Nicole Hughes
May 9, 2008 | 1:44 pm EST
You can help babies in need- with every specially marked pack of Pampers you purchase Pampers will donate the cost of one vaccine to help UNICEF protect a woman and her newborns against tetanus. Selma Hayek serves as the spokesperson for the Pampers/UNICEF partnership in the U.S. and Canada to help raise awareness of this program.
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and visit http://www.pampers.com/en_US/unicef_homepage.do for more information.
The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Mother’s Day is this Sunday (don’t forget!), so be sure to take a look at some of the great posts we’ve put together in celebration of moms everywhere! Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!
Katie Halper:
Hillary Andrews Will Not Lick Bob Stokes’ Swizzle Stick
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Nicole Hughes:
Top 10 Green Gift Wrap Ideas For Mothers Day
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Andy Kondrat:
Tornado Devestated Town Rebuilds As Green Model Community
Radiohead Attempts An Eco-Friendly World Tour
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Jon Popham:
Nepalese Art Photography: Rubin Museum of Art
America’s First Wind-Powered City
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Giulia Rozzi:
Women For Women International Celebrates Mothers Day
Even More on the Kentucky Derby
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Gina Telaroli:
This Mother’s Day, change the life of a woman miles away by making a donation to Women for Women International. Women for Women International has empowered over 153,000 women survivors of war to move toward economic self-sufficiency with their year-long program of direct aid, rights education, job skills training and small business development. They have distributed $42 million in direct aid, microcredit loans, and other program services. Since 1993, Women for Women International has mobilized more than 125,000 women and men in 105 countries worldwide to reach out and support women survivors of war - one woman at a time. Check out this video featuring an uplifting story of Bobette and her mother Marie-Claire in Rwanda.
When you honor a special woman in your life by making a gracious Mother’s Day donation to Women for Women International, they’ll send a card to the woman of your choice, telling her that you made a generous gift in her honor. and give to http://www.womenforwomen.org/.
Mom Corps is making headlines for introducing “Expert Coaching,” to their program which connects moms to employers.
If you want to understand the issues moms have, check out Mom Corps and MomsRising.org, a 140,000 member non partisan organization dedicated to making the country more family-friendly. These MOTHERs have issues! And they’re spelling them out!
M - Maternity/Paternity Leave: Provide paid family leave after a new child comes into the family.
O - Open Flexible Work: Promote jobs that have work hours and career options that allow parents to meet both business and family needs: flexible work hours and locations, part time options and the ability to move in and out of the labor force while raising young children without penalties to wages and benefits.
T - TV We Choose and Other After-School Programs: Ensure safe and educational opportunities for children after the school day such as accessible and affordable afterschool programs, age-appropriate computer games, as well as more educational television options and an independent television rating system, with technology that allows parents to choose appropriate programs for children.
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