The Global Mom Relay was a 60-day concentrated lesson in global awareness. Through social media actions, money was donated from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Johnson & Johnson to four innovative campaigns making an impact under the Every Woman Every Child initiative: Girl Up, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action, and Shot@Life.

“Where I come from people do not celebrate the birth of their babies -- they wait to name their babies for seven days.”  ~ Dr Kim Eva Dickson, Senior Adviser, Maternal and Newborn Health, UNICEF

We’re still celebrating the amazing Mom+Social Summit last week, where we saw the super powers of moms everywhere!

Wednesday’s Mom+Social summit connected moms around the world. New York’s 92Y Tribeca buzzed with celebrities, health experts and mothers on Wednesday for the summit, to formulate ideas and increase understanding of key health issues.

Mother’s Day is just days away. We’ve gathered seven Take Action Challenges that make a lasting difference in the lives of mothers around the world! Choose one or more in honor of a mother you love (even, or perhaps especially, if that mother is you!), to support other moms around the world.

Tomorrow (May 8), a unique, one-day event called Mom+Social kicks off in New York and on Livestream around the world.

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As a journalist, I've had the opportunity to meet with mothers around the world who are facing tough challenges in war zones and remote areas without access to medical care for themselves and their children.

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As a mother of two young daughters in America, I recognize that I'm incredibly fortunate...

Perhaps the kids and spouses could use some hints this Mother’s Day! Add these gifts of impact to your wish lists and make sure you and the mothers you treasure are being honored in meaningful ways. Our partners and friends have something to suit every special mom in your life and improve the health and lives of mothers around the world.

Unlike millions of moms around the world, Elyse Bila Ouedraogo won’t be celebrating Mother’s Day this year. The mother of three children, Elyse died last year from cervical cancer, a completely preventable and treatable disease. By the time a nurse from Burkina Faso learned of her diagnosis, it was too late to save Elyse.

Just like our children, no two birth stories are exactly the same. As we share them, we feel a connection, particularly as we face the unexpected, the unplanned, and the uncontrollable.

This post is part of the Global Mom Relay. Every time you share this blog, $5 will go to women and girls around the world. Scroll to the bottom to find out more.

Since the age of three when I contracted polio, every day of my life has had challenges -- challenges that are completely preventable with a polio vaccination.

Every 60 seconds a child dies from malaria. Bed nets are a simple, cost-effective way to prevent children and families from being bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitoes while they sleep. To end malaria deaths in this generation, we need your help!

By Lauren Fisher and Kenneth Kibet, World Vision

Like many mothers, Elizabeth Apem clearly remembers the last time she was awakened by her child, sick in the middle of the night.

I live in a small town. It’s sandwiched between large cities in either direction, where most people commute to work. It’s hard to spend time together. Everyone has busy schedules with their own work, family and community involvement. We share a wave from the driveway. Or help out with mail, trash or shoveling snow. But do we really know each other?

Did you know that donating your old cell phone could save someone’s life?
I’m always surprised when I clean out those catch-all drawers and find old, forgotten cell phones. I always wonder what I should do with them, and inevitably I end up just putting them back in that drawer.

This post is part of the Global Mom Relay. Every time you share this blog, $5 will go to women and girls around the world. Scroll to the bottom to find out more.

This Mothers’ Day you can give a gift that improves life for women around the world.