http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.BF0B/Home.htm
“Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children” (Save the Children, 2011).
Our Vision
“A world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation” (Save the Children, 2011).
Our Mission
“To inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives” (Save the Children, 2011).
The United States organization was started in 1934 by a group that was inspired by the original organization founded by Eglantyne Jebb in England. Their immediate goal was to help children and their families during the Great Depression and now today the families and communities of over 50 countries including the United States are touched by Save the Children (Save the Children, 2011).
CURRENT ISSUE:
Save the Children have already began to activate worldwide to reach out to families within the communities affected by the earthquakes and tsunami that hit Japan earlier this week. Emergency teams have been dispatched and resources are on the way. Those who want to help can donate through this trusted website.
I think most people want to help when disaster strikes but are unsure of how or even where to reach out. As a professional in the EC field it is inspiring to know of an organization that focuses their outreach to children and their families. This week I signed up to receive enewsletters that will be sent out monthly. Information that I have requested to receive along with the enewsletter is emergency and crisis alerts, ways to help, and also an advocacy newsletter.
When I first began this journey of obtaining my master’s degree I knew that I wanted to specialize in teaching adults in the field but I have also become interested in knowing how to advocate for children and groups that I can become actively involved in. In researching this website this week I discovered a way for me to get my foot in the door. There is a specific that that helps to direct in how to become an advocate. With help I have already sent in an email to my local congressmen on the importance of Early Childhood Development and the importance of continued funding for existing and future programming.
Save The Children. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.BF0B/Home.htm
Emily, I am also concentrating on teaching adults but I am interested in advocating too. After taking these classes it's easy to feel as though you need to give a voice to the many issues that young children and families face. The organization, Save the Children, appears to do just that.
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