On Saturday October 6 BritMums co-founder Jennifer Howze, who also blogs at www.jenography.net, and Michelle Pannell, who blogs at Mummy from the Heart, set off to Ethiopia with ONE.org to see first-hand the difference that international aid from countries such as the USA and UK is making to those in Ethiopia. It will be a unique trip allowing them to see the continent’s many challenges and success stories and learn about the roles that young people, governments, schools, businesses and civil society are playing in Africa’s development.
Jennifer and Michelle will be part of a large group, consisting of three members of staff from ONE.org USA, ten American Mommy bloggers and one Ethiopian born model/ Philanthropist. They will have a packed week visiting many projects and ventures in Ethiopia; these include a school, college, hospital, healthcare project and world food program.
ONE is a non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Backed by more than 3 million members, they work with government leaders to support proven, cost-effective solutions to save lives and help build sustainable futures. ONE isn’t a charity or grant-making organisation. At ONE, we don’t ask for your money. We ask for your voice. (ONE’s biggest financial supporter is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.)
You can lend your voice by becoming a #ONEMum Community Partner, using your social network to highlight the trip and the fight against extreme poverty.
How you can be a #ONEMum Community Partner
- Have a good search of the ONE website and learn about their rich history. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and here is loads of links to good and easy to digest information.
- Blog about ONE to raise awareness and promote their latest campaign, see HERE.
- Add your link to the BritMums #ONEMums Linky below to help raise awareness about ONE and encourage people to sign up.
- Blog about the journey Mich and Jen are taking and share some of their posts that way. See HERE for all the posts tagged Ethiopia on Mich’s blog and HERE and HERE for the ones on the BritMums blog.
- Write a blog to contribute to the ONE blog, this could give you exposure to a whole new audience!
- Tweet or RT any posts to do with the journey and ONE. Use the hashtags #ONEMums and #ONEMoms (we’re using both tags to reach the Community Partners in the US too).
- Facebook/ Google + share any posts or use your status to raise awareness, encourage people to sign up.
- Pin any posts that have the #ONEMums and #ONEMoms hashtags.
- Talk to your family and friends about what you are doing.
- Use the email template HERE to send a message to your contacts.
- Place a widget in your sidebar so people can directly sign up to ONE, or display a banner/ badge (various sizes/ available)
Join us today and add your link below to help fight extreme poverty!
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ONE Mum Meme | mummypinkwellies
Friday 12th of October 2012
[...] Michelle is out there to prove that the aid is working and spread the word about it. Please raise awareness using just a few minutes of your time using the #ONEMums hashtag and share this post and/or some of the posts over on Britmums Blog. [...]
‘It Only Takes One Mum’…… raising awareness « Wendy's World
Thursday 11th of October 2012
[...] Saturday, 6th October saw several bloggers set off for Ethiopia with One.org to see first hand the good that has come out of international aid. You can read about that here. [...]
#ONEMum Lend Us Your Voice! | life, love and living with boys
Monday 8th of October 2012
[...] am very excited to be joining in with the BritMums #ONEMum campaign which is primarily following Jennifer from Jenography and Michelle from Mummy from the [...]
Laura @ Chez Mummy
Tuesday 2nd of October 2012
As a fellow #ONEMum you will of course have my full support. I will do my best to help raise awareness and support you