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My Unbelievable Experiences With Build it for Babies

Myleene Klass | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Celebrity

Read More: Build It for Babies, Save the Children, UK Impact, Parenting, Global Motherhood, Myleene Klass, Bangladesh, UK Celebrity News
Myleene Klass

I visited Bangladesh in January and think I must have left a little piece of my heart with the amazing mothers and children over there who have to battle for everything to survive.

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Tribute to Motherhood

Shabana Azmi | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK

Read More: World Mother's Report, Motherhood, Somalia, Global Motherhood, Save the Children, Motherhood Around the World, Mothers, Christy Turlington, UK Impact, UK News
Shabana Azmi

No matter where she is from, a mother's happiness will depend on her child's wellbeing. This similarity cuts through all other differences that may exist between mothers living on opposite sides of the world.

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'Dangerous Delay' Over East Africa Famine Cost Lives, Say Aid Agencies

PA | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Somalia, Oxfam, Global Motherhood, Ethiopia, Save the Children, East Africa Famine, UK News

Thousands of lives and millions of pounds were lost needlessly because of a "dangerous delay" in the response to the East Africa famine, a report has ...

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Breast-Fed Babies ‘Cry More’ And ‘Laugh Less’

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 14.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: UK News, Breastfeeding, Pregnancy, National Childbirth Trust, Global Motherhood, Breastfed Babies, Breastfeeding Benefits, Bottle-Fed Babies, UK Health News, UK Lifestyle News

According to new research today, babies who are breast-fed cry more, laugh less and generally have ‘more challenging temperaments’ than bottle-fed...

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Pictures: Protecting The World's Children In Emergency Disasters Of 2011

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Japan Earthquake, UK Impact, UK News, East Africa Famine, Humanitarian Crisis, Pakistan Floods, Global Motherhood, Save the Children, 2011 Year in Review, UK News

From the Arab Spring to floods in Thailand and droughts in East Africa, children are often the most vulnerable in society to events outside their cont...

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Baby I Charity Giving Abandoned Babies A New Home

Tasnim Nazeer | Posted 18.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Charity Organizations, Global Motherhood, Save the Children, Baby, Abandonment, Baby I, UK Lifestyle News
Tasnim Nazeer

Enfield based charity 'Baby i' is aiming to provide abandoned babies with the support and assistance they need in giving them a 'new home' working alo...

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High Street Coffee Risk For Pregnant Women

PA | Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: UK News, UK Pregnancy, Health, Pregnancy, Global Motherhood, Parenting, UK Health, UK Parenting, UK Lifestyle News

High street coffee shops could pose a risk to pregnant women due to large variations in caffeine content, according to research. Analysis of espres...

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Help End Extreme Hunger With Save the Children

Ruth Dawkins | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Hunger, Campaigning, Poverty, Charter to End Extreme Hunger, Activism, Famine, East Africa, Save the Children, No Child Born to Die, Global Motherhood, UK Politics News
Ruth Dawkins

Just less than a month ago, we moved house from Edinburgh to the South East of England, so that my husband could start his new job with Save the Children. Ever since then our 2 and a half-year-old son Tom has been working really hard to understand what his dad's new job is all about.

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Midwives Struggle To Cope With Baby Boom

PA | Posted 22.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Ukhealth-News, UK News, Baby, Midwives, Midwife Shortage, Pa, Royal College of Midwives, Ukwomen, Older Mothers, Global Motherhood, Birth Rate, Maternity Services, Childbirth, Births Rise, UK Lifestyle News

Maternity services in England and Wales have been "overwhelmed" by a rising number of births, including more complex cases, according to a new report....

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We Can't Turn our Backs on Mogadishu's Children

Justin Forsyth | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Somalia Drought, Drought, Mogadishu-Somalia, Somalia, Mogadishu, Save the Children, Charity, United Nations, Global Motherhood, UK News
Justin Forsyth

No parent should have to watch their child die. One of the first mothers I met in Sigale camp, Mogadishu, told me how she had had to do just that. Fleeing from her home because of the drought, unable to feed her children, she trekked seven days with her four children to Mogadishu to find refuge. On the way her youngest child, still breastfeeding, died. There was nothing she could do. She looked exhausted, and hadn't eaten herself for four days but was determined to save the lives of her three remaining children.

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