Tag Archives: UNICEF
How to ‘Beat’ Child Mortality
The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post. _______________________ Can the sound of a child’s heartbeat inspire the world to save children’s lives? Can it inspire you? Children’s heartbeats recorded in Malawi and Guatemala inspired the band OneRepublic to write a song with a beat like no other. If “Feel Again” grabs you […]
Posted in Health
Also tagged children, Every Beat Matters, Health, Infant Mortality, newborn child survival, OneRepublic, save the children
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Moussa’s story
When they brought Moussa over and laid him in my arms, my heart stopped for a minute. He was barely breathing and was so frail, I was afraid he might die as I held him. Though he was more than two months old, his arms and legs were tiny and frail and his breathing was […]
Posted in Emergency Response, Foreign Travel, On the Road, Photos & Videos
Also tagged Burkina Faso, children, disaster preparedness, Emergency response, Fastathon, Fastathon 2012, Food Crisis, foreign assistance, hunger crisis, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sahel, save the children
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