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WORLD VOICE: Providing Sanitary Products for Sisters in Need
What would you take with you if had to leave at a moment’s notice? Other than the clothes on my back and possibly some photos of my family, there would be nothing else that I would carry with me. For those fleeing dangerous situations, as in the case of Syrian...
POLAND: These Are The Days . . .
Shocked. Confused. Completely taken aback. That's what happened the other day when I was watching my two young girls on the playground and elementary-aged kids came out to play. Horrible language, bullying, and throwing around malicious comments about looks,...
USA: The Ones You Have
I remember when I was little playing with my dolls and pretending that I was a mom from a very young age. I don’t think I ever remember a time when I was young thinking I wouldn’t have children. I remember coming up with names for girls and boys. As I grew up and got...
WORLD VOICE: World Toilet Day
When's the last time you took the time to be grateful for you toilet? Unless you've just renovated a bathroom or just really need to go, if you live in a developed country you probably don't put much thought into how amazing it is to have a running toilet in your...
SAUDI ARABIA: A Woman’s World: Niqab, Coifed Hair and Starting a Business
Growing up I never had to see any women around me struggle with finding a ‘work life balance’ because women didn’t work much. They were either teachers or worked in hospitals. A few women owned their own businesses but had to have men run them. And the large majority...
BIG NEWS!!! UN Secretary General to Present World Mom of India with UNCA Award
It is with great honor that we announce that World Moms Blog's Senior Editor, Purnima Ramakrishnan, has been awarded an Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial prize for print and online coverage of the United Nations and UN Agencies. Purnima is the joint winner of the Bronze...
INDONESIA: Forest Fire From a Mom’s Perspective
With the beginning of the rainy season here in Indonesia, the rain is welcome for all of us, especially for those affected by the forest fires spreading in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Every rain drop brought hope that the fire will be tamed. The difficulties of taming the...
WORLD VOICE: World Prematurity Day
Today is World Prematurity Day, a day where we seek to educate and bring awareness to the complications of preterm birth. Of the estimated 6.3 million deaths of children under the age of 5 (in 2013), 1.1 million were attributed to complications from prematurity. It is the world’s number one killer of young children. Babies who survive often have lifelong health problems like cerebral palsy, vision and hearing loss, and intellectual disabilities.
NETHERLANDS: Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
My life is busy. I get up in the morning and get myself ready before I wake up the kids. My oldest kid is sweet and cooperative in the morning. He just gets up and does his thing. I wake up my middle kid. Up and down the stairs I walk, greeting my youngest with a...
BRAZIL: A Postcard For My Sister
When I was born, my half-sister was already married and had three kids. As far back as I can remember she has lived in the same house, in a middle-sized town in northeastern Indiana, in the United States, and for most of my life our contact was via postal service. ...
EGYPT: Finding Inner Peace in Challenging Times
World Mom, Nihad, is a life coach in Alexandria, Egypt at Aurora Beams Life Coaching. Today, she is on the blog helping moms around the world find their inner peace when times get tough through some tips she learned from a recent webinar with life coach, Mary Allen....
PHILIPPINES: A Mother Moves Out of Her Parents’ House
Our family of three recently started adapting a new normal. We've finally moved in to a home of our own, something that my husband and I have dreamed of doing ever since we started on our life journey together. Here, in the Philippines, we've been living with family...
WORLD VOICE: Passports with Purpose bringing #BooksforKenya
As a travel blogger, I am always looking for new ways to give back and just last week at a conference I learned about a fabulous organization called Passports with Purpose. Passports with Purpose was founded in 2008 by four travel writers, Debbie Dubrow, Pam...
World Mom, Kristyn Zalota of Cleanbirth.org, is on @BabyCenter Today!
As part of World Moms Blog’s collaboration with BabyCenter’s Mission Motherhood™, our World Moms are writing posts on maternal health around the world. In today’s post, Kristyn Zalota of Cleanbirth.org in the USA writes about the very first time she witnessed the...
UK: Raising a Bully?
I was happily preparing dinner the other day and I could hear my three children chattering away in the hall. Pretty soon the talking turned to bleeting, yes bleeting... and baaing, like a sheep. I could hear my 12-year-old son, JJ, say, "everyone is doing it at...
USA: The Life Story Behind My Latest Children’s Book
My 4th book (and 2nd children’s book) was out in the public in paperback this August. Now I finally have some time to sit down and write a few words about this brain child of mine. I was somewhat a lucky kid. At age 13 (same as Xiao-Hong, the book’s heroine) I had two...
KENYA: What’s in a Baby Name?
There’s a lovely naming culture practiced by the Kikuyu tribe here in Kenya: the the first-born son is named after the paternal grandfather, the first-born daughter is named after her paternal grandmother, and so on. My husband is Kikuyu, and we decided to adopt this...
INDONESIA: What Single Moms Need
“They blame me…” “They said I must not have been a good enough wife…” “Is it okay to ask the father to pay for my child?” “I’m not allowed to leave the house.” “Being a single mom, feel people look down on me as I matter less.” Those are just a few of the things I’ve...
WORLD VOICE: Raising Our Voices Beyond Election Day
Today is Election Day in the United States. You may not have heard much about it since we aren’t voting on a president this year. Sadly, since most of the items on the ballot are at a local level, most Americans won’t bother to go to the polls and our media will...
CANADA: When Moms Travel Solo
In less than a week, I am going to travel to South Africa to see assorted friends and family members. I will escape the dreary November weather and get an extra month of summer in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I will spend lazy days with my mom and...
MEXICO: Life Lesson: Smell Your Toothbrush
As a wife of one and a mom of four, it seems like I am always learning and discovering! I know I am not alone. It doesn't matter where we live, let’s just admit it: The world is a big place, life is a lesson, and children can be the best teachers. Previously my...
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