Saturday, February 14, 2015

International Organizations and Influences (Ms. Jay)

The international organizations that caught my attention are: The United Nation Children’s Fund, The United Nations |Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and The Academy for Educational Development. The United Nations Children’s Fund has a mission focused on children’s rights across the globe as well as responding to children and families under distress with humanitarian action. As I reviewed some of the sections of the organization I notice an article discussing a mother and two children (under five years of age) from the Ukraine displaced from the countries war fight against Russia.  To read how the mother struggles to pay for her apartment food and diapers for her children sat with me. As a result I found this organization to support her with a toolkit for children which consists of diapers, diaper cream and napkins.  I was thankful the organization provided her with support. I looked into some of the job opportunities under their humanitarian action and found a humanitarian relief station located in New York. I would choose to be a part of this organization by helping out with putting these and other humanitarian kits together. I was unable to pinpoint skills as I imagine having the desire to aid children and families and abide by their mission to fight for children’s rights is a start.
 The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization caught my attention next as they have several objectives including fostering diversity and “encompassing observance of human rights, mutual respect and the alleviation of poverty (United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Who We Are para 1) I found their mission to support peace follows alongside of what I envision early childhood educators instilling in children not just for military families. For example children are guided with opportunities to manage emotional development and result to expressing their feelings through words instead of hitting or kicking. I realized a bit of sadness when children have to learn about peace and war as it seems this topic is unavoidable. I was pleased to see the many different opportunities to join their organization based on the level of education an individual has such as an intern, consultant, general service member, young professional or professional. I would choose to occupy the temporary consultant or consultant team so I could advocate for children and families.
The Academy for Educational Development strives to improve lives of the community and advocate for children by valuing the challenges with human development. I enjoyed reading there vision because like early childhood education they envision communities working to perform tasks at full or high potential. I just imagine communities throughout the world supporting each other in ways that build international relationships, knowledge and partnerships. Like The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization they too offer consultant, small business and internship job opportunities.   
Links
 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.unicef.org/
United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (2011). Retrieved fromhttp://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/introducing-unesco/

Academy for Educational Development. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.aed.org/en/index.htm

2 comments:

BarbTymchak Olafson said...

Hello Jeanneth,
I found your post to be very informative. I have also researched The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. They serve so many regions of the world, accepting qualified candidates with varying levels of education and experience. All the best with your future research!

BarbTymchak Olafson said...

Hello Jeanneth,
I found your post to be very informative. I have also researched The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. They serve so many regions of the world, accepting qualified candidates with varying levels of education and experience. All the best with your future research!