Claire at Dandelion lounge (who may or may not have had her baby by now!) sent me this very special Gift of Life meme.

As you probably know, Pampers and Unicef have been joint forces for a number of years now in their “Gift of Life” campaign to eliminate maternal and newborn tetanus.

It’s a sad fact that tetanus kills 128,000 mothers and babies each year in the developing world.  Thanks to the UK’s vaccination programme which starts when babies are 8 weeks old, it’s something that we don’t need to think about and possibly take for granted.

How Pampers supports Unicef’s programme is by donating the cost of a vaccine for every one pack of nappies sold to Unicef. They have been running the campaign for three years and have so far donated the funding for 200 million tetanus vaccines.

You can read more about this on the Unicef website.

If for whatever reason you don’t buy Pampers  you can still support Unicef directly by clicking here. Supporting the cause and raising awareness of the issues and Unicef’s work is priority.  Whatever your views, I ask every reader of this post to click here for a free song download which will donate a vaccine to the Gift For Life campaign at no cost to you.

Claire asked me to keep the meme going and pass it on to other bloggers.

Here are my chosen ones and all you have to do is this:

1 Open the virtual Gift For Life by going here
2 Write a small post on the campaign
3 Pass on to at least 5 other bloggers
4 Add the campaign badge to your sidebar
5 Feel incredibly proud that you are helping to make a difference!

So I’m passing this onto you:

Tums2Mums

icklebabe

MummyWhisperer

rachelpattisson

myfunnybunny