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Apr4

USAID Launches Global Development Lab

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USAID Launches Global Development Lab

As we close in on 2015 the Millennium Development Goals will hit their deadline. USAID has just launched the Global Development Lab, which takes MDG # 8, to  Develop A Global Partnership For Development, into the next set of goals to be reached by 2030. USAID has partnered with 32 companies and organizations to reach the mission:

To discover, test, and scale breakthrough development innovations to solve development challenges faster and cheaper in support of U.S. foreign policy and development goals and to accelerate the transformation of USAID as the world’s premier development agency.-USAID Global Development Lab Mission Statement

I am excited to see the amazing partners involved, including my neighbors Plan, and Nike, as well as some of my other favorites, Save The Children, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Johns Hopkins University (my husband’s an alum). The lab launched Thursday April 3rd,  and I can’t wait to see the breakthroughs a collaboration of this magnitude is sure to bring! Watch the video below to find out what it’s all about.

Jun16

Every Child Deserves A #5thBDay

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Every Child Deserves A #5thBDay

Me turning 5 years old

Every Child Deserves a Fifth Birthday.  Preventable infectious diseases cause most child deaths under the age of  5 years old on a global level. Over the past 50 years, there has been major progress; child mortality has been reduced by 70%. This is largely due to high-impact tools and interventions for child survival; most notable are new vaccines, distribution of mosquito nets, and more community health workers. The USAID  Child Survival Summit and Call to Action  brought 700 International Leaders to Washington D.C. to meet June 14th and 15th to renew their commitment to ending preventable child deaths. See what Hillary Clinton and Ben Affleck had to say at the summit in the  below video:

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With four children of my own this issue hits home for me, I feel fortunate to have access to good healthcare for my family.  I can only imagine the anguish as a mother to not have that access to easily preventable diseases.

My oldest daughter at age 5

May all the worlds’ children have the opportunity to celebrate their 5th birthday.