Save the Children
The title of this website caught my eye immediately because if we save all the children our world has a fighting chance.
When exploring this site there are many areas which pertain to my professional development in that I love and care for children all over the world not just in my classroom. To bring it down into my own professional development I can research this site to gain access to information of those future students I most likely will have within my own classroom as immigrant refugees. I need to know what they may have endured so I may create a trauma free environment in both physical and emotional situations.
This website is heart-retching as I learn more about the atrocities children are enduring around the world. This is what I find controversial and makes me think of these issues in a new light because it just should not be. There is no excuse for it. Entering the newsroom of stories written in other areas of the world is where this information is found.
Save the Children Action Network is the political voice for kids. We believe that every child deserves the best start in life. That’s why we’re building bipartisan will and voter support to make sure every child in the U.S. has access to high-quality early learning and that no mother or child around the globe dies from a preventable disease or illness. By investing in kids and holding leaders accountable, we are helping kids from birth to age five survive and thrive. (Save the Children, 2017).
There are other statements such as the one above stating the governments involvement in this organization. Those in politics see the investment in young children as an investment into the future.
Economists are also represented in this site on the home page which asks for donations with this statement: By transforming children's lives now, we change the course of their future and ours. Learn more about how you can support our future (Save the Children, 2017).
Scientists and their research is also represented within the site as work is done to find the effects of poverty and trauma on young children's lives and it is never good.
This website is huge and there is so much to explore and so much for me to learn. I am not sure where to even begin to help "save the children."
Reference
Save the Children (2017) Retrieved from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.9506653/k.C303/Press_Releases_2017/apps/nl/newsletter2.asp
Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post I decided to check out the website Save The Children, and I came across the article, A Child’s Living Nightmare: The trauma of Syria’s Six-Year War. Even though it is only a few short paragraphs, the message was heart-wrenching. These children have seen so much horror in their early lives that they are now showing signs of severe psychological distress (Children of Syria). Having the ability to see what other teachers are doing to support these young children in the classroom can very well benefit us in the United States. Some so many families have struggled to come here, and they are judged as soon as they enter the country. We do not know what kind of hardships they have endured and what kind of trauma these children have witnessed. Knowing how to deal with these young children and their family members properly can very well be the saving grace for all educators around the globe. Great Website!
-Nicole
Reference:
"Children of Syria." Save the Children. N.p., n.d. Web. .