Getting to know International contacts.

I originally reached out to two different international contacts in the Unicef UK as well as in South Africa.  I did not receive any information or reply back from South Africa, But I did however receive a response from a representative in the UK.  Although she was sweet she was not able to provide me with any information.  I will share with you the email I received from her.

"Dear Brittney,

Thank you for your recent enquiry and for thinking of us for your assignment. Unfortunately, we are not in a position to participate in surveys or ongoing communication  with people in the field due to time limitations. 

However, you can find detailed information about our work in the UK and internationally on our websites, including many interviews with Unicef staff from around the world.

Visit www.unicef.org and www.unicef.org.uk. 

For academic studies our Unicef Publications Page may be of particular relevance and use. Sharing our knowledge and resources with the public through the internet is the most efficient way of directing our limited resources towards our work for children worldwide.

I wish you the best of luck with your research and every success in your studies. Thank you for your interest in our work.

Yours sincerely,

Frances Bernhardt

Supporter Care Advisor"

I completely understood her position I do wish I got a chance to communicate more with them but the information she provided to me I will look into more as well as check out some of the podcasts to gain more information for my own education and references.  I had my heart set on speaking with an actual person through email and that did not go as planned, but I will not give up I will continue to reach out and find different resources to help aid me to better understanding different aspects of Early Childhood education and what we are learning in this course.  

What I have learned in regards to poverty by visiting the website www.unicef.org.uk is that one of their main goals is to help children and families that are affected by hunger and malnutrition.  "Unicef provides 80% of the world’s life-saving emergency food." (www.unicef.org.uk.)  Unicef helps mothers and communities keep their children well nourished, they do this by treating the child in the first 1,000 days of being born which helps to aid in their health as they grow and as we all know first years of life for a child is very crucial.  

"A child dies every 15 seconds as a result of malnutrition. Millions more live with the lifetime effects - physical disabilities and learning difficulties." ( www.unicef.org.uk.) To help to prevent this from happening unicef helps to provide solutions and also accepts donations to help aid in fighting poverty in children and families.  

Sharing Web Resources.

The organization and site that I chose is Zero To Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families (http://www.zerotothree.org/) 

This organization focuses on helping parents, caregivers and policy makers information and knowledge on how to nurture a child from the start.  It has been documented and studied that the days, weeks and even months of life are a period of unparalleled growth and this organizations mission is to ensure that babies and toddlers experience a strong start in life.  This website has many resources for parents and caregivers who need information as well as a donation tab for people who want to help fund the organization as they grow and develop.  The early development is crucial for the child and their future, so I am excited to learn more so that it may better help me to be a better caregiver for young children.  

Establishing Contacts

To begin establishing my contacts I went to the Unicef Website to educate myself on it and I chose to contact people from different regions listed on the website One was in South Africa and the other was in the UK I contacted from the emails that they had listed. I have not gotten any contact back from them yet so if I do not hear back I will do the alternative assignment.  The website that I have decided to study is http://www.zerotothree.org/ (Zero To Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families) I picked this website because It provides information on how to learn and help with early development in children which can be useful for educators, parents and policy makers and that is what I would love to learn more about.  I was confused at first on how to contact someone are there any additional tips that my colleagues can give to contact professionals and where to go?