Along with a big crowd of very fired up and inspired fellow-bloggers, I spent yesterday at Creating Connections: Save The Children Blogger Conference. Amazing speakers, lots of conversation, a load of ideas to take away. We learned about the devastating effects of infant mortality, maternal deaths and malnutrition, but instead of feeling powerless and defeated we heard a lot of hugely hopeful stuff about what can be done to help.
We are limbering up to getting busy on the Save The Children Build It For Babies campaign, raising money to build health clinics in Bangladesh that will provide essential care for babies and their mums. Here at Sunny Side Up we do a lot of celebrating our children, their happiness and playing and reading, so what better way to say thank you for our wonderful good fortune that doing something special for this campaign. More details to follow…
And I’m on board with the force of nature that is mammasaurus and her Blog it for Babies national tour… I don’t know what to expect, except that it will DEFINITELY be a riotous success! (so no pressure there, @MammasaurusBlog…)
So why not have a little look, and jump on board too!
Thank you for posting this! It’s great to hear that you felt inspired too. A big room full of passionate people sharing ideas and learning about the work that Save The Children do. Such energy!
Yes! It absolutely wasn’t the case of feeling paralysed by the desperate stories we heard, but motivated by the possibilities. I’m eager to get started!
Wicked post! It was a brilliant event wasn’t it. I hope we all manage to raise bundles of £££ for Build It For Babies!
Lovely to ‘meet’ you here, and wish I’d said hello in person yesterday! I’ve just been reading your amazing post, and feel there’s some brilliant ideas brewing… look forward to chatting more over the next week or so. X
glad to see you have joined the blog it for babies. hopefully many many more will too and together we will make a difference to 1000’s of families in bangladesh.
Hello! Thanks for commenting, and yes I’m sensing a lot of commitment and brilliant ideas brewing…
What a positive day it was – and hopefully the ‘let’s go do this’ vibe will take us forward with massive success
Yes, absolutely – it seems like the key is to really hang on to the thought of making a difference, rather than feeling all small and ineffectual…
looking forward to chatting more soon!
Thanks for posting this Clara and I’m really glad you enjoyed the day. It was great to meet so many wonderful bloggers and I came away really inspired and energized by all your ideas.
I’m looking forward to being part of the campaign and seeing some of those great ideas unfold.
Rosie x
Thank you so much for calling by, Rosie, and I too am very excited by the energy and ideas gathering momentum.
Let’s stay in touch!