The other cause is quite heartbreaking. Obviously as a mother I’m drawn to the Maternal and Child Health when I first get to the ONE.org site. There is however so much more to this campaign than meets the eye. The website is packed with so many devastating facts and figures…
“Every year, an estimated 358,000 mothers die from pregnancy related causes and 7.6 million children die before their fifth birthday”
My Eldest is 5, so simply seeing that number sends a shiver up my spine.
I click to… FOOD. FARMING. FUTURE : Breaking the cycle of Malnutrition and Poverty.
Being already gripped to this I want to read more, obviously before you do get involved in writing something you want to do a bit of research. I’m going to be honest here, like most people hearing these things tugs on the heart strings but how many of us really consider what it means?
So as I am digesting some figures, I get up make a drink for myself, Eldest & Mojo. Right there I have done something to nourish myself and my babies without a second though. If that was taken away, if I was to struggle feeding my children, to risk losing them daily, I just… words fail me.
Today across the world ONE launched a huge campaign, the agenda is simple in 4 years they want to break the hunger, poverty cycle at the very root, heart and base of the matter. By 2015 if everyone steps up, uses their voice and power to speak for those who everyday face losing the most precious gift this could be stopped.
Key aims :
“Together, we can stop malnutrition, not just for one child, but for 15 million.”
“End poverty, not just for one person, but for 50 million.“
Right so there are some simple and easy ways to get involved. They are in much more detail in the blog mentioned at the very top of this post,
- Sign the petition – Here. It takes ooooo 1.5 minutes to complete. Strength in numbers, the more people who sign, the more people who take the time, the harder it will be to ignore.
- Spread the word – We use our twitters and blogs, facebooks and a bunch of other online media to tell people what we had for breakfast, why not use it to spread to word about what people didn’t have for breakfast.
- Hashtag it – #LetsThrive
- Keep checking back on the website, and the above mentioned blogger Mummy From The Heart who is a a ‘Mum ambassador for ONE.org’, you can also follower her via twitter @michelletwinmum , follow @ONEcampaign too.
I’d like to take a minute to say that I haven’t just jumped on the bandwagon for this without doing some serious reading about it, I’ve been involved with the UNDP previously and attended ‘7th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty’. So ending poverty is a cause I’ll always back.
My shiny pass/programme lanyard.
Back to the real point, if the blog post was too long…
So scroll up, and follow the bullet points, go to the website, hit twitter. But whatever you do, do something.
