The website I chose to review during week 1 was Global Fund For Children, I also signed up for their newsletter. The link for the website is: http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/ This organization provides capital through grants to "strengthen innovative community-based organizations serving the most vulnerable children and youth" (http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/).
Their newsletters are released four times a year: fall, winter,spring, and summer. They also have their previous newsletters available online to review. Their newsletter discusses several grant award winners and their projects. I reviewed their Fall 2010 newsletter and was impressed with the types of projects that won grants. The projects range from educating young women to helping young children and families in Haiti and Pakistan.
This website really caught my attention because the grantees are grass root community-based projects. They award grants to projects and support the needs of children in a variety of ways. The projects can range from providing tutoring, after-school programs and establishing classroom environments (http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/). The classroom environments are sometimes simple, basic teaching environments located outside, near garbage dumps, or even train or boat stations.
This organization is funded through donations and their media program that highlights and brings awareness to the needs of children through photos, books, and films.
From this website I have learned about projects in Pakistan and how they are assisting young children and families. Some of the projects in Pakistan after their flooding in July include emergency grants to the following projects: "De Laas Gul Welfare Programme (Peshawar) provides relief packages for families and documents the situation through reports and photographs. Aware Girls (Peshawar) reaches out to meet the needs of adolescent girls. Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (Islamabad) provided food and clothing to children. Shangla Development Society (Shangla district) made food and milk available to children" (http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/). Prior to reviewing this website I was not familiar with these projects or any others in Pakistan.
This website has truly made me more aware of issues facing young children throughout the world.
Their newsletters are released four times a year: fall, winter,spring, and summer. They also have their previous newsletters available online to review. Their newsletter discusses several grant award winners and their projects. I reviewed their Fall 2010 newsletter and was impressed with the types of projects that won grants. The projects range from educating young women to helping young children and families in Haiti and Pakistan.
This website really caught my attention because the grantees are grass root community-based projects. They award grants to projects and support the needs of children in a variety of ways. The projects can range from providing tutoring, after-school programs and establishing classroom environments (http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/). The classroom environments are sometimes simple, basic teaching environments located outside, near garbage dumps, or even train or boat stations.
This organization is funded through donations and their media program that highlights and brings awareness to the needs of children through photos, books, and films.
From this website I have learned about projects in Pakistan and how they are assisting young children and families. Some of the projects in Pakistan after their flooding in July include emergency grants to the following projects: "De Laas Gul Welfare Programme (Peshawar) provides relief packages for families and documents the situation through reports and photographs. Aware Girls (Peshawar) reaches out to meet the needs of adolescent girls. Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (Islamabad) provided food and clothing to children. Shangla Development Society (Shangla district) made food and milk available to children" (http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/). Prior to reviewing this website I was not familiar with these projects or any others in Pakistan.
This website has truly made me more aware of issues facing young children throughout the world.
Toni
ReplyDeleteThis really sound like an interesting website. I am very interested in resources that will keep you updated on the issues that young children are facing that may give you an opportunity to want to get involve more so that our children are able to have a future. Im going to chick this site out. Thank
Hi Toni,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the information you found, this sounds like a really interesting organization and resource to have. It is amazing how many projects are working to positively support the education and development of young children, and many go unnoticed. This organization seems like a great way to become more informed and raise awareness about global issues that are affecting children and their families around the world.