my world • moms making a difference
She is a blogger, a brand new mom, and an ambassador to Africa. She came into each of those things in somewhat indirect ways, but they are each direct outgrowths of the family values she and her husband decided to embrace when they got married. They were both committed to serving others, especially children and moms. She became the Community Manager of SwankyMoms.com, after the site was bought by a social media company from the Canadian …
{Blog Action Day} Famine Is the New F Word: 5 Ways to Help!Today is Blog Action Day. Bloggers from all over the world… are raising awareness about food. When I think of food, I normally think of my favorites: cheese, oysters, salad, and soup, especially given the time of year. But this season, I am not thinking as much about food
Community: What the People of Kenya Taught Memy world • bettering communities
Helen Keller said: ”Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
I wasn’t prepared to see some of the suffering I witnessed on my recent trip to Kenya with ONE.org…, which will always remind a part of me. Likewise, I wasn’t
Foreign Aid to Kenya: Taking Care of Our Global FamilyI am haunted by an image I saw in western Kenya. A little girl lying on a hospital bed, tummy distended like those I had previously only seen in National Geographic, gasping for air with her shallow breaths. I can’t stop thinking about whether she is still alive or not.…
Poverty: Rachel Fox is ONE Mom Making a Difference For Manymy world • moms making a difference
…The story of how Rachel Fox became a Mom Making a Difference begins a little over a year ago. She was a stay-at-home mother with three kids. She had a thirst for knowledge and strong feelings about problems in the world. Her kids were getting old enough that she could
Eye Shadow Helps Bridge Socio-Economic Differences in Kenyan SlumToday, I visited Kibera…—the largest slum in Nairobi.
Let’s get one thing out of the way right off the bat. I hate the word “slum.” It sounds so dirty, depressing, and socio-economically divisive. I’m sure the word isn’t intended to convey that meaning, but in my mind it does.
Tuberculosis Takes 200 Lives Per Hour: How You Can HelpDid you know that worldwide 200 people die every hour from TB—nearly 2 million lives annually with Kenya leading the charge? It is the leading cause of death for people with HIV and one of the leading causes of death for women and children worldwide. Yesterday, I felt extreme overwhelm…
Malaria or a Middle Seat: Day 1 in Kenya…Today, after 48 hours, I arrived in Kenya. It’s really quite a long story and I’m jet lagged, but needless to say, the flight attendant told us, an hour and a half into our Detroit to Amsterdam flight that we needed to turn back around and go to Detroit due
Kenya: Take a Virtual Trip With ONE.org and Help Change Lives…I love this quote by Helen Keller: “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. ”
Sometimes, helping people halfway across the
ONE.org Is Making Every Day a Happy Mother’s Day for African WomenAt the beginning of this year, ONE.org asked me to sit on its ONE moms advisory council. Having been a long time supporter, I immediately said yes!
For those unfamiliar with the organization:
ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly …
