WEEK4: SHARING WEB RESOURCES

Week 4 blog> 6162

An article that was available on the website, Save the Children, named “Every Child has the Right to Grow up Happy and Healthy. It gives one the option to sponsor a child in order to help give funds, so that a child has some sort of hope and not always suffering in a depressed state. Some new insights that I did not see on earlier occasions of viewing the site was how one can send gifts to a mother or child, which would be so beneficial. Everyone loves to receive gifts. I enjoy that the site is all about helping anyone –no matter their location.

A new issue that was presented on the website was a petition that is available for people to sign. It was about making sure women and children have access to certain health products needed to grow strong and have a good start. If enough individuals sign, they will present it at the African Summit, where President Obama will appear in August. As for now, they need 30,000 signatures but only have 21, 950 –so far. I am confident that they will receive the last 50 signatures soon. They want the president to put children on the agenda and to advocate for an U.S. –Africa Partnership on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. 3 million children have died last year alone. In my opinion, this is a great petition to be a part of so visit the site and sign your name. The website shows how much influence politicians have over an entire nation. Politicians definitely can help or hurt their situation. As for Africa, the poor have been suffering for a long time. Politicians want to say they will help only if it is going to benefit them in some way.

Reference

Save the Children. (2014). Every child has the right to grow up happy and healthy. Retrieved May 30, 2014, from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm?sessionid=1401413036459.6584

WEEK 3: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS INDISPENSABLE RESOURCES -PART 1

Due to still not hearing from any of the international professionals yet. I even attempted to contact new ones and still no responses so I browsed Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre’s page: http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/ .

This page was interesting because it focuses on childhood poverty in Kyrgyzstan, which is located on the continent of Asia. It has meaning promising areas to read about but there were three insights that caught my attention. One was how the children’s health development was affected due to poverty. Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre (2004) notes that health and nutrition trends have been deteriorating quickly each year. The water and living conditions are terrible and results in children developing diseases and cannot afford health care, as well as,  inadequate areas for people to lay their heads” (p. 25-27).

Another insight is they classify children into different groups, from working to street children to migrant and disabled children. It goes deeper in detail about each group. CHIP (2004) discusses how working children may turn to trading objects or prostituting but return home. Street children live away from their parents, due to abuse or hungry. Migrant children, who have a high school degree, but still suffer and poor. Last category is the disabled children that are limited to what jobs they are able to complete, thus leaving them let out (pp. 33-39).

There are many other insights but the last one I will discuss and very important is education. CHIP (2004) focuses on how poverty issues force children to forget their education because they are unable to focus on it (pp. 28-33). A lot of the issues or trends discussed in this article are the same issues or trends most children are faced with no matter where they live -if they are living in poverty.

A side note is about the site that I have been following called Save the Children, which is a current issue broadcasted on their website. It shows hero stories from the Oklahoma Tornado Survival, during that tragic ordeal one year later.

References

Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre. (2004). Childhood Poverty in Kyrgyzstan. Retrieved May 22, 2014, from http://www.r4d.dfid.gov.uk/pdf/outputs/childhoodpoverty/chip_report_1_(english).pdf

Save the Children. (2014). Hanging on so tight. Retrieved May 22, 2014, from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm

WEEK 2 6162: SHARING WEB RESOURCES

Save the Children is a foundation that I chose to further learn more about, due to the awesome work that they have done and try to get others to help with, so far, for children all over the world. It is not just for children in foreign countries but they care for children in the United States, as well.

Their focus is to “give children in the United States and around the world what every child deserves – a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When disaster strikes, we put children’s needs first. We advocate for and achieve large-scale change for children. They save children’s lives” (Save the Children website, 2014). 

They are discussing so much on this website. One area of the website is talking about how Lassie leads children to safety. Another story is about the children in Syria and how war is hurting them terribly. “Since the beginning of the conflict, children have been the forgotten victims of Syria's horrific war. Today, over 5 million children are in need of assistance, including over 1 million children who have sought refuge in neighboring countries. These children are at risk of becoming a "lost generation" and cannot be ignored. They are 1 in every 3 child, who are abused physically every day, 5 million need assistance and 7000 have been killed to this date” (Save the Children, 2014). It is a very SAD situation.

 
Their link is: http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm