GETTING TO KNOW YOUR INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS PART 2

I have not received any response back from my emails. But I am waiting patiently but for this assignment I did have a chance to tour Harvard University's Global Children's Initiative website.



The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child is a multi-disciplinary, multi-university collaboration designed to bring the science of early childhood and early brain development to bear on public decision-making. Established in 2003, the Council is committed to an evidence-based approach to building broad-based public will that transcends political partisanship and recognizes the complementary responsibilities of family, community, workplace, and government to promote the well-being of all young children. (Harvard University)

This website was very informative . This center is commitmented to all children from all over the world. They take pride on providing decision makers about the science of a child and their well being.
Their goals are:

• Building a multidisciplinary science of health, learning and behavior
• Advancing our undestanding of how to reduce disparities in well being
• Catalyzing the formulation and implementation of effective science-base policies
• Preparing future and current leaders to make science-based polocy desision (Harvard University)

They constanly have working group of Havard faculy working and implenting ways to communicate to decision makers about their program. They also have a forum to address the issues with investors and they tell them why investing in early childhood is important.

http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/)

SHARING WEB RESOURCES

htpp://www.icrichild.org

• What specific section(s) or information seemed particulary relevant to your current professional development

This company help children in U.S. and  International. I really liked that this organization look to really help the women and girls in order to get control of poverty.


                                            

•  Which ideas/statment/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter, did you find controversial or made you think about an issues in new ways?

The things I read from this organization in how the things they do to help children and their families that live in poverty. This make me want to look into a company myself. I did not realize how many organizations are out ther to help the children and ther families.

ICRI works to improve the lives of children and families around the world. We focus on early childhood care and education, children’s rights, empowerment of women and girls, maternal/child health, and grassroots community development. ICRI’s credo is “we only go where we are invited,” and all of our programs advance local leadership and promote community collaboration. Since ICRI was founded in 1981, we have developed or operated over 300 programs in over 50 countries, all with the goal of empowering the village to raise the child. (ICRI)

ICRI provides expert consultation and technical assistance on the establishment or improvement of child and family programs. Our clients include local, national, and international businesses, governments, foundations, and non-profit organizations interested in developing model programs to serve children and families.
ICRI’s team includes a diverse roster of consultants with expertise in early childhood, child protection, maternal/child health, community development, program design/implementation, and monitoring/evaluation. Our services include:

• child care facility design and development
• needs assessment evaluations
• program design and implementation
• program monitoring and evaluation
• strategic planning
• program administration and oversight
• fund development and fiscal management
• resource procurement
• legislative and policy planning support
• training and capacity building(ICRI)

• What other newsights about issues and trens in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?

I find that this organization encourage children to play. When I was reading about other organization many of them did not mention too much about how the children will be learning.  But this organization include play for the children.

 

We have developed a unique curriculum that incorporates tumbling, music,

dance, creative play, and martial arts as a means of fostering healthy
development, self-awareness, and self-expression. We begin with an intake and assessment of each child, and then schedule him or her in weekly private or small group lessons as determined by the child’s needs and individual stage of development. Parents receive regular progress reports and communication from the instructors, and are encouraged to attend our adult education workshops in order to enhance their ability to respond to the unique strengths and needs of their child.(ICRI)
http//:www.icrichild.org

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS.

I did not get a response back from anyone. I am a little disappoint because I really wanted to communicate with someone to gain more knowledge about their country and the problems with their children that has to live in poverty.

SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA

 

POVERTY NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY: FIGHT POVERTY AND HUNGER

“ I know poverty because poverty was there before I was born and it has become part of life like the blood through my veins. Poverty is not going empty for a single day and getting something to eat the next day. Poverty is going empty with no hope for the future. Poverty is getting nobody to feel your pain and poverty is when your dreams go in vain because nobody is there to help you. Poverty is watching your mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters die in pain and in sorrow just because they couldn't get something to eat. Poverty is hearing your grandmothers and grandfathers cry out to death to come take them because they are tired of this world. Poverty is watching your own children and grandchildren die in your arms but there is nothing you can do. Poverty is watching your children and grandchildren share tears in their deepest sleep. Poverty is suffering from HIV/AIDS and dying a shameful death but nobody seems to care". " Poverty is when you hide your face and wish nobody could see you just because you feel less than a human being. Poverty is when you dream of bread and fish you never see in the day light. Poverty is when people accuse you and prosecute you for no fault of yours but who is there to say some for you? Poverty is when the hopes of your fathers and grandfathers just vanish within a blink of an eye. I know poverty and I know poverty just like I know my father's name. Poverty never sleeps. Poverty works all day and night. Poverty never takes a holiday" (One Poor African)

When I read this I cried I never took time to realize just how much pain is going on  in the world. All I knew is what is happening in my little world. from the CHIP web site I read something that really touch me "Today's poor children are all too often tomorrow's poor parents". In Sub Saharan Africa the children number of death of children under five continue to rise. The main reasons for poverty in Africa is war, HIV, hunger and lack of education for their people.

Shaing Web Resources

                               HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE

 
 

The HCZ pipeline begins with The Baby College, a series of workshops for parents of children ages 0-3. The pipeline goes on to include best-practice programs for children of every age through college. The network includes in-school, after-school, social-service, health and community-building programs. The pipeline has, in fact, dual pathways: on one track, the children go through our Promise Academy charter schools; while on the other track, we work to support the public schools in the Zone, both during the school day with in-class assistants and with afterschool programs.

For children to do well, their families have to do well. And for families to do well, their community must do well. That is why HCZ works to strengthen families as well as empowering them to have a positive impact on their children's development.

http://www.hcz.org/index.php

International Child Resource Institute

All children deserve access to high quality, stimulating, developmentally appropriate early childhood care and education. We believe that early intervention promotes the healthy growth and development not just of individual children, but of entire communities.

ICRI envisions a world in which all children and families are able to fulfill their greatest potential. We work towards this goal by focusing on:

Early Childhood Care and Education

All children deserve access to high quality, stimulating, developmentally appropriate early childhood care and education. We believe that early intervention promotes the healthy growth and development not just of individual children, but of entire communities.

Children’s Rights

Children must be allowed to live safe and stable lives, free from abuse and violence. We believe that recognizing and protecting children’s rights is an essential step towards ensuring human rights for all.

Maternal and Child Health

Women and children must have access to health interventions that allow them to physically and mentally thrive. We believe that HIV/AIDS and other public health challenges must be addressed at every opportunity, in order to ensure the wellbeing of individual women and children as well as the larger communities in which they live.
http://www.icrichild.org/

Establishing Professional Contacts

This week I went to only UNICEF and emailed to eight different countries stating that I am currently a student at Walden University and my assignment calls for me to communicate with two different early childhood professional. I am sad to say that I have not received any email backs so I must do more this week.