It is there that God will move.
“When you have a dream on your heart and it looks impossible, you are in a great spot. It is there that God will move.” -Joël Malm, Founder of Summit Leaders and former missionary to Mexico and Peru. Joël was a breakout and plenary speaker this year at the 2017 Missions Conference. Read more from Joël here.
Global urbanization and the neglected tropical diseases
Dr. Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., was a speaker at the 2017 M3 Conference discussing neglected tropical diseases. Here is a recently published article for further discussion on the global urbanization and neglected tropical diseases in the PLOS for those of you who enjoyed his plenary!
Fig 1. Global urbanization map showing the percentage of urbanization by country in 2006.
1000 Days: How Advocacy for Nutrition Saves Lives
This past week executive directors Jenny Eaton Dyer, PhD from Hope Through Healing Hands and William Moore, Executive Director at The Eleanor Crook Foundation, co-hosted a breakout session at Lakewood Church in Houston on the importance of nutrition during the 1000 day window – from conception to 2 years old – of a child’s life for proper cognitive and physical development. We live in a time where 1 out of 3 people suffer from malnutrition in some form. The most devastating consequences include stunting and wasting of children who are victims of undernutrition.
But the good news is that, together, we can really bolster funding and food security worldwide with advocacy. Right now less than one percent of the U.S. budget goes to foreign assistance. And nutrition is just one percent of that one percent. A fraction of funding that should be protected and enhanced with proper nutrition education and counseling during this critical time for mothers and children.
We encourage you to call or write your Congressional representative today (house.gov or senate.gov) and let them know that you support full funding for nutrition in foreign assistance to allow children and families to flourish to their full potential in school, in jobs, and in life. We can be the generation to end poverty. This is a critical step.
Please join us.
How you can advocate.
M3 Breakout Session Nutrition 2-18-17.pdf
Article from Hope Through Healing Hands blog.
Download the M3 Conference App
We are so excited to announce that we have a new conference app that you can download to keep up-to-date on all things M3 Conference related. It has speaker and session information, exhibitor information, site maps, and more right at your fingertips! This app is only available to M3 Conference registrants.
This app also offers a great way to connect with the M3 community via the “Attendees” icon. You will have to “allow” people to contact you via this app, so if you are interested in connecting with others at the conference, details of how to navigate within the app can be found under the “Important Information” icon after you download.
Use the link below to download the app on your Android or iOS and sign in to it with Event Password M32017.
The mission of the Mobilizing Medical Missions (M3) Conference is to “Connect with others. Be inspired. Find your mission.” And, this app is a great way to get started!
We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT!