Sharing Web Resources

I have been following the “Save the Children” website (www.savethechildren.org) and I must say that it is very informative. The entire website seemed particularly relevant to my current professional development. But I really like the fact that there’s a section called “advocate for children”. I have been talking about being an advocate for children all week so this section stuck out to me. It gives tips on how to become an advocate for children by doing various things such as joining their network of advocates and receiving their monthly eNewsletter, taking action on current critical issues that are affecting children, learning about legislation and their advocacy campaigns and how you can help, etc. With that being said, I know that I am an advocate for children no matter where I am or what I am doing. And the “advocate for children’ section reminded me of that. I joined the network of advocates through Facebook.

I used to hear about people donating to this organization all the time. I was a lot younger and did not understand why totally, but I understood that there were some children in trouble who needed help. Now that I am older, I understand completely, especially with everything going on the way that it is. Children need help all over the world, including the United States. I have been thinking about sponsoring a child for quite some time now, maybe a few years. This year may be my year to make that happen!

I believe the donation information and the volunteering information from the website adds to my understanding of how economists, and I would say politians too, support the early childhood field. Simply because that information falls under “investment” to me, whether it be money or time. Economists and politians support the EC field and see it as a good investment opportunity and I believe that they would encourage people to donate/volunteer as much as they can…

I am still stuck on the killing in Syria due to controversy. Children are being killed as well as adults and that just blows my mind. However, I am glad that I am aware of what is going on because it increased my passion for children and I want to do something to help. So far I have signed a petition. We’ll see where this takes me. It may be a small gesture but it says a lot….