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Tag Archives: education
The Best Gift Parents Can Give
This holiday season, Guin and Nate are giving a very special present to their baby and Guin’s two older children, who they raise together: themselves. It used to be that this young couple from rural western Washington state wouldn’t spend much time with the kids. They would hide in their room with the door […]
Posted in Education
Also tagged children, early ed, early education, early steps to school success, family, parenting, save the children
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How A Silent Girl Named Serenity Finally Found Her Words
This blog originally appeared in The Huffington Post. An early start on learning means everything when it comes to a child’s future. Yet too many children living in poverty in America and around the world don’t have access to a quality early education. In fact, children from low-income homes hear an average of […]
From the Philippines, With Love
The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post. _______________________ Love. If there is a single word that best describes what I witnessed during my visit to the Philippines last week, then that’s it. Love of family. Love of community. Love of people. Love of life. So what better day than Valentine’s Day […]
Posted in Education, Emergency Response, Foreign Travel
Also tagged children, Emergency response, Philippines, reading, school
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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, early childhood development, Literacy Boost, Pakistan
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Ready and Able in Vietnam
Today’s entry is a guest blog from Le Thi Bich Hang and Nguyen Van Gia, my colleagues in Save the Children’s Vietnam Country Office. I met Hang and Gia during my last trip to Vietnam when, alongside Country Director Huy Sinh Pham and
Posted in Foreign Travel
Also tagged disaster preparedness, Emergency response, save the children, Vietnam
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A Visit to Vietnam Uncovers Progress, Challenges—and Joy!
Vietnam has made progress by leaps and bounds in the past decade, improving economic growth, boosting newborn and child survival rates and getting more kids in school. As I traveled throughout the country last week, I could see that this progress was rooted in the determination and industriousness of the Vietnamese people. They have worked […]
Posted in Foreign Travel, On the Road
Also tagged children, Literacy Boost, save the children, Vietnam
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How Can We Build Hope for America’s Kids?
Traveling in rural Arkansas, you can sometimes forget where you are. The long stretch of bumpy highway, surrounded by cotton fields and rice paddies, could be in one of a dozen countries I’ve traveled to recently. And, unfortunately, the poor families I met could have been from any of those countries too—rather than living in […]
Posted in Education, On the Road, United States
Also tagged Arkansas, Head Start, poverty, save the children, school, United States
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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 […]
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Also tagged AIDs, children, early childhood development, global leadership, HIV, PEPFAR, 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, early childhood development, Egypt, save the children
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PHOTOS: Revolution & Evolution: My Trip to Egypt – Part 2
Don’t forget to check out the first part of my trip, a visit to one of our Early Childhood Development centers. After a fun morning with the kids, I headed over to visit our maternal and newborn health program in Assiut, which was a great opportunity to see how much our programs depend on partnerships […]
Posted in Foreign Travel, Health, On the Road, Photos & Videos
Also tagged carolyn miles, children, Egypt, girls, save the children
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