This post is part of the Global Mom Relay originally published on Huffington Post. Every time you share this blog on the Global Mom Relay website, $5 will go to women and girls around the world. Scroll to the bottom to find out more. I didn’t spend much time in my formative years with my mother, so I learned a great deal of my life lessons through my Dad, Ted Turner: He always gave sage […]
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Try to imagine today’s world without the UN in it. Ted Turner can’t. And the reason is that he doesn’t believe modern civilization as we know it would still exist in the UN’s absence. Seven years ago, I began a series of intense, ongoing conversations with Turner and a number of his problem-solving friends about what makes this enigmatic American “eco-capitalist-humanitarian” tick. My new book, “Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet,”
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The UN Foundation believes that the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by world leaders in 2000, have been important to help drive progress on some of the world’s most pressing challenges, including extreme poverty, education, health and the environment. That’s why we’re joining Momentum1000! On April 5, organizations from all parts of the international development community will launch a global 1,000-minute social media rally to raise awareness and inspire action around the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
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Today the world is 1,000 days out from the target date to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals embraced by governments and the UN to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems, including poverty, hunger, access to education, and child and maternal deaths. To mark this milestone, the UN Foundation is joining the global development community for a 1,000-minute digital rally starting at 8:30 am ET. Our goal is to raise awareness of
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The international development community came together in a big way on Friday to support the work of the United Nations as it marked the 1,000-day milestone leading to the target date to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals embraced by governments and the UN to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems. More than 80 organizations participated in Momentum1000, a 1,000-minute digital rally to highlight the progress that has been made in lifting
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I recently had the opportunity to travel with UNICEF to Uganda and Burundi to experience a different model of development aid: UNICEF Innovation Labs. These labs were developed to create a space for ideas, experimentation and incubation of new solutions to help empower a community. Due to their success, UNICEF has started replicating the model and building labs in other countries throughout the world, including Kosovo and Tanzania. Each lab is a bit different depending
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Recently, some of America’s top entrepreneurs gathered at the United Nations Foundation to learn more about what we do and to help us inject innovation into our work helping the U.N. solve the world’s biggest problems like disease, poverty, climate change and gender discrimination. These innovators are part of the Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council (GEC) – a group of leaders dedicated to bringing new ideas and fresh thinking to our efforts. The members of 2013-2014
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Today, UN Foundation Board member Muhammad Yunus is at the U.S. Capitol to receive the highest honor Congress can give an individual person: a Congressional Gold Medal. Only 153 Congressional Gold Medals have been awarded since their establishment in 1776. In receiving one, Professor Yunus joins the ranks of George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and other trailblazers whose ideas and actions have benefited humanity in revolutionary ways. Professor Yunus
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Every Earth Day, I’m reminded of the proverb, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” To build a better world for future generations, we have to protect the environment. At the same time, a better world requires us to do something about the billions of people who don’t have reliable access to electricity. Electricity is especially important for health care facilities – it provides light, powers medical
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