Getting to Know Your International Contacts Part 2

Unfortunately I have not heard from the international early childhood education professionals I chose. I was really hoping to make contact with at least one to find out what is going on with early childhood education in their part of the world. 
I did review the Harvard University's Global Children Initiative website. The three new insights I discovered through this website are: 

1. Un Buen Comienzon (UBC),u "A Good Start," is a collaborative project in Santiago, Chile, to improve early childhood education through teacher professional development (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2010). They are tying to improve the quality of education for young children. High-quality early childhood education has been a topic for weeks and it is important that all children no matter what their income status is be given the opportunity to quality early childhood education. UBC is also designed to intervene in critical health areas that improve school attendance as well as socioemotional development (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2010). After working in this field for 8 years I understand the importance of attendance and how it affects the child when they are not at school. Health is one of the reasons a child is always absent. I know for a fact that when we contact the families the child has usually contracted a communicable disease and they are advised to keep the child at home for 24 hours or until the medication has taken effect. The child is not allowed to return to school unless they have a doctor's statement saying so.
2.  Zambian Early Childhood Development Project is a assessment tools to measure children's physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive development before and throughout their schooling. ZECDP hopes that this data will improve understanding of child development in this context and help identify key interventions towards improved outcomes in a rapidly changing world (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2010). 
3. Studying the Effects of Global Adversity, Two Generations at a Time discuss returned child soldiers and strengthening families in the face of HIV. According to Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (2010), we know from the science that these investments in early childhood and in healthy life trajectories for young people in adversity have a social and an economic impact. These conditions may cause a problem for a child learning in early childhood. 

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (2010). Global children's initiative. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/

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