Sharing Web Resources

The name of the organization that I selected is NBCDI which stands for National Black Child Development Institute.  The link to their website is http://www.nbcdi.org/.  The mission of this institute is to educate and provide advocacy for Black children and their families in order to improve and advance their quality of life. The main focus for this organization has been on achieving positive outcomes for vulnerable children who suffer from the dual legacies of poverty and racial discrimination. One current issue from the website that caught my attention is that they have a section that is titled Child Health Talk.  Under this heading they will be discussing the lasting impact of mentoring black boys.

 

The country that I decided to read about is South Africa. Some insights that I learn about from my reading are:

The Unicef report found that 1.4 million children live in homes that rely on often dirty streams for drinking water, 1.5 million have no flushing lavatories and 1.7 million live in shacks, with no proper bedding, cooking or washing facilities (Laing, A 2012).

Apartheid is a reasons child poverty is high in South Africa. Racially discriminatory policy has resulted in very high levels of inequality, with many of today’s black children inheriting the inequalities and omissions of the previous government (STWR, n.d.)

Another reason for child poverty in South Africa is the extremely elevated level of unemployment in the country. It sought to make itself attractive to foreign investment and to expand trade by opening markets and reducing trade barriers (STWR, n.d.) These approaches deepened the already high levels of unemployment as the country lost jobs in sectors that struggled to compete in the global market, such as the agricultural and manufacturing sectors STWR, n.d.)

 

References:

Laing, A (2012). More than half of South Africa’s children live in poverty.   Retrieved from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9280481/More-than-half-of-South-Africas-children-live-in-poverty.html

Share The World’s Resources (n.d.) Africa. Retrieved from: http://www.stwr.org/africa/south-african-child-poverty.html

 

Here are the two international people that are in the early childhood field.

1.       Ajoke International School                          2.            Haiti                                                      

                Mrs.Bimbo Are                                                                 Step by Step Program/ Tipa Tipa

                New Jericho G.R.A.                                                         Dominique Hudicourt

                 P.O.Box 679, Dugbe, Ibadan                                       Email: tipatipa@hainet.net

                Nigeria

                 Tel: 080-23236933

                 Email: arebimbo@yahoo.com

 

The website that I decided to explore is:

National Black Child Development Institute

http://nbcdi.org/

(Newsletter: http://nbcdi.org/support/sign-up-for-nbcdi-newsletters/)

I have left a message with both people and still waiting for a reply.  If I don’ hear from them by the end of this week then I’ll try another people.  After reviewing all the websites that was provided to choose from, I decided on National Black Child Development Institute.  This website offers a wealth of information for parents and educators to explore for the success of children.