Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3

Three things that I learned and carried away from the  Early Childhood Care and Education” webpage (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/),

1.      The six education goals geared toward the learning and advancement of young children and adults. 

Goal 1
Expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children

Goal 2
Ensuring that by 2015 all children, particularly girls, children in difficult circumstances and those belonging to ethnic minorities, have access to, and complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality.

Goal 3
Ensuring that the learning needs of all young people and adults are met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life-skills programmes

Goal 4
Achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015, especially for women, and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults.

Goal 5
Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, and achieving gender equality in education by 2015, with a focus on ensuring girls’ full and equal access to and achievement in basic education of good quality.

Goal 6
Improving all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring excellence of all so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills

2.      In order to increase educational advances for it’s communities, the World Forum wants to eliminate the gaps in funding. This goal will be achieved through expanding resource opportunities, and aligning aids already in the circuit to encourage new donors.

3.      Continual monitoring and evaluation will assist in strengthening the goals of achieving educational and financial progression. 




      One of my goals consist of working in a position to aid children that were or are victims of abuse. I believe seeking out resources such as support groups will enable and strengthen the child to feel comfortable about his or her self and eventually be a voice unto someone else.

Getting to know your International contacts pt2

The Global Children’s initiative was established six years ago on behalf of children everywhere that they may be given the opportunity to grow up to live long, lasting, productive lives; without the fear of succumbing  to preventable issues relating to lack of proper healthcare, poor nutrition, and lack of finances. Things that I learned about the organization expounded my knowledge of knowing this organization realizes the deficits lay within all communities; not limiting resources to just the poor yet spreading awareness to the rich as well. The strategic areas of “reframing the discourse around child health and development in the global policy arena by educating high-level decision-makers about the underlying science of learning, behavior, and health, beginning in the earliest years of life; supporting innovative, multi-disciplinary research and demonstration projects to expand global understanding of how healthy development happens, how it can be derailed, and how to get it back on track; and building leadership capacity in child development research and policy—focused on both individuals and institutions—in low- and middle-income countries to increase the number and influence of diverse voices and perspectives that are contributing to the growing global movement on behalf of young children” will offer a wider umbrella of support to engage and tackle the battle of providing such basic resources to those in need.  Lastly, Sharing the renowned work of the organization though pictures, and media has potential to engage our natives and natives of other countries to entice and eventually engulf the viewer’s time, talents and money into supporting the cause.

Reference: Center on the Developing Child Harvard University retrieved from, www. Developingchild.harvard.edu