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It’s exciting to hear that the Mummy Blogging community is getting involved in Bangladesh. Three mummy bloggers: Josie at Sleep is for the Weak; Eva at Nixdminx and Sian at Mummy-tips are travelling to Bangladesh at the end of August with Save the Children. Their role is to meet mothers, share their stories and raise awareness of the terrible conditions [...] I would like to share photos and thanks from ARBAN for the clothes M passed to them for the people of Jheelpur slum on his last visit in May. Thank you to everyone who donated clothes; people were extremely generous, handing me huge bags of beautiful clothes. I hope you will think from these photos that they are being put [...] This the last in my series of posts about our trip to Bangladesh. My visit to Jheelpur slum gave me much to think about, a new perspective on how some people live. After a couple of days in Dhaka I became very aware of a desperately poor underclass. There is no welfare state so beggars tap at [...] Yesterday I thought a lot about what being a mother means. For a mother I met in Bangladesh, being a mother means a desperate struggle to keep a child alive and healthy. During the Mother’s Day service, M, one of the Guides, read a prayer for mothers… “for those who struggle to balance the tasks of [...] This is a follow up post to one written by Whistlejacket about having too many toys. All the comments to her post were in agreement – yes we have too many toys; yes people are too generous at Christmas but what can we do, relatives like giving children presents; yes there’s no need to buy [...] Like all households we get a lot of mail shots pushed through the door; advertisements for carpet cleaning, conservatories and pleas for money from various charities. I am guilty of gathering it all up and shoving it in the recycling bin. I have no compunction about the conservatories but I’m sure that some of the [...] I was supposed to go to the gym this evening but instead felt I had to stay in and write this blog. I’m sure you’re thinking “yeah right, good excuse for being lazy”. But there is a reason deeper than lethargy. This afternoon I had tea with Bishop Alphonse and his wife Evelyne from Nebbi Diocese [...] Blogging is a strange thing. My husband encouraged me to start this blog to market Revolution Baby but as I write I still wonder who really cares what I think about Toys R Us or schools closing in snow. As far as I’m aware I only have two readers – Al Humphreys and my mother [...] Today I had my first “only eight weeks to go until Christmas!” email, written in breathless tension to imply that if I didn’t shop with them right then I would be wildly behind schedule. For goodness sake, it’s still October! However, I have spent the week organising Christmas presents – but for good reason. At my [...] |
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