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Tag Archives: early childhood development
Guatemala: Heroes against Hunger
It’s hard to reconcile the beautiful highlands of Guatemala, where I was in mid-January, with this stark fact: the child malnutrition rate here is the highest in the Western hemisphere. Roughly 5 out of every 10 Guatemalan children suffer from chronic malnutrition. All
Posted in Foreign Travel, Nutrition
Also tagged children, goats, Green Mountain Coffee, Guatemala, Starbucks, USAID
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Can Pakistan Help its Children Really Succeed?
There were shy looks and even a few tears from the children when the group of strangers entered the small room and plopped ourselves on the floor. It wasn’t surprising. I got the feeling that the children probably didn’t see too many foreign visitors in their town, a remote village in the cornfields of
Posted in Education, Foreign Travel, On the Road
Also tagged children, education, Literacy Boost, Pakistan
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A Mom’s Best Or Worst Day
The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post. _______________________ Every day, thousands of women celebrate one of life’s most amazing experiences — becoming a mother. But every 30 seconds a mother’s first moments with her baby are cut short, on the very day she gives birth. Until now, we didn’t know how common this […]
Posted in Health
Also tagged children, foreign assistance, frontline health workers, maternal health, newborn, newborns, save the children, State of the World's Mothers
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Thriving in Nacala: One Community’s Story
I recently spent a week in Africa, my second visit to the continent in 2012. After a quick stop in Cape Town for The Economist’s global meeting on healthcare in Africa I went on to Mozambique to visit Save the Children programs in rural communities in the north of the country. I came away […]
Posted in Foreign Travel, Health, On the Road
Also tagged Africa, breastfeeding, children, Health, Malnutrition, Mozambique, nutrition, save the children, women
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Some wins for kids but so much more to do……
As I reflect back on 2011, the changes in the world and the world for children were vast, both here in the United States and around the world. Here in the US, more children are living in poverty as we begin 2012 than in the last 20 years, both as a percentage of our […]
Posted in General
Also tagged AIDs, children, education, global leadership, HIV, PEPFAR, save the children
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A Conversation With Carolyn
On Tuesday night, I had the chance to speak to more than 1,000 Save the Children supporters about our work around the world and the challenges we face in 2012. It was a great
Posted in General
Also tagged children, foreign assistance, podcast, poverty, save the children
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PHOTOS: Revolution & Evolution: My Trip to Egypt – Part 3
My evening in Assiut proved to be one of the most unique and interesting parts of my visit to Upper Egypt. As it began to get dark, the streets became clogged with young people coming home and going out. We traveled to a youth center, supported by the local government, to attend a play organized […]
Posted in Education, Foreign Travel, On the Road, Photos & Videos
Also tagged children, education, Egypt, save the children
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Revolution & Evolution: My Trip to Egypt – Part 1
I just returned from a quick—but packed!—trip to Egypt and was struck by both the breathtaking speed of change in the country and the still-hovering sense of uncertainty. It’s as if the whole country is standing on the bank of a strong-running river, trying to decide whether to jump in and swim to the other […]
Posted in Foreign Travel, On the Road
Also tagged children, education, Egypt, save the children, youth
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