Getting to Know International Contacts

UNICEF NIGERIA

Solar refrigerators were donated by UNICEF so that children can receive vaccinations (Kaalu, 2017). I did not realize that something as a normal refrigerator could be influential in boosting immunization rates. It makes total sense that the vaccines must be maintained at a certain temperature. Prior to UNICEF donating the solar powered refrigerators, vaccines were kept on ice-lined refrigerators.

NIGERIAN CHILDREN’S DAY

I was surprised to learn about the Nigerian Children’s Day. Nigerian Children’s Day is a day UNICEF calls for an end to violence against children and adoption of Child Rights Acts in all states (Abuja, 2017). Millions of Nigerian children experience some type of physical, emotional or sexual violence. By the time a child turns 18, they have experienced some form of abuse (National Population Commission, 2014). Child Rights Act in 2003 was implemented by Nigeria to control the international Convention on the Rights of the Child (Abuja, 2017). So far, State-wide Child Rights Acts have been passed in 24 of the Nigeria’s 36 states.

Water Sanitation

 

Water sanitation in Nigeria. Children who wanted a simple drink of water had to run all the way home. Because they had to go home to get a quick drink, many of the children would not come back to school. UNICEF provided the funds so that children could have access to clean drinking water (Kaalu, 2017). What a concept; clean drinking water. Many of the children in Flint, MI are living without clean drinking water. Children attending school increased by 30% since adding the clean water pump (Kaalu, 2017).

Abuja. (2017). National children’s day. UNICEF Nigeria. Retrieved from

https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/media_11542.html.

Kaalu. (2017). Solar refrigerators boost access to vaccines in Gombe Health Clinics, Northeast Nigeria.

Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/media_11539.html.

Kaalu, S. (2017). Provision of water by the EU helps more children to learn at a school in northern

Nigeria. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/media_11424.html.

Sharing Resources

Last week I signed up to receive emails on the progress of children who are benefiting from their services. The Global Fund for Children invests in local organizations that work tirelessly to give all children the opportunity to grow up healthy and safe, get an education, and pursue their dreams. GFC provides their partners with strategic support to help them grow bigger, get stronger, and reach even more children in need.

MUMBAI, INDIA – Education in India

They live in slums, on train platforms, and on the streets. They work on fishing docks and in marketplaces and as domestic servants. They are migrants, moving with their families between villages and the city. These are Mumbai’s uncounted and undocumented children, and they are everywhere—except in school. Door Step School is trying to change that. The organization finds vulnerable children and engages them in learning wherever they may be—often on the streets and in the slums where they live, work, and play (GFC, 2011).

Door Step’s innovative and successful projects have had a measurable impact in Mumbai. Door Step reports an overall increase in the number of school-going children in the area it serves. Like Jyoti’s parents, more families are making their child’s education a priority (GFC, 2011).

This is only one of the organizations around the world the GFC supports. Door Step School received the Sustainability Award in 2009, which it used to establish a low-risk reserve fund, contributing to the organization’s long-term viability.

These are the types of successes that challenge me to want to do more.

 Global Children’s Fund (2011). Education comes knocking in India. Retrieved from

http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/education-comes-knocking/.

Expaning Contacts

The Global Fund for Children has advanced the dignity of millions of at-risk children through hundreds of small for the past 20 years. Grassroots allies and supporters are the reason this organization has been able to accomplish what they have. Because of their supporters, girls and boys around the world are getting the help they need to overcome dire circumstances. The children that are helped by GFC can feel safe, get an education, grow, and flourish.

I signed up with this organization because I am interested in child sex trafficking and what is being done to combat this horrific misjustice to many innocent children.