Getting to Know International Contacts - part 2

While I was hoping by now to have reached someone through a podcast or email, I have to no avail received contact back from anyone outside of my current class. However, through the alternate websites made available I am gaining in my knowledge of happenings in early childhood. When I looked at the 'Global Children's Initiative' by Harvard I was interested to find that there is a push to connect the United States with the rest of the world in the knowledge we have of early childhood. For example, the Global Children's Initiative is working in Brazil to enlighten them on child health and development in hopes to increase policies and investments for children. The initiative is working in Rwanda with the mental health of children affected by HIV/AIDS in some way. I cannot believe the amount of work we here in America are doing to work with other countries to insure that children in early childhood are valued and cared for more, not just here in the US but all over. Finally the initiative is looking into the effects of a crisis on children. For example, children in post-earthquake Haiti or children who are malnourished. I truly enjoyed this site, because while I value our own children here in the US, I understand that other countries may not have the tools or knowledge to place the same value on children and through the help of the Global Initiative, I believe we are helping to achieve a greater understanding and increase the value children have throughout the world.