Author archives: katejongbloed

Sara and Maddy keep up the pace with this year’s Starbucks Run For Women
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Are you ready to lace up your runners to raise money for Because I am a Girl? The Starbucks Run for Women is right around the corner! Each year for the past two years, Sara [...]

A woman in Tanzania demonstrates cooking on her smokeless stove.

Health + The Environment: How Are They Connected?
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Earth Day is coming up this Sunday, April 22, 2012. With girls' health being our focus this month here on the blog and the Because I am a Girl Facebook Page, I thought I'd try to u[...]

Young actors from Plan-supported youth drama group Evolution perform their play on teen pregnancy.

Girls' Reproductive Health 101
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Sexual health, also known as reproductive health, is a major part of the GIRL ISSUE. You've seen it in the news, but what's the big deal? Today we're looking at what sexual hea[...]

A new mother's health being checked at a Plan health centre in Haiti.

Girls' Maternal and Sexual Health: Q&A with Plan Expert Tanjina
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When I want to learn about something, I ask the experts. With health as our topic on the blog this month, I asked Plan health expert Tanjina to help me understand more abou[...]

No One Treats Us Like Human Beings: Street Children in Bangladesh
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Who’s on the street? About 680,000 children work or live on the streets of Bangladesh, where they are vulnerable to abuse and sexual exploitation. These street children are ofte[...]

A Zimbabwean girl stands on a scale before being immunized.

5 preventable diseases that millions of girls are dying from
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Last week we talked about girls who don't live to see their 5th birthday. Today we're talking about the diseases that they die from: 5 totally preventable and treatable disease[...]

How to Find an Inspiring Mentor!
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Have you ever had an older or wiser person that you asked for advice? Then you’ve had a mentor! – Mentors can help answer some of those tough life questions and guide you towards y[...]

This Laotian girl uses a large bar of soap to make sure her hands keep clean.

Clean Hands Help Keep Girls Healthy (PHOTOS)
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Hands do a great job of passing germs from one place to the next. It may seem too simple, but keeping our hands clean is one of the easiest ways to prevent the spread of disease, h[...]

A girl from East Timor in a Plan-supported playgroup that helps children get ready for school.

Helping A Girl Survive to Her 5th Birthday
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Almost 10 million children die each year before they reach their 5th birthdays. Many of these deaths are easy to prevent with simple actions, like hand washing, good nutrit[...]

Monthly Focus: Girls and Health
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What does it take to keep girls healthy? Our focus this month is girls’ health! Here at Plan and Because I am a Girl, we work to prevent sickness and death, as well as making su[...]