Association for Childhood Education International
"Bright futures for every child, every nation" ("Association for childhood," 2013.) This very statement is the reason I selected this international agency to focus on. Children are the future of this world and as an educator it is my job to brighten their future with every day I spend with them. I hope that as I work with children in my community, I can also help children around the world to make the world a brighter place in the future.
UNICEF
UNICEF is focused on the child as a whole. They work for the rights of children, to provide food and shelter for all children and provide a stable environment for children around the world. I selected this organization because as an advocate for children, I am focused on the child as a whole and want to make every child's life better to the best of my ability.
Education International
"All children have the right to education"("Education international ," 2013.) This statement is the basis of wanting to work internationally for the education of children. Since so many children do not have the opportunity to experience a proper education, I feel as an advocate I should work towards making sure they are all given these chances.
Job Opportunity: Early Childhood Development Specialist, P-4, Nairobi, Kenya (UNICEF)Supporting the planning, development and implementation of Early Childhood Development Programmes in ESARO, including support for (a) scaling up national UNICEF programmes towards achieving MTSP targets, contributing to all relevant millennium development goals and effectively supporting UNICEF`s contribution to poverty reduction; (b) leveraging resources in support of developing ECD policy and practice, partnerships and mobilisation, as well as advocacy; (c) coordinating with all outcome areas as indicated in the OMP and MTSP child survival and development, basic education and girls` empowerment, child protection, HIV/AIDS and social policy. Linkages will be forged to enhance synergy and holistic planning and policy development for early childhood development, (d) providing leadership for education interventions in ECD in ESARO linked to the overall Basic Education and Gender Programme objectives, ensuring that these are clearly linked to government priorities in policy and planning for ECD across sectors.
Skills or qualifications: Inorder to meet the demands of this job, I beleive that I will need a lot more time and experience working as an advocate for children. I also think that working with UNICEF to understand more of their methods and techniques would help in a job like this.
References:
Association for childhood education international. (2013, August 06). Retrieved from http://acei.org/about-us/about-us.html
Education international . (2013, August 06). Retrieved from http://www.ei-ie.org/en/websections/content_detail/3265
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.unicef.org/
Dear Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI find that the first statement often makes me want to continue reading or move on to something else. At the Save the Children website (http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.BF0B/Home.htm) the first thing that I read as that they were committed to helping children and families help themselves. To me this means that they are all about teaching children and families how to be their own advocates and I feel that this is very important for them to learn.
Luci
Hi Stephanie
ReplyDeleteI been donating to UNICEF. I feel that the work that that they do is very beneficial to the early childhood education. I am committed to the same mission as the UNICEF.