Jennifer Lopez has been very busy with her charitable endeavors lately! The latest is a partnership with the United Nations Foundation! Jennifer and her sister Lynda are co-chairs for a new campaign, the Global Mom Relay, which combines the power of moms with the power of social media to raise awareness and raise funds to improve the health and well-being of mothers and children worldwide.

In a press release, Jennifer and Lynda discussed why they joined the cause:

“My sister Lynda and I had children around the same time and both feel strongly about helping other mothers who are in need so that they have the chance to experience a healthy start as a new mom,” said Jennifer Lopez.  “It is an honor to be part of this important global conversation and I hope others will join us.”

“As a journalist, I know the power of the voice to inspire others and create change,” said Lynda Lopez.  “As a mother, I also know the unique power of a mom and her voice to help her children, family, and community.  The beauty of the Global Mom Relay is that a mother anywhere can use her voice to share these stories of motherhood to help improve the lives of women and children everywhere.”

It’s easy to get involved and make a difference: from now until May 8, every time you share a relay post on Facebook, Twitter, or email or donate $5 or more as part of the relay, a $5 donation (up to $62,500 per week or $125,000 every two weeks) will be donated by Johnson & Johnson and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to one of four initiatives that are helping women and children lead healthy and happy lives – Girl Up, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA), and the Shot@Life campaign. The relay is in support of Every Woman Every Child, a movement launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to save the lives of 16 million women and children by 2015.