On the 15th Day of Advent... Open Your Eyes

(I have no words for this one)

Help Wanted...

It seems like I'm shouting a lot about charitable causes these days. I'm not going to apologise for that, but I do understand that 'charity fatigue' is real and that we all experience it from time to time.

However, here's a short film from Unicef about Pakistan that I was forwarded today and I think is worth watching. (And I do think it's amusing that they sent me this one, what with it's featuring the quite watchable Ewan McGregor and all. What am I - an easily pigeon-holed Mummy Blogger or something?)

The Bigger Picture

It's tempting, when on holiday with your children and finding yourself - you think - run ragged by your little prince and princess's demands, to lose sight of the bigger picture.

Just in case that's happened to you recently (as it has to me), here's a video from Unicef UK entitled 'Put it Right', which they've created to support their 5 year initiative to inspire action to protect the rights of children everywhere.

And before you click away, there are no images of gratuitous violence against children on it; just kids doing what they do everywhere and simply getting on with their lives. But in circumstances that may make you weep.