Follow our mom bloggers as they travel to Kenya

Tabitha and her son, John, in Kenya. Photo courtesy of Riccardo Gangale for GAVI. From July 23 to 30, ONE will be taking 10 mom bloggers to Kenya to experience issues that women living in extreme poverty face every day. These moms will be experiencing the issues of extreme poverty as told through the lens of a mother in Africa –- from shadowing health care workers to meeting with female farmers to visiting one of Africa’s largest urban slums. As a result, we hope they bring that awareness back home and share their lessons with other moms in their community.

Here are the 10 lucky mom bloggers traveling to Kenya:

Karen Walrond, Chookooloonks @Chookooloonks
Amy Graff, BabyCenter/Momformation @babycenter
Jennifer James, The Mom Bloggers Club @mombloggersclub
Cooper Munroe, The Motherhood @coopermunroe
Emily McKhann, The Motherhood @emilymckhann
Lindsay Maines, Rock and Roll Mama @rockandrollmama
Jyl Pattee, Mom It Forward @momitforward
Rachel Fox, Coming Alive @rachelonefox
Shayne Moore, Global Soccer Mom @globalsoccermom
Elisa Morgan, FullFill @fullfillmag

We’d love for you to follow along their amazing journey — and that’s why we created ONE Week, a series of emails, blog posts and actions to keep you updated and involved with the moms’ activities on the ground. Sign up to receive their daily updates on our ONE Moms page now: http://www.one.org/us/actnow/moms/.

By signing up for our updates, over the next few weeks you will receive their daily trip agenda, have an opportunity to hear from a ONE expert on key issues the moms will be learning about and much more. The bloggers will be chronicling the trip on their own blogs and the ONE Blog, too — so keep an eye out for their photos, interviews and stories in the coming days.

Although the moms have not left for Kenya yet, they’re online and ready to take your questions or hear from you right now. Use the hashtag #ONEmoms and direct a tweet to a ONE mom blogger from the list above. And don’t forget to follow along while they’re in Kenya, too.

Together we can shine a spotlight on the successes and challenges that accompany the fight to end extreme poverty and preventable disease around the world. Use your voice on behalf of the world’s poorest and be part of ONE Week. It only takes ONE mom.