Getting to Know Your International Contacts

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. 

      

References

The World Forum Foundation.  Retrieved from http://www.childhoodpovert.org

 The World Foundation Radio.  Retrieved from http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/radio.php