Sharing Web Resourses

Save the Children

I chose the Save the Children website to study what is going on in parts of the world I know very little about. There are many links asking for support through donations and I wish I made enough to sponsor several children.

Exploring various links beyond the donations sites brings me to news stories which break my heart. For instance, girls living in Mosul giving birth while on the run with their families to camps that are in horrible condition. These babies are born during a time of war and the stress of violence and starvation will do serious damage to their developing brain and body. There is also a technical library and blog site which are very interesting.

Upon a more thorough search I found the blog site, “Voices from the Field” which has many different topics addressed. I zeroed into the educational blogs and started researching for what I could find relating to our studies. I did find a blog which addressed excellence in teaching which was based on highly qualified teachers from Save the Children going to Ethiopia to train teachers there in high-quality teaching technics. We believe learning takes place both inside school and out, we work with teachers, parents, community literacy volunteers and youth to create a holistic reading program that sets the stage for a brighter future (Save the Children, 2016). The article also stated the teachers in Ethiopia have learned the value of high-quality education and plan to stick with all they have learned.

There were also many other blogs about education around the world but also here in America as well. I think we tend to forget the extreme poverty that exists in many areas. Well, maybe not forget, but perhaps not understand the depths of it. One blog article spoke about this and the effects of those in poverty having to leave school for the summer. It stated that children in poverty often regress over the summer months and begin school three months behind their peers which totals about to about a three-year academic gap by fifth grade. This was shocking to me and makes me want to fight even more for excellence not only during the school year but through the summer months as well.

Reference

Save the Children(2016) Retrieved from

http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6146363/k.8932/Get_Involved.htm?smtrctid=AALsYG&msource=emecuews2016&utm_source=welcome&utm_medium=email-sc&utm_campaign=welcome-stream-1