Friday, September 21, 2012
Getting to Know International Contacts
After multiple failed attempts at contacting professionals through the UNICEF website, I decided to try to contact Early Childhood professionals at Victoria College in England and The University of Sydney. Neither of these attempts yielded any results, so I am choosing the podcast alternative assignment.
I watched the podcast featuring Maysoun Chehab. Maysoun Chehab is the Early Childhood coordinator at the Arab Resource Center, a non-profit government organization, in Beirut, Lebanon. She works to raise awareness of Early Childhood issues, such as care and development, child rights, and trains caregivers on best practices. The focus of the podcast was her work in Lebanon after the 2006 war. After the war, many children and families were affected, so Chehab went into the villages of Lebanon for support. Maysoun and the Arab Resource Center educated teachers and parents about the reactions children may have post war. Following this training, she provided parents and teachers with knowledge about coping techniques and strategies to support the children and themselves. The war destroyed most of the primary schools and Lebanon had much rebuilding both physically and emotionally.
I studied the Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Center website. I specifically looked into childhood poverty in the country of Kyrgyzstan.Kyrgyzstan is a country previously occupied by Russian and has suffered many economic setbacks, which contributed to the country's poverty level. According to the website, in the 1990's, over 60% of the population in Kyrgyzstan were living in poverty. The extreme poverty contributed to the country's lack of health care and education experience. Analysts are concerned that the poverty in Kyrgyzstan is going to continue and become a cycle. The government is working to reduce poverty by implementing programs like the National Poverty Reduction strategy. This program aims to promote economic growth, build a fair society, and tackle childhood poverty. Many organizations in the country are joining the effort to reduce poverty, but much work is needed to reach the goal.
Poverty seems to affect every country, no matter the size, location, or how influential the country is in the world. Poverty can be the result of economic depression or the result of war. While it is a concern, it seems that many people are concerned about this issue and are working hard to reduce poverty and the harmful effects.
Resources
Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre’s page (http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/)
World Forum Foundation Radio. http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/radio.php
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Yes poverty is in every country as you mentioned some however are devastated from it as is Krgyzstan. Yes it must be a top priority to rid the world of poverty but without ridding it of war poverty will still remain.Awareness is the beginning, and understanding how detrimental it is to our children and therefore to every society and the future of our world will begin to plant the seeds for change.
ReplyDeleteYour post has a lot of good information! you are very right poverty is in every country and state. We as educators need to make it something on the top of our list to help control poverty in our own little town. Unless we do our part we are not going to be able to help people who are in poverty. We as educators just need to work together to help our parents out if they would get into a situation.
ReplyDeletePoverty is a serious world problem. Many children and their families are trapped in severe poverty. Low-income children and their families can stand to gain from multiple public benefits that help to meet their basic needs but we have to provide them with this information. Educators should plan their lessons with each child in mind because it is difficult for children to learn when they are dealing with these social issues.
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