This week I have not received any information from my early childhood professional, so I have chosen to look at the alternative assignment. I listened to the World Forum Radio Podcast with Delfena Mitchell, she is the director of Liberty Children's Home. Most of the children in her program have been abandoned, abused, or orphaned.
She talked about a 9-year-old boy who had not been verbal for over a year, due to the fact that he was abused as a little boy. He also had 6 other brothers and sisters that were also abused and in the program. They started to work with him but due to his behaviors he was kicked out of school. All of a sudden, once he was comfortable he started to talk and explain things that had happened to him when he was abused. Over time he started to talk more and more and they allowed him to do things that he liked to help his language. Now he talks all the time and everyone listens to him.
This is an amazing story to me because it proves that children are so delicate. They learn from what is around them and when they feel comfortable. When this young boy was given a chance he did really well with his surroundings. I can just imagine what he would be like if he would have never went through the abuse.
I also looked at the Childhood Poverty website. The first thing that shocked me when I looked at this website was the number of children that live in poverty all over the world, 600 million or 1 in every 4 children. Also that 10 million children under the age of 5 die every year from preventable diseases. I could not imagine not being able to provide basic needs for my child and knowing that my child died because I could not provide the proper immunizations for him.
The second thing that really hit me hard was that India's children account for 20% of the world out-of-school children, but it has the highest number for working children, nearly 1/3 of children under 16 are working. These poor children need to be getting an education but can't because they have to work to try to provide for their families. The country isn't educating their children which means that this lifestyle will continue for many more generations.
The third thing that this website that I really looked at were the pictures of how children around the world live in poverty. Looking at the pictures really showed me that people have life so differently. They have to fetch their water and live in tiny 1 room houses. It really makes you appreciate what you have and teaches you not to complain.
Resources:
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/current-work/world-forum-radio/
http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/index.php
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