This week I have not heard back from my international contacts, so I am doing the alternative by looking into the Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website. The articles that I found interesting were the “Zambian Early Childhood Development Project” and a focus on Brazil and children’s health. The Zambian project was focused on the effects of the anti-malaria initiative on children’s development in Zambia. This was started in 2009 and they also did a Zambian Child Assessment Test (ZamCAT) in 2010 that followed how children developed through a certain time frame.
The second article about Brazil covers the science of child health and development and how it helps to make better policies for children and their families. This website in general has so much to offer anyone wanting to learn or help in regard to children around the world. I have learned that each year since 2000 the area of early childhood development has continues to receive more attention around the world by the people that make the policies we follow. These is still much that needs attention and more help-some of these being poverty, food and clean water issues everywhere and equal education for all children on matter where they live or their circumstances.
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/activities/global_initiative/zambian_project/ http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/download_file/-/view/1181/
Susan, Thank you for covering the same research as I. I think the global children's initiative is such a wonderful project that helps children and families on a global level as well as, by offering knowledge about what goes on in other parts of the world relating to early childhood.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan for sharing these two great resources. Having these two organizations that focus on bettering the world projects, make me have faith in humanity. Could you imagine if every person in the world had access to clean food and water? The world would be so much happier.
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