Rosie Scribble

Sponsored video: Walkers, The Wanted and Gary

I simply couldn’t pass on the opportunity to feature a video of The Wanted on my blog. Well I could have of course, but IJ insisted. As soon as she got wind of this video she suggested that it would be the sort of thing readers would be interested in watching. Apparently writing about parenting and products just doesn’t cut it anymore, this is far more hip and happening. 

This is what happens when you have an eight-year-old daughter in the house. Anyone who is yet to reach this stage, be warned. It’s an education in itself. You suddenly go from being the best person in the world ever, to being a little out of touch, bordering on embarrassing. As well as that, eight year olds know everything. Their parents, so they seem to think, know absolutely nothing. It makes for a number of interesting conversations.

Why I've been keeping an eye on William and Catherine this week

Very rarely can I say I'm following in the footsteps of Royalty.  In fact, this is a first. You see, next week I’m flying off to Denmark to visit UNICEF's Global Supply Centre in Copenhagen and following in the footsteps of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who were there on Wednesday.

The purpose of their trip was help focus attention back the on-going humanitarian disaster in the horn of Africa where approximately 13 million people are at risk of starvation, half of them children.

I'm travelling there to find out more about UNICEF's Inspired Christmas Gifts range which I’ll be helping to promote in the run-up to Christmas.

It seems a lifetime ago since I last witnessed the work of UNICEF first hand. It’s a charity whose work I feel passionate about having been involved with their corporate partnership with Pampers, so I’m excited to be getting more involved in their work again.

Crock-Pot winner and a consolation prize

Many thanks to everyone who entered my competition to win a Crock-Pot slow cooker.

One winner has been selected at random and I can reveal that it is …

… Mirka Moore from All Baby Advice.

Many congratulations to Mirka. Hope you enjoy your slow cooking.

Apologies to those who didn’t win.

By way of consolation I can offer you Gary Barlow.

Enjoy.

Sponsor a child with Action Aid

When asked if I would post a video highlighting the work Action Aid’s child sponsorship programme is doing for children in Africa, I didn’t hesitate for a moment. It’s a moving video showing East is East star Jimi Mistry’s recent visit to Rwanda, where he sees the huge difference Action Aid is making to children and their local communities.

During his visit as part of the charity’s Unforgettable Moment’s campaign, Jimi see the enormous difference made simply by moving a school from the top of a mountain to a more accessible position at the bottom, saving the children an exhausting and potentially dangerous 5km uphill trek to and from the school each day.

Some of the children at the school also suffered from malnutrition and Jimi is seen milking a cow purchased with child sponsorship money to ensure children receive the nutrition they need. He says: “It was an unforgettable moment watching a little girl called Rachel, who is just a little younger than my daughter, being given a regular drink of milk and therefore the chance of a brighter future.”

ActionAid is asking people across the UK to celebrate their unforgettable moments. For 50p a day - the cost of a pint of milk - unforgettable moments can be created for children across the developing world.

Click here to sponsor a child with ActionAid.

This is a sponsored post. Payment received for writing this post will be donated to charity.

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