Yesterday, March 22, was World Water Day.

So here is a spoken word piece about the water situation. Make sure to get involved in any way you can! http://thewaterproject.org/

“Let’s change these quotations of unclean water’s dictation
Creating invitations for our hearts combination
Until we change our hesitation from a guilty fascination
From our conscience’s accusation
To a completed obligation of humanity’s conservation.”

Happy International Women’s Day!

A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. -Diane Mariechild

The message is simple: Pay attention to nonviolence around the world.

OneLuv

unicef:

VIDEO REPORT: Door-to-door success

They go where doctors can’t, where hospitals are hard to find, where trained nurses are few. Community health workers are the force behind one of the biggest success stories in Bangladesh.

Read more: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_66012.html

The UN Refugee Agency’s Global Trends Report Stated that in 2011…

~800,000 people became refugees
~3.5 million people were internally displaced in their own country
~35.4 million people were in UNHCR’s care
~48% of the world’s refugees were women and girls
~Most of the refugees were coming from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia
~Largest Refugee hosting countries were Pakistan and Iran

“Budgets are tight. We will be having in 2012 inevitably less financial resources than last year, but the needs are growing. So this is indeed very very challenging for us and it creates an enormous frustration as we are not able to do what we know people need us to do to protect and assist them.”

-António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Text REFUGEES to 50555 to donate $10 to USA for UNHCR or go to USA for UNHCR to make a donation.

Miriam Welderufael
One❤Citizen

Today is World Refugee Day. Show your support for refugees by taking a pledge and making a donation. Every cent counts because even one refugee without hope is too many.

Text REFUGEES to 50555 to donate $10 to USA for UNHCR ( The UN Refugee Agency).

“Some 15 million people are affected by the crisis in the Sahel region, and one million of these are children that could die within months without immediate humanitarian assistance.”

We need to do something about this NOW. Aid delayed is aid failed. There are many organizations who have teams ready, but they need your assistance in funding and raising awareness. UNICEF has a program that will allow you to donate to their services for children in the region who are facing malnutrition, disease and death. The UN Refugee Agency has a way for you to support their teams that are responding to the emergency in Mali, where the food crisis is only half the problem. Oxfam is also working in the region and appealing for your help to support some of the “most vulnerable communities as they build resilience and prepare for this crisis.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
—Theodore Roosevelt

PLEASE SHARE THIS AND DO WHAT YOU CAN.

Miriam Welderufael
One❤Citizen

I love learning about new artists! So at the Nneka concert this weekend (which was amazing by the way), I learned about a group from Sierra Leone called Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew. I want to encourage you all to check them out. They have seen a lot in their lives and are sharing it with us through their music. The video helps us get to know them and where they come from. Sometimes you think you know someone’s story by looking at them, but you never really can. War Stories gives just a little insight into what the war in Sierra Leone was like. Learn something new; I know I always love to.

Well, check out their video and show them some love. Positive musicians need encouragement!! Let them know we want more positivity!

www.PlanetBajah.com