Successful marriages in today’s age are quite uncommon. A low tolerance for compromise results in a high divorce rate in this country. But actress, “Take Me To The King” songstress and Stellar Award Winner, Tamela Mann and actor/singer husband David Mann are changing society’s norms, celebrating 25 years of marriage on April 20, 2013. During my
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1 Comment » On the heels of February’s Black History Month, March marks the month of celebrating Women’s History and today, March 8th, as International Women’s Day. We honor the women who came before us and paved the way for what we have accomplished and for inspiring the core of who we are. For me, those women are
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On Day 2 of our Shot@Life observation trip, we visited a child health day in Mubende, a rural community in Western Uganda. Check out the video of this day’s impact. Video Courtesy of Shot@Life:
“Where are you from?” Whether spoken or implied, this was the continuous question I received during my 7 day journey in Africa. I received the life-changing opportunity to attend an observation trip with Shot@Life, a United Nations Foundation campaign focused on raising awareness and funds to give other mothers a choice in the vaccination of
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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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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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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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