Since I have been unable to obtain information from my international source, this week I chose to respond to the Harvard University's "Global Children's Initiative which was very informative. Their strategic objectives are to education decision-makers regarding the science of learning, behavior and health, expand global understanding about how healthy development happens and how it can be maintained and finally to build leadership capacity in child development research and policy in low- and middle-income countries to increase diverse perspectives that contribute to the global movement on behalf of young children.
This will be done in three domains:
1. Early Childhood Development which focuses on child development outcomes linked to malaria
in Zambia and improving quality education in Chile;
2. Child Mental Health in which the Center seeks to address the gaps in knowledge and service
delivery by looking at the state of mental health in China, evaluating family-based strategies to
prevent mental health problems in children affected by HIV/AIDS in Rwanda; and
3. Children in Crisis and Conflict Situations which explores comparable approaches regarding
child status in post-earthquake Haiti and Chile and using the science of child development to
address acute malnutrition.
The Center's mission of education and training is at the center of it's overall mission and focus to develop opportunities and building a sustainable infrastructure. Although it is still in a state of development, the Center's ideology and central premise the to provide information to enhance the education of policy-makers so that children everywhere will have an access to quality education.
The global children initiative is a great plan to spread the rights of children to every corner of the world. Especially in impoverished countries where children may be fighting diseases or malnutrition.
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Liz, you have also mentioned the three domanins in which the state has agreed to helping these foreign countries get up and on their feet. Children in crisis would have to be the most devastating domain to work with because you're the ones seeing the issues like poverty-homelessness- children being left for death, and traumatic events like the hurricane.
ReplyDeleteHi Liz,
ReplyDeleteI wanted to comment on your posting because I also looked at the website. Did you find it amazing that so many global activities are taking place within this one initiative? I was encouraged that this group is spreading the importance of early child development, as well as issues like mental health.
-Beau