens—from every country and community—who will work together to inform, educate and mobilize public opinion throughout the world towards the adoption of health as the universal priority of the United Nations and its Member States.
Save a Girl, Change the World has signed the “Nightingale Declaration for Our Healthy World”.
"We, the nurses and concerned citizens of the global community, hereby dedicate ourselves to the accomplishment of a healthy world by the year 2020.
We declare our willingness to unite in a program of action, sharing information and solutions to resolve problems and improve conditions -- locally, nationally and globally -- in order to achieve health for all humanity.
We further resolve to adopt personal practices and to implement public policies in our communities and nations, making this goal for the year 2020 achievable and inevitable, beginning today in our own lives, in the life of our nations and in the world at large (NIGH, 2010).
To learn more: www.nightingaledeclaration.net
Reference:
Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) (2010). Creating a healthy world together. Retrieved on May 2, 2010 from http://www.nightingaledeclaration.net
International Year of the Nurse 2010
Get Inspired, Get Involved and Change the World!
Save a Girl, Change the World is excited to support the 2010 International Year of the Nurse: Get Inspired, Get Involved and Change the World!
The purpose of 2010 International Year of the Nurse (2010IYNurse) is to:
1) Recognize the 8 U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
2) Honor the contributions of nurses globally.
3) Engage nurses in the promotion of world health.
How this impacts Save a Girl, Change the World…
Save a Girl, Change the World utilizes the eight UN MDG’s as a guiding framework to support girls and young women in developing countries. By increasing awareness of the UN MDG’s and Save a Girl, Change a World we can educate the public.
The mission of Save a Girl, Change the World is to “Empower – Support – Educate” which can help to support the achievement of the UN Millennium Developmental Goals.
The United Nations Development Program stated, “Women’s empowerment helps raise economic productivity and reduce infant mortality. It contributes to improved health and nutrition. It increases the chances of education for the next generation” (as cited in Kristoff & WuDunn, 2009).
Save a Girl, Change the World is a campaign for change. Create a social movement to create awareness and cultivate change. Major social and cultural changes are brought on by grassroots social movements. Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes responsibility!
To learn more about the 2010 IYNurse: www.2010iynurse.net
Reference:
International Year of the Nurse (2010). Nurses – Making a difference in global health. Retrieved on May 2, 2010 from http://www.2010iynurse.net/.
Save a Girl, Change the World is excited to support the 2010 International Year of the Nurse: Get Inspired, Get Involved and Change the World!
The purpose of 2010 International Year of the Nurse (2010IYNurse) is to:
1) Recognize the 8 U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
2) Honor the contributions of nurses globally.
3) Engage nurses in the promotion of world health.
How this impacts Save a Girl, Change the World…
Save a Girl, Change the World utilizes the eight UN MDG’s as a guiding framework to support girls and young women in developing countries. By increasing awareness of the UN MDG’s and Save a Girl, Change a World we can educate the public.
The mission of Save a Girl, Change the World is to “Empower – Support – Educate” which can help to support the achievement of the UN Millennium Developmental Goals.
The United Nations Development Program stated, “Women’s empowerment helps raise economic productivity and reduce infant mortality. It contributes to improved health and nutrition. It increases the chances of education for the next generation” (as cited in Kristoff & WuDunn, 2009).
Save a Girl, Change the World is a campaign for change. Create a social movement to create awareness and cultivate change. Major social and cultural changes are brought on by grassroots social movements. Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes responsibility!
To learn more about the 2010 IYNurse: www.2010iynurse.net
Reference:
International Year of the Nurse (2010). Nurses – Making a difference in global health. Retrieved on May 2, 2010 from http://www.2010iynurse.net/.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Save a Girl, Change the World
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
Empower
Support
Education
Leadership
Collaboration
Campaign for change: Create a social movement to create awareness and cultivate change. Major social and cultural changes are brought on by grassroots social movements. Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes responsibility. Follow our blog and check out our FB page!!!
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
Empower
Support
Education
Leadership
Collaboration
Campaign for change: Create a social movement to create awareness and cultivate change. Major social and cultural changes are brought on by grassroots social movements. Knowledge is power and with knowledge comes responsibility. Follow our blog and check out our FB page!!!
Edna Adan Maternity Hospital
Save a girl, Change the World recognizes and pays tribute to the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital. Edna Adan Maternity Hospital opened in 2002 and now provides a much higher standard of patient care than is available elsewhere in Somaliland.
The health of the people of Somaliland is among the worst in Africa, with one of the highest Maternal and Child Mortality rates in the world. Every year, one baby in eight dies in infancy while nearly 4000 Somali women die in childbirth. This tragedy can be attributed in large part to the long civil war which brought about the death or departure of nearly all of the country's trained health care professionals (Edna Hospital of Somaliland, 2010).
In a place that was without hope came the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital. Now a thriving center for women, children, and many members of the community. Maternal and child health is vital for a healthy functioning society. Safe, accessible, and affordable care for women and children is a basic human right.
The hospital is also a teaching hospital and accepts volunteers, particularly those in the medical profession. I can’t think of anything more rewarding and life changing.
To learn more about the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital use the link: www.ednahospital.org
The health of the people of Somaliland is among the worst in Africa, with one of the highest Maternal and Child Mortality rates in the world. Every year, one baby in eight dies in infancy while nearly 4000 Somali women die in childbirth. This tragedy can be attributed in large part to the long civil war which brought about the death or departure of nearly all of the country's trained health care professionals (Edna Hospital of Somaliland, 2010).
In a place that was without hope came the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital. Now a thriving center for women, children, and many members of the community. Maternal and child health is vital for a healthy functioning society. Safe, accessible, and affordable care for women and children is a basic human right.
The hospital is also a teaching hospital and accepts volunteers, particularly those in the medical profession. I can’t think of anything more rewarding and life changing.
To learn more about the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital use the link: www.ednahospital.org
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