Getting to Know Your International Contacts
I have not received a response from The National Early Childhood Development Alliance; therefore I will be using the alternate method that I chose. I listened to The World Forum Radio where several early childhood educators communicated concerning poverty and how it affects children. Tackling childhood poverty is critical. One educator talks about how we as educators can spread awareness and how it will help the children and their families.
From listening to the World Forum Radio I have learned that poverty affects a big portion of communities all over the world. The World Forum has educators from all over the world that participates in discussions of various topics within the Early Childhood field such as what impacts organizations and programs can have on poverty in communities and the impact that poverty has on children. After listening to the educators speak on the subject of poverty I went to the website where I read that over 600 million children world-wide live in absolute poverty. At least 60% of children are living in households that have incomes below poverty level (http://www.childpoverty.org).
In the developing countries over 10 million children die each year from diseases that are preventable. This is due to poverty. I have gained several insights from the radio and reading the website. The first insight that I gained is that if we don’t help our children who live in poverty today, they will become parents to children who will also be in poverty tomorrow. As educators we must spread awareness so that we can help break the cycles in poor families that has been passed down from generation to generation. We can do this by simple educating the children.
I have gain insight on what poverty is and what we can do to help eliminate it. The best possible way to help eliminate poverty in our communities is by advocating to government leaders, senators, and others to keep the programs that start children to learning at an early age. As we educate all children we make them aware of poverty and how important it is for them to receive the best education possible so that they can in return get good jobs to be above the poverty line, and this will allow them the opportunity to take good care of their families which brings them out of poverty. The cycle can be broken and raising awareness is the answer.
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Hi Sharon,
ReplyDeleteSorry that you haven’t heard back from any contacts yet. I’m in the same boat! I agree with you that the best way to help eliminate poverty is to go to our elected officials. Our elected officials have greater access to information on poverty and can help fund programs to help people in poverty. Also, I like the idea of providing education to children and families and helping them learn how to successfully beat the cycle of poverty. I believe that in many cases of generational poverty people do not know how to break the cycle. They may also not be aware of the programs out there to help them.
Tanya
Hi Sharon, what an eye opener to find out that there is such a large number of children world-wide who live in poverty. You make such a great point that children die due to causes that are related to poverty that could actually be prevented!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that poverty is a continuous circle.... that is until we can find an end to it. It is about educating and empowering people with the tools with how to beat it! I think it will be a challenge, but I feel the same as you, that bringing more awareness and continuing with the discussion and the fight that the cycle can be broken.
I think what baffles me the most is when I hear about those "House Wives" spending millions of dollars on their crazy weddings, parties, and other nonsense spending and think that even if they donated 1/8th of that money they spend on one party, the help it could provide!!
Thank you for sharing!
Take care,
Stephanie
Good post Sharon! No one should ever have to endure such cruel behavior. Unfortunately, there are still some prejudice people in this world. I bothers me to know that there are parents that actual teach their children to be prejudice. As a professional, I would be difficult to deal with a child that is being taught to be prejudice at home and being taught the importance of respecting others regardless of their background. This can be confusing both for the child and the teacher. This could also have a great impact on the other children. Thank you for sharing!
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