Author Archives: Carolyn
Giving Every Child a Fair Chance in Life Is a Defining Challenge For Our Generation
The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post In a rural village in northern Nigeria, a new mother named Laila is doing everything she can to care for her baby daughter, Rabia. But despite Laila’s efforts, Rabia’s future is not solely in her mother’s hands. If Rabia was instead born to a wealthy family in […]
In Helping Baby’s First Teacher, ‘A Path Appears’
The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post When I first met my daughter, she was 2 and a half months old. She looked perfect in her little crib in a crowded Vietnamese orphanage, but adoption is a process, and seven more months passed before I could take her home. In the meantime, […]
A New Year and a Recommitment to Saving Lives
I can hardly believe that it’s already 2015! This year has stood as a milestone for so much of our work for children in recent years, so 2015 promises to be a mixture of sprinting to the finish in some areas and setting out a new course in others. Today I’m in Washington for […]
Where Health and Education Meet, Children Win
The following blog first appeared on The World Bank. Every mom wants a healthy baby. And in the early days of a child’s life, parents and doctors understandably focus on how the baby’s physical development—is she gaining weight? Is he developing reflexes? Are they hitting all of the milestones of a healthy and thriving child? […]
How Your Snowman Sweater Can Change a Child’s Life
The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post There’s no better time than the holidays to remind children to be thankful and to give back to others in need. However, that is not always easy during this busy time of year. That’s why Save the Children is using a holiday tradition of donning “festive” sweaters […]
Partnering to Help China’s Children Thrive
Last week, as China was busily preparing for a visit from President Obama, I was busy witnessing some excellent programs helping children in the most populous country in the world. As we’ve seen in so many countries around the world, China’s inequality gap is growing quickly and millions of poor children are getting left […]
The World’s Ebola Crisis: Disastrous for Mothers and Daughters
In the course of a regular day with my 13 year-old daughter, I check in on how her day went and tell her I love her. It’s pretty standard stuff for moms. And as President and CEO of Save the Children, I’ve seen how children’s health, happiness and safety are paramount to mothers in every […]
Inside the Heart of an Epidemic
I am not sure that in my 16 years with Save the Children that I have seen—and felt myself—such palpable fear in a place as I did last week in Liberia. But it is a fear that comes at you in waves, an undercurrent that runs under what looks on the surface to be the […]
Notes from the UN and the Clinton Global Initiative: Speaking Out for Children in New York
This was a busy week for global development, as leaders from government, business and civil society came together in New York for the Clinton Global Initiative meetings and the UN General Assembly. As usual, Save the Children was there to take the opportunity to make children a central part of the agenda—and urge action on […]
Which Way to Better Health: A Roadmap to Save Mothers and Newborns
Co-authored with Liya Kebede As children, we were fascinated when our school teachers rolled out the maps showing different parts of the world. Even today, as we’ve each traveled the world in our respective roles, maps still hold a certain fascination and urgency to go beyond where we’ve been — to move forward. So […]
