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Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. through the eyes of a child
Sometimes in life, there is no better way to understand a complicated issue such as civil rights, than through the tender eyes of a child. I had the opportunity to volunteer in my son Max’s first...
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HUMAN RIGHTS: A Voice for Children in Vietnam
Reblogged from World Moms Blog: On a hot, steamy day in August of 2008, my husband and I stepped off of an airplane in Saigon, Vietnam. Mere moments after touching down in this faraway land, we...
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Exploring the inside through the eyes of a child
This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is the topic: Inside. It made me think of my children and how much they love to be inside things, explore the world and have fun. To see life through the...
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Explaining the unexplainable to my children
September 11, 2001. A day we will always remember. A day that we will never forget. A day that changed our world as we know it. A day that made our lives never the same. Copy of “First Pass, Defenders...
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Teaching your kids the value of giving back: Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
Some of my fondest memories of a child growing up in the 70s was trick-or-treating on Halloween with my siblings. Me, my brother and sister would walk for hours around our suburban neighborhood...
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SUNDAY SOCIAL GOOD: One Little Girl’s Trafficking Legacy
This post is part of my Social Good Sunday series. It is a guest post from Chloe, the Founder & President of C.R.E.E.R in France & Cote d’Ivoire. C.R.E.E.R – Centre de Reinsertion et...
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United Way’s campaign to teach children about poverty: Pass the Grade game
This post is part of the Social Good Sunday series in which I highlight different organizations around the world making the world a better place. Poverty is a tough topic to comprehend. It is tragic,...
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My new little amigos
I’ve completed my second day volunteering with the beautiful children at a children’s day care center that assists poor single mothers so they can work. Originally I thought I would be working at an...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss
The kiss…. …of a five year old Honduran boy named Gustavo, one of the children I worked with in La Ceiba, Honduras. To see more entries to this week’s challenge, click here.
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Love and Heartbreak in a Honduran daycare
Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. The main reason why I went to Honduras was to volunteer and give back. A month...
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The Companionship of Children around the World
Throughout my travels, I’ve always marveled at the beauty, innocence and hopeful smiles of children. I believe strongly that children are our future. What has amazed me so much is how similar children...
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Save the Children: “Bringing healthcare to the Doorstep” in the slums of Delhi
India, the second most populous country in the world, is known for her rich, vibrant culture and civilization that has spanned thousands of years. Over the last two decades, India’s economy has grown...
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UNICEF India’s #ENDViolence Campaign
Over the past year, I have worked hard to build awareness and share the stories with my readers on some of the biggest social issues in the world. I have written about global health, poverty,...
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The Children of Syria: Hunger in a War Zone
“The world has stood and watched as the children of Syria have been shot, shelled and traumatized by the horror of war. The conflict has already left thousands of children dead, and is now threatening...
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View Finder Workshop: Helping children see their world through the eyes of a...
Have you ever had an experience in your life that has changed you forever? For Babita Patel, a humanitarian photographer, that fateful day happened during an assignment to one of the poorest places in...
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Save the Children’s on the ground emergency response to Typhoon Haiyan
The tragic Typhoon Haiyan that ripped through the Philippines a week ago today left behind a trail of destruction, death and sorrow that continues to unfold. Words cannot express the utter despair that...
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UNICEF’s “Passport to Protection”: The Importance of Birth Registration
On Friday I participated in a Google+ Hangout with the UNICEF’s #ENDViolence Team to learn about the importance of birth registration. Thursday, December 11th marked UNICEF’s 67th year anniversary as...
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Silver Lining
silver lining (noun) a consoling aspect of an otherwise desperate or difficult situation; “every dark rain cloud has a silver edge or lining”; “look on the bright side of it.” Arriving into dark rain...
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Typhoon Haiyan: 3 months later through the eyes of a child
The devastation of Typhoon Haiyan was almost unprecedented: It was the deadliest rapid-onset disaster globally in 2013. Nearly 6 million children have been affected, 4.1 million people remain displaced...
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#March4Nutrition and Why the First 1,000 Days Matter
Did you know that the first 1,000 days from conception to age two of a child’s life are critical in child survival and promoting a healthy life overall? Sadly, many children around the world suffer...
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