Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Getting to know international contact


to listen to the podcast featuring Delfana Mitchell from http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/current-work/world-forum-radio/.  She discussed her work with her organization housing children and how the area she is from; Belize City is the number one area for child abuse. Her organization houses these children.  She discussed a child who came to her after not talking for a year from the physical and mental abuse he faced.  They began by home schooling him and finding things he likes even though it was difficult for him to understand what they were doing.  One day while they were horse back riding he started talking about the abuse he faced as a child.  This was the beginning of him starting to talk again.  Although he would go in and out of talking throughout this time, he eventually was starting to talk non stop!

 

The country from the website that I picked was India.  I found out that India has the second largest population in the world and out of that population, 260.2 million people are living in poverty.  Of these people in poverty, many of them are children and sadly they live very rough lives.  It states, Almost half of all children (about 62 million) under the age of five are malnourished and 34 percent of new-borns are significantly underweight.8 Important achievements have been made in health and education” (Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre).  There are programs in place that are run by the local government.  They are based on food needs, employment, and children needs.  These focus on getting the children the nutrition and living needs that they need to survive better in this struggling country.

 

These issues go along with the overall consensus that children are the ones who are truly struggling when it comes to poverty.  They come from families that live in poverty and are being malnutrition and are struggling with their everyday life.  Their futures are impacted greatly by the negative effects poverty has on one individual.  It is true that poverty is everywhere and especially evident in countries outside of the United States where a dollar is a lot of money to some of those people.

 

 

World Forum Foundation.  (n.d.).  Retrieved from http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/current-work/world-forum-radio/.

 

Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre (CHIP). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 24, 2013 at 11:04 PM

    It is hard to believe that there are so many children living in poverty in ever nation. As early chilhood educators we have an obligation to attempt to break the cycle of poverty in our local communities.

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  2. UnknownMay 25, 2013 at 9:38 AM

    Hello Lynette, thank you for sharing your finding on India. I believe that with hard work we can try to reduce the rate of children living in poverty. Sophia

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  3. AnonymousMay 25, 2013 at 2:22 PM

    Lynette,
    It is saddening that each day, you hear about child abuse, child soldier or children orphaned due to AIDS and other diseases. Indeed children are the most vulnerable and more likely to live in poverty. As educators, it is our responsibility to reduce or eliminate poverty among children in our care because of its negative impact.

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  4. UnknownMay 26, 2013 at 8:20 AM

    It is true that children have it hardest when it comes to poverty. We must realize that they are unable to help themselves in this situation which is why we must work to support children and families who are struggling with poverty by providing them with useful resources.

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