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Working for Children - Yours, Mine and Everyone's

By Carolyn S. Miles

Carolyn S. Miles is the first female President & CEO of Save the Children, a non-profit organization with the mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

She travels the globe as part of her work to improve the lives of children around the world, from school programs in South Carolina to health centers in Egypt to refugee camps in Kenya. But when she's not working on behalf of all children, she's attending to her own three kids. With a son in college, a son in high school and a daughter in elementary school, Carolyn's schedule is packed – but she always likes to connect with other moms to talk about how we can all make the world better for kids.

We all know that motherhood is a constant juggling act. Between sports practice, school activities, homework and our constantly-buzzing Blackberries, it’s no small miracle when we’re able to get dinner on the table. But just because things don’ ... Read more...
As the saying goes, “it takes a village to raise a child”—and during my recent trip to northern Mozambique with Save the Children, I saw just how true that is in the village of Nacala. I came away from this trip w ... Read more...
Neighbors can be wonderful things to have around. They watch over your house while you’re on vacation, trade gardening tips over the backyard fence, keep an eye on the neighborhood kids as they play and are always ready with the proverbial cup of sugar. But what if ... Read more...
Earlier this week, I was honored to speak at Working Mother’s Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility and Women. It was a forum full of intelligent, e ... Read more...