Getting to know your International Contact Part 1/ Poverty Article

Since I have not heard from my contacts, I decided to read the article on poverty.  I knew that poverty played a major part in America's economy, but I was unaware of the world-wide poverty level of over 600 million children that are living in poverty.  Poverty affects all ages, not only children, but adults as well.  According to the article, a global poverty research project has been implemented to help reduce poverty in countries such as China, India, and Mongolia.  These countries are researching information and forwarding it to policy makers in an attempt to help poverty.  Poverty is a serious issue in America.  We as educators must advocate to our policy makers to help our families and children, when it comes to hunger, medical care, and education.

Sharing Web Resources

Website: http://www.naeyc.org/

The organization I chose was NAEYC.  This organization was founded in 1926, and is the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children, with nearly 80,000 members.  This organization offers a large selection of educational resources for early childhood professionals and others, including books, brochures, videos, posters, and periodical.  This organization also has a newsletter in which I signed up to recieve.  NAEYC has a great deal of resourceful information for Early Childhood Educators.

Personal Contact

I have sent contact emails to the following countries: Canada, Netherlands, and Haiti. I received the email information from the NAEYC website. I have not heard back from contacts at this point but hope to hear from them in the next few days.