World Organization For Early Childhood Education
This is from the OMEP web site that I did research on. It is
an international web site; however, I also have access their newsletters. This tells
you a little about what they do and who they serve:
“Welcome to the OMEP-USA website. We are part of an
international, non-profit, non-governmental organization with members in more
than 70 countries.
We are college professors, preschool teachers, primary-grade teachers, school administrators, social workers, psychologists, doctors, nurses, policy makers, administrators, journalists, physical therapists, librarians, lawyers, policymakers, college students, volunteers, parents, grandparents, advocates, and activists.
Our goal is to ensure the wellbeing, rights, and education of children (birth – age 8) and their families in the U.S.A. and around the world -- today and in the future.
OMEP is the oldest and largest international organization focusing on early childhood. OMEP has Consultative Status with the United Nations, UNICEF, and UNESCO. ” (OMEP, 2010)
We are college professors, preschool teachers, primary-grade teachers, school administrators, social workers, psychologists, doctors, nurses, policy makers, administrators, journalists, physical therapists, librarians, lawyers, policymakers, college students, volunteers, parents, grandparents, advocates, and activists.
Our goal is to ensure the wellbeing, rights, and education of children (birth – age 8) and their families in the U.S.A. and around the world -- today and in the future.
OMEP is the oldest and largest international organization focusing on early childhood. OMEP has Consultative Status with the United Nations, UNICEF, and UNESCO. ” (OMEP, 2010)
Issues that caught my attention:
Because this is an international web site, they deal with
many problems around the world that effect children because of where they live.
Issues that we here in America may never deal with, or that we do not have the
severity of what the children in other parts of the world live with. Some of
those issues include:
Participating in World OMEP's Haiti
Earthquake Relief and Japan Earthquake Relief Projects
Contributing to a professional library for
a new early childhood program at MICO University in Jamaica — OMEP-USA members
have sent child development texts and other professional books
Supporting a preschool in Jamaica —
OMEP-USA has sent books and school materials
Collaborating with UNICEF in the
development of OMEP's Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
(WASH) initiatives in early childhood settings in the
developing world.
The one that really stands out to me is collaborating with
UNICEF for WASH in the early childhood settings in the developing world. We
take for granted what comes so naturally for us here in the US, we do not think
about the young children across the globe who does not have the means to jump
up and wash their hands before snack every day. We teach our children on a
daily basis about germs and how to keep from spreading them to remain healthy,
but we do not think about the fact that the water just comes to us, that we do
not need special projects such as WASH for our children in our own classrooms.
This makes me think about the things I do complain about not having for my
children and they seem insignificant in comparison.
Thanks for sharing such an interesting site. It's an interesting and very informative website. As a teacher I want to make sure that I'm able to provide my parents with the latest information regarding Early Childhood Education. Also I like to have many resources so thanks again for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI'm really excited about all the great websites that have been shared this week. Thanks for sharing the World Organization for Early Childhood. It will be interesting to see what is posted on the website about how early childhood is viewed around the world. Thanks again for sharing. :-)
ReplyDeleteWow how we really do take things for granted. Yes we just jump up and wash our hands as we see fit (for many of us LOL) but to think that something as simple as having water there to "wash" my hands is something that I truly take for granted daily and part of my daily routine wow!!!!! Thanks for the insight
ReplyDeleteHey Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteSimilarly, to the WASH program you shared about this week, I was stunned by the issues that children face on a daily biases. This week I felt that I had been guilty of turning my back on the other side of the world. I had almost forgotten that the Lord has children who are suffering around the world because of the lack. I am so grateful tonight because of what God has blessed me with. Thanks for sharing, it was great to read.