24 Feb 2013
Posted by Jennifer Burden 
11 Comments 
That is 1.5 MILLION children in a year will die a death that we could have helped prevent for a few bucks. Yes, a few bucks, even just one buck, in some cases. It’s so simple.
Jennifer Burden of World Moms Blog and Felicia Hilbert of Mom Congress with families at a UNICEF Family Health day in Kabarole, Uganda. Photo credit Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation October 2012.
100 Shot@Life Champions took on Capitol Hill and lobbied for global vaccinations in February 2013. Photo Credit UN Foundation.
Just because we don’t see it, doesn’t mean that it is not happening.
The impact of vaccines on the lives of children around the world is incredible. Now, you can help sustain the impact by sending an email to your member of congress. Welcome your members to the 113th Congress and ask them to make sure that global health and vaccines are a priority in the new Congress. Take action and make an impact!
This story comes from the World Health Organization- Afghanistan and is part of Shot@Life’s ’28 Days of Impact’ Campaign. A follow up to Blogust to raise awareness for global vaccines and the work being done by Shot@Life and their partners to help give children around the world a shot at a healthy life. Each day in February, you can read another impactful story on global childhood vaccines. Tomorrow, don’t miss Tiany Davis’s post at Social Savvy Mom! Go to www.shotatlife.org/impact to learn more.
Jennifer Burden
Jennifer Burden is the Founder and CEO of World Moms Blog, an award winning website on global motherhood, culture, human rights and social good. World Moms Blog currently writes from over 20 countries, has over 50 contributors, is a volunteer effort and was listed by Forbes Woman as one of the "Best 100 Websites for Women 2012 and 2013." Also in 2013, World Moms Blog was called a "must read" by the New York Times Motherlode. Jennifer is the stay-at-home mother to two young girls, a UN Foundation's Shot@Life campaign Champion and an advocate for #ONEMoms. She was also a member of a delegation to Uganda to view UNICEF's family health programs with Shot@Life in 2012 and a UN Foundation "Global Influencer Fellow" in 2013. She also co-created the #Moms4MDGs twitter campaign that extended from July 2013 to March 2014 to raise awareness on all 8 of the UN's Millennium Development Goals to help eradicate extreme poverty. Her writing has been featured by Shot@Life, Huffington Post, ONE.org, and The Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists." She has also spoken by request of the UN Foundation in NYC and Washington, DC. Jennifer can be found on Twitter @JenniferBurden.
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11 Comments
Great post Jen! To visually see the numbers breakdown of children dying of vaccine preventable disease is so incredibly upsetting. By the time I finished typing this comment a child has died
Thank you, Sarah! And, I’m so glad that you joined the Shot@Life movement, too!
Jen
Jen, Great blog post, the work you do on behalf of world mothers is amazing, thank you for inspiring me to follow in your footsteps and become a shot@life champion too! If mothers like you used their voice around the world just imagine the impact!
You bring a great global perspective to the cause, Elizabeth! Thank you for your kind words!
Jen
This is a beautiful post Jen!!!
Thank you for all you’re doing, Jen!
Thank you, Simona, for being a great part of World Moms Blog!
Jen
Wow – those numbers speak volumes! Thanks for being a champion for this cause Jen! I’m off to write to my Congresswoman
That is great news, Eva!! Go get ‘em!
Jen
An inspiration post from an inspirational woman! Thanks for taking some time away from your family to do good.
Thank you, Polly! I know you know how hard it is, but when I can, I try my best!
Jen