Ways in which UNICEF is relevant to my current professional development:

UNICEF helps many countries and recently the organization just help clean water in Cerritos II, Honduras
UNICEF staff visit a small community in western Honduras to see how the lives of residents have changed since the installation of improved water and sanitation infrastructure. With support from UNICEF, the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewers (SANAA) recently installed improved water and sanitation infrastructure in the area. Twelve months ago, this programme brought tap water to each of the 40 homes in this community, changing residents’ lives completely. “Before the water was provided, individuals were getting sick three times a month. Some developed an itchy rash, and they said it was because of water. But now it doesn't happen anymore. The community health centre confirmed that water-borne diseases have declined.

Early childhood education and school readinessUNICEF strives to improve young children’s capacity to develop and learn, and to ensure that educational environments provide the tools they need to flourish. UNICEF wants to ensure that no child is at a disadvantage and that all girls and boys can realize their fullest potential, both inside and outside the classroom. UNICEF work on behalf of school readiness rests on three pillars: children’s readiness for school; schools’ readiness for children; and the readiness of families and communities to help children make the transition to school. Together, these pillars bolster the likelihood of a child being able to succeed in school. Children’s readiness for school helps them make a smooth transition from home/pre-school to school in terms of their preparedness to learn and to the new learning environment. Schools’ readiness for children ensures that learning environments are child-friendly and adapted to the diverse needs of families and young learners as they enter school. In turn, families’/communities’ readiness for school connotes a positive and supportive environment at home, which facilitates children’s learning and the transition from home/pre-school to school.

Global economic crisis and recovery

In many parts of the developing world, children and poor households are being hard hit by the cumulative effects of the continued high food prices, economic slowdown and fiscal adjustments. As households cope by compromising essential expenditures, children's rights to education, health, and protection have come under increasing threat. Many governments are facing increased social demands, but decreasing fiscal resources to address them. Despite signs of recovery in some parts of the world, economic recovery will not be soon or strong enough to protect many children and the poor. UNICEF is working within countries to provide ongoing technical assistance to partner with governments in education, health, social protection and socio-economic policies.

GETTING TO KNOW MY INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS

GETTING TO KNOW MY INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS

Unfortunately, I have not heard from the UNICEF                                                                                  http://www.unicef.org/childsurvival/index.html UNICEF is working to mainstream a multidimensional approach of poverty, to reflect how and where children are experiencing poverty, and to allow a different set of policy responses that would structurally address children being lifted out of poverty in the long-term by addressing their different deprivations. UNICEF recognized the importance of economic policy for children and has sought the help of development economists in mapping out what this might involve. UNICEF was about to be transformed from a UN emergency agency for children to one dealing with children’s long-term needs, questioning how the needs of children and youth can be integrated into the general objectives of development. UNICEF developed the concept of First Call for Children, which means essentially that in bad times as in good, countries should ensure that children’s priority needs should have a first call on resources – a principle accepted by most families for their own children but still only rarely recognized in national economic policy. Dedicated UNICEF officials have been working hard on this commitment to economic policy work in the context of children’s rights.

The Global Fund for Children http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/what-we-do/ The Global Fund recently had a Spring Gala raising over $1.3 million and counting in connection with the event, all funds will go toward supporting innovative grassroots organizations transforming the lives of children worldwide. The gala may be over, but its impact will echo for years to come, touching the lives of children around the globe. The Gala contributions will support grantees that joined the network. Thirty-one grassroots organizations provided critical services to the most vulnerable children in their communities. These dedicated groups are bringing mobile classrooms to working children in Ecuador; providing shelter and care for abandoned infants in Kenya; helping children from Nigeria, Serbia, India, Colombia, Indonesia, and beyond to be safe from trafficking and harmful labor, engaged in learning and microenterprises, and armed with knowledge about HIV/AIDS. The funds we raised are also helping Jackson Kaguri, founder of The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, to realize his dream of creating a secondary school for AIDS orphans in his home village in Uganda.

Both organizations keeps the importance and support for our young children. If you are not a member of the organizations you may want to join or give donations as soon as possible. These organization helps those families in need and support the education of our young children to the fullest.

References

UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Child_Poverty_Inequality_FINAL_Web_web.pdf

The Global Fund.
http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/gala/

Sharing Web Resources

UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/childsurvival/index.html

UNICEF is an organization that works with the government, national and international agencies to support the life cycle of the child. The organization helps with early childhood, and pregnancy. The organization also ensures that all children have the access to basic education and by focusing on poverty. The organizations helps with the funds to help children when they are ill with pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria. The organization has given me feedback on the email in which I contacted them but I have not heard any other details from them.

The Global Fund for Children
http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/what-we-do/

At The Global Fund for Children, they help with the funding of our most vulnerable children and youth. The Global Fund reach out to children in need through grassroots organizations. They reach children in their homes, playground, and on their job or any where they can find the child even in remote areas. The Global Fund create opportunities for them to learn, grow, and thrive.

My Professional Contacts

The UNICEF Organization helps children throughout the world and is widely known throughout the country. UNICEF is the leading advocate for children’s rights, they are active in more than 190 countries. The Global Fund for Children envision a world where all children have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. Therefore, The two professional I chose are UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html and The Global Fund for Children http://www.globalfundforchildren.org. I email both parties and join their organizations. I also join UNICEF on face book.