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Mentoring: Masai, Midwives, Mobile Med & Media That Matters!

August 5, 2010 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Aug 5, 2010 Meet Sabore Ole Oyie. My teen's about to, as is her BFF and BF. Yep, this afternoon I’m bringing a few teens for a "reality show" not to be missed at the Global Leaders for Justice Innovation dialogues. (video of Sabore's water access project after the jump) Sounds heady, oui? I see it as an open, public opportunity to expose kids to what’s going on in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Africa, Africa Rural Connect, All Things Girl, Amy-Jussel, Andre Blackman, ARC, Barbara Fittipaldi, Blanche Angeline Pitt, Blue Planet Network, Body Shop, Calcutta, CauseCast, change agents, Deb-Levine, Echoing Green, family health international, Frontline SMS, girl revolution, Girls-Rock, GLJ, Global Fund for Women, Global Innovation Dialogues, Global Leaders for Justice, Global Womens Leadership Network, GWLN, GWLN.org, India, Isis, Isis-Inc, Kenya, Learning About Living, Lifelines, Linda Alepin, Maasai, Masai, mHealth, mHealth Mobile summit, mobile for good, mobile health, Play Pumps International, public health, reproductive health, Sabore Oyie, safe-drinking water, Saved by the Well, SexTech, She's geeky, She's The First, Smarita Sengupta, SMS mobile, STEM, Sustainability, Tanzania, The Girl Effect, tiny stars, Uju Ofomata, Ushahidi, water resources, well water, WLW, women and technology, Women Leaders for the world, Women2.0, worldchanging, Worldshapers, Yolande Poirier, Zunia

Nicole Kidman Honors CNN Hero Betty Makoni’s Girl Child Network!

December 2, 2009 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Dec. 1, 2009 Opposites attract...as seen by Nicole Kidman's awarding of CNN Top Ten Hero Betty Makoni of the Girl Child Network on Thanksgiving night. Wow. It’s World Aids Day and what better time to send a tribute to Betty Makoni for her amazing work in Zimbabwe w/healing from rape/abuse of small children via the Girl Child Network due to mythology of 'curing AIDS through … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Misogyny & Racism, People Shaping Youth, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: abuse, Africa, AIDS, Betty Makoni, bravery, change agents, child trafficking, CNN Heroes 2009, Efran Penaflorida, GCN, GEMSGIRLS, Girl Child Network, Girl Child Press, girls, Girls helping girls, Growing Up Girl, HIV, Kids, Michealene Cristini Risley, Nicole Kidman, OWCF, rape, RED, sexploitation, Tapestries-of-Hope, tiny stars, unsung hero, Very Young Girls, women, World Aids Day, Zimbabwe