The AYA Summit With ONE Girls & Women
This week at the Washington D.C. Google headquarters I will be attending ONE’s 2014 AYA Summit . Co-hosted by ONE Girls & Women and Google the AYA Summit is an exciting opportunity to meet some of...
View ArticleGifts That Give Back Guide 2014, Creating Change Through Economic Opportunity
In October I attended the ONE Girls & Women AYA Summit at the Google Headquarters in DC. One of the many powerful panels we heard from was entitled Change Through Economic Opportunity, and both...
View ArticleThe Origin Of Coffee
The Origin of Coffee Before my trip to Ethiopia last summer with the International Reporting Project I’d had no idea where coffee had originated. Imagine my thrill upon discovering that I was...
View ArticleSOS Children’s Villages in a #Relay4Kids
SOS Villages is in a #Relay4Kids SOS Children’s Villages, Johnson & Johnson and the Huffington Post launch Relay for Kids – a virtual relay that will help provide shelter, food and medical care to...
View ArticleLight is Life; #ElectrifyAfrica
As I entered the antechamber of the neonatal intensive care unit at the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I was engulfed by the smell of heated milk and enfolded in a blanket of warmth. The...
View ArticleHow Kangaroo Care Can Save Newborn Lives In Ethiopia
This post ran last month through a special collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood™ and World Moms Blog to empower women everywhere to have safe and healthy pregnancies and babies. I...
View ArticleEucalyptus In Ethiopia: The Selfish Tree
One could not help but notice all of the development as you drove through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. While there on an International Reporting Project New Media Fellowship in 2014 evidence of the country’s...
View ArticleWorld Water Day
March 22nd is World Water Day and WaterAid has released a new report: The Sate of the World’s Water 2016. There remain 16 countries in the world where 40% or more of their population does not have...
View ArticleGive Love: 5 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas With Heart
Valentine’s Day is coming up, and this year more than ever the need to spread the love is real. Here are five Valentine’s Day gift ideas with heart. 1.Heart of Haiti In Haiti I stocked up on heart...
View ArticleMarch 22nd is World Water Day
March 22nd is World Water Day, a day to bring attention to the over 600 million people in the world without access to clean water. Access to clean water and sanitation are key to breaking the cycle of...
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