Impacts on Early Emotional Development
The UNICEF, (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund), is part of the United Nations largest global organization which works especially for children. It is the driving force for providing long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children in war-torn, and developing countries.
The area of the world I chose was West and Central Africa. The reason why I chose this region is largely due to the hardship and poverty children in this counrty have to face and the impact these have on their social-emotional development. From reading about the children in west and central Africa they suffer many challenges daily. There is so much poverty, and hardship, and it makes it seem to me to be "a forgotten land". Nobody cares, what happens to the children. The early years of life present the opportunity to lay the foundation for healthy development, this is according to The National Center for Children in Poverty (2010). The early years in the life of a child is a time for growth and they are very vulnerable. Children in West and Central Africa have their rights violated daily to the extent that it is worse than any where else in the world.
The negative early experiences that children experience can impair their mental health and effect their cognitive, behavioral, and social-emotional development. Children in this region that survive their fifth birthday often do not end up going to school. They die from malaria, diarrheal diseases, vaccine- preventable diseases, such as measles. They also face sexual and other forms of violence if they attend school. They are abused, exploited in many ways, for example, child trafficking, child labor, child arm conflicts, and many are victims of harmful traditional practices.
These experiences might have an effect on children's emotional well-being and development by impacting those that can attend school from not going due to being in poverty situations. They will experience social-emotional problems from having to endure, especially the girls from being sexual abused. Those children who are orphaned from losing parents from AIDS have no means of learning and developing which will hugely impact their school readiness, and negatively impacting their functioning levels which will cause emotional damage.
I have gained so much insight from studying this region and learning about the children. It makes me so sad, and more determined to do as much as possible to save the children I work with daily. There is no child on this earth that needs to experience what the children of West and Central Africa have to deal with. Children should be loved, kept safe, nutured, and to grow up happy and healthy. This experience gives be more motivation personally and professionally to help all children whom I teach to be healthy and to learn what they need to meet life challenges head on. My guidance and strength will encourage them to strive in being successful in meeting their full potentials to be productive in society. I want to have a positive impact in their lives so that they will know that when encountering challenges, there is someone who cares, and they will not be fearful, they will be okay, and know that they will have a bright and successful future.
References
Trustees of Columbia University.(2010). The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP).
Retrieved from: http://www.nccp.org/publication/pub882.html
UNICEF (2011). Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html
Linda,
ReplyDeleteI found it difficult to read about the struggles and challenges faced by children in other areas of the world. It is very hard for me to imagine that life. The region I researched had many of the same challenges, but fortunately some steps were being taken to improve the quality of life for the children.
Linda,
ReplyDeleteI agree that children should be loved and nurtured but unfortunately that is not the case for all children. While researching the region that I had chose I found it hard to read about but because of some of the issues that the children face. I also realize that some of my own students here in the United States also face some of the same issues.
I also picked to look at the same part of the world that you did and I found it so difficult to imagine being in that situation. As a parent imagining that my child might now make it to their 5th birthday. As a child not knowing when my next meal would be of if I would be a victim of some sort. It is heartbreaking to know that this is happening. I agree that children should be loved, kept safe, nutured, and to grow up happy and healthy. I wish that there was more that we could do.
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