Sharing Web Resources

When I first thought about exploring another country the one that came to mind was wanting to know more about the philippines. That was because a senior pastor and his wife have been there and talk highly about the things they have done over in the philippines, but I have had a hard time of getting a hold of them to get any information. I decided I would explore the childrensdefense.com and the site savethechildren.org.
Both of the sites have a lot of information for anyone to explore and get good insight from. The main topic that was relevant to my current professional development would be the topic "Be Careful What you Cut". The site is talking about funding for education for our children. The article is exploring a budget of where the education cuts are not included, but we need to be very careful of what we cut, education for our children are very important. If there are too many things cut it could effect the education we are providing for our children in our care. Children need to have every opportunity to learn and at their own pace.
When exploring savethechildren.org site there were several other countries that can be explored the Philippines is one I wanted to know more about. Save the children has worked in the Philippines for more than 30 years. There are alot of children around the world who do not have what everyone else has. Some children do not have food, clothing or even an education. I know there are boxes shipped around the world to help children get some supplies they can not afford.
I know after exploring both web sites it did give me some more insight, understanding, and support for the early childhood field. Not only does it talk about the cuts in education, but there are some other topics that deal with children likke the child protection, Education, Health/nutrition, and Hiv/Aids all of these go hand in hand with child education.
My goal is to explore more and more of these websites there is a lot of new insight you can gain from the different sites. Especially exploring the different countries on the children defense fund it can give you a lot more information and then some.
I am still going to try to get a hold of the pastor and see what kind of new information they can give me to help me learn more on the Philippines. I did find a picture of a beach and was amazed of how beautiful the water was.

References:

savethechildren.org
childrensdefense.org

Getting To Know Your International Contacts

Well after tried several professionals from the UNICEF website, decided to explore the alternative assignment from  I looked over information on Ethiopia, and the Philippines both of these sites had things that are similar. The Poverty level is very low in both countries.

Ethiopia poverty level is at 39%. There are some challenges for the children in Ethiopia "Frequent food shortages and periodic famine- like conditions continue to put children at risk"(www.savethechildren.org). Many of the children die before they reach the age of five years old. There is only 36% of the children who attend primary or secondary school. Right now there are 5 million Ethiopias that are chronically food insecure.
Until exploring this site on Ethiopia had no ideal of how people in other countries do not have as much as we do in the United States. The poverty level is very low. My goal is to be to help where every I can, so the children are not living in poverty.

I had contacted my Pastor and his wife to help me out, but have had no contact with them. That is why I chosee to explore the Philippines on this site as well. The poverty level is just as low as the Ethiopia.

Philippines poverty level is at a low rate of 27% which is even lower than the Ethiopia's. There is a high level of "Malnutrition and life-threatening illness among infants and children"(www.savethechildren.org). I know just from people going over to this country you do not realize how much these other countries need help to get their children out of poverty and how much we have to offer. From the things I remember when you are in the Philippines there seems to be a lot of storms.

Poverty is something that happens all around the world, and we as educators need to stand up and help where we can to help cure the poverty issue. This seems to be an issue in all of the surrounding states. With exploring all of the resources and being able to share with parents could help to secure that children are not living in poverty.

Resources:

www.savethechildren.org

Web Resources

Well I have been in contact with a Pastor's wife who has spent some time over in the phillipines and is willing to work with me over the next couple of weeks. This week has been hard to get in contact with her. I also explored other options just in case i need to do something else. The children Defense site (http://www.childrensdefense.org/index-1.html)  is one I have not really explored at all. Their site is well layed out and very organized. Makes it very easy to explore and find what you are looking for. This site is a non-profit child advocacy it is created to enhance all children. The Children's Defense Fund has a monthly news letter and they put all of the top stories they are working on for that month. The one story that caught my eye today was "BE Careful What You Cut". Some of the things it was talking about tax credit, health and food cuts, and Educational cuts these are all areas that we need to be careful of getting cut, because it can effect our families, young children, and of course could cost some jobs in the education field. I know in the area I work in we have a lot of families who are getting some assistance for their daycare, and if we do not save these it could hurt a lot of working people. I am still hoping to hear from other contries to be able to explore about their country.



 

Trends And Issues

Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

This week has been a trying week, and stressful about how to get in contact with people outside the United States. I sent out several e-mails through the Global Alliance website, but everyone of my e-mails would come back saying returned and undeliverable. I then sent out e-mails to my Instructor, and all of my colleguages to make sure I was on the right track. I then found out that I was not alone there was several of us in the same boat. They too could not get any responses back. I still have not gotten any responses back as of this morning. Then I was talking to my Dad and telling him what I needed to do, and he says did you contact Pastor Jeff and Cathy who spent several years in the Philippines. I contacted Cathy by text this morning by text and she was glad to help me out with this project, and even gave me a name of another person who would be willing to work with me as well. This person has a lot to do with the Filipino country which is one I have not heard of. I am getting excited about working with these two ladies and to see how their education is different or similar from the United States. I cannot wait to see what we all have in common when it comes to teaching our children of the furture.

If I get more than what I need for the project I will send others the information, so no one is left out.