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The Greatest Gift You’ll Give This Season is Hope.

December 12, 2013 by Emily 2 Comments

I think it was George Carlin who said that inside every cynic there's a disappointed idealist. And don't I know it. At times, my wholehearted belief in something has been the beginning of that same belief's undoing; lean in too close to examine something and the entire weight of it might come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Life Tagged With: child labor, child labour, child sponsorship, children, education, family, george carlin, hope, international development, optimism, World Vision, world vision canada, world vision el salvador

Fun and Games: No Laughing Matter?

December 5, 2013 by Emily Leave a Comment

When I am too busy and don't play long enough with Toddler, he tugs on my clothes and demands "up, up" and if he cannot get what he needs, he will bury his face in the backs of my legs and whine in his shrillest pitch until I get down on the floor with him and help him find the puzzle piece with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Kids, Parenting Tagged With: child labor, child labour, childhood development, cognitive development, free play, fun, games, haiyan, play, poverty, psychosocial development, social development, world vision canada

The Difference Education Makes.

November 28, 2013 by Emily 2 Comments

In a great many places in the world, education means being able to do more than simply survive. It is security, opportunity, and a way to lift whole families out of the poverty cycle. It means literacy, and the ability to advocate for oneself and one's community. Education is enabling. Poverty is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Parenting Tagged With: child labor, child labour, child slavery, child sponsorship, education, el salvador, World Vision, world vision canada

No Child For Sale.

November 12, 2013 by Emily 2 Comments

[youtube id="4J1sYC3zM2c"] I met a family, two sisters who had made homes on a piece of land they don't own and who raise their children beside fields of sugar cane. The home looked as though it had been assembled over time, like the families had added wood, metal and chicken wire when they were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Kids, Life Tagged With: #nochildforsale, child labor, child labour, child slavery, el salvador, world vision canada

Buy Good Chocolate.

October 31, 2013 by Emily 2 Comments

[youtube id="YlVICw_kydM"] The last week of October to roughly the second week of February is peak chocolate-buying season, but do you know where your cocoa (and other candy ingredients) comes from? I mean, like, do you really know?  I will never look at cheap coffee, chocolate or sugar the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Green Living, Life Tagged With: #nochildforsale, africa, candy, child labour, child slavery, chocolate, el salvador, fair trade chocolate, Halloween, harkin-engel protocol, Purdy's Chocolate, rainforest alliance chocolate, sustainable candy, sustainable chocolate, World Vision, world vision canada

Conchas, Mangroves and Coconuts: El Salvador, Day 2

September 19, 2013 by Emily 1 Comment

I know I said yesterday I'd tell you about some of what World Vision is doing in El Salvador, but right now I'm in a hotel in Sonsonate and the Internet connection is spotty at best. So rather than invest heavily in a lot of text I could lose if the connection drops out, I'll just show you some of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: #nochildforsale, child labor, child labour, conchas, el salvador, fishing, mangrove forest, World Vision, world vision canada, world vision el salvador

Things I Learned This Christmas…

December 30, 2010 by sarahnewk

We spent Christmas at my parents. It was a lot of family time...lol.  But it was great family time, especially for The Boy!  He learned so much over the few days we were there and got to experience a real, snow-covered Christmas.  He made sure he taught us some lessons though... Dad's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canadian mom blog, child labour, Christmas with the family, eating food, fun in the snow, gingerbread house, learning lessons, new mom blog, snow shoveling, toddler feeding

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