She wore a little green dress with bright eyes, and tiny little hands and feet. Five month old Baby Harriett didn’t realize that today was a special day. One that would save her life! A small group of three Shot@Life Champion were given the privilege of following a family’s journey. Young grandmother Rosemary and her
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16 Comments » Mubende Village is very rich in culture, style and religion. Churches and mosques are on nearly every corner, but health centers are not. So UNICEF uses the opportunity to capture village citizens coming in droves to worship, and offers free immunizations, de-worming, birth registry, blood pressure and HIV/AIDS testing and results. Shot@Life gave us
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A lawyer, a chief justice, a nurse, the President, an athlete and a UNICEF worker. These are the careers the children of St. Zoe Boarding School of the Mubende Village aspire to be. Not the agricultural workers their parents need them to be. They dream of higher heights for themselves. They see a world open
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If you only had 1 meal a day, would you still keep smiling? That is the reality for the beautiful children I had the pleasure of meeting at Railway Primary School today in Kampala, Uganda. The meal these children have at school will be the only meal they have all day long. You see, their
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I received a phone call a few weeks ago from the United Nations Foundation – Shot@Life Campaign that both shocked and humbled me. I was invited to attend the FIRST EVER observation trip to Uganda, Africa to see first hand the work being done on the ground with polio and measles immunizations. Since that phone
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Am I totally SPOILED American? I have been juicing for 4 months straight and feel amazing! So my trip to Africa with Shot@Life has me extremely stressed in that I won’t be able to juice or eat fruit and veggies in Uganda. The thought of not being able to continue my clean eating regimen is
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Mashable, an organization that reports on the importance of digital innovation and how it empowers and inspires people around the world, hosts the Social Good Summit during UN Week each year in New York City. September 22-24, 2012, I was honored to be invited as a guest, along with fellow United Nations Foundation – Shot@Life Champions, and
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Dancing cuties, games, food, arts, crafts, cookie decorating, and Shot@Life awareness. That was the scene during the Shot@Life Mobile Launch Party in New York City on September 21, 2012. Shot@Life Champions, Social Good Bloggers, and their children danced to the sounds of Baby Loves Disco all night long as we learned more about the message of vaccine preventable
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As multi-tasking parents we have all had our challenges with keeping things organized. Your child’s first step, the day the bottles and diapers come to end, a lost tooth, and the first day of school. Unless you carry your baby book with you, many of these dates can get lost in the hustle and bustle
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The White House South Court Auditorium was filled to capacity on July 29, 2012 when African-American women came together for a powerful forum. Every women’s organization that one can possibly recognize was part of the discussion hosted by the White House Office of Public Engagement and Council on Women and Girls both led by Valerie Jarrett, Senior
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