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Christy Turlington Burns’ New Film Exposes Poor Health Care For Mothers

18 May

Photo: Every Mother Counts

Model and humanitarian Christy Turlington Burns’ new documentary “No Woman, No Cry” reports that moms worldwide don’t have access to the health care that saved her during the birth of her daughter.   “Half a million women each year die from 90% preventable causes,” she says.

The movie opened at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York last month.  Christy is enrolled in a Master’s of Public Health program at Columbia University.

To read the article:

NY Daily News

To view the website:

Every Mother Counts

What are you willing to do to help improve mothers’  health around the world?

Kimberly Hula Blogs “The Year of 52 Adventures”

18 May

Photo: Lemondrop

Kimberly Hula and her friends from all over the globe are committed to taking on one adventure each week of the year.  She started her blog  ”The Year of 52 Adventures” so that  she and her friends could share their latest thrill seeking journeys.   This 27-year-old grad student from Chicago has 43 more weeks of adventures to go.

To read the article:

Lemondrop

To view the website:

Year of 52 Adventures

What is your most recent challenging adventure?