I am continuing to have difficulty contacting international contacts in the Early Childhood field. I have emailed several contacts using the email addresses from the various websites and have yet to find true success. I continued until earlier this week when I made contact with a formal director of Pastoral del Nino project, Shannon Peairson. Shannon Peairson recommended that I contact Ann Austin for more information. Ann Austin recommended that I contact Elizabeth U de Burro for more information. Elizabeth U de Burro was unable to participate in the weekly contact and finally linked me to the new director of Pastoral del Nino, Hermanna Mercedes Duarte. I have sent numerous emails to both email accounts but have not received a response for any questions. After receiving the run-around from all these individuals I decided to complete the alternative assignment focusing on poverty in China.
The company that I found the most interesting facing similar problems to the United States was China. For example, unemployment and poverty is higher in parts of China just like it is in the United States. The insights that I gained from studying this website include:
- China is the most populous country in the world (World Bank, n.d)
- By 2001, 5% of country lived below the poverty line (World Bank, n.d)
- Rural poverty fell from 250 million in 1978 to 35 million in 2000 (World Bank, n.d.)
- Economic growth and poverty was higher in Western China (World Bank, n.d.)
The interesting fact that I found was that the poverty level fell sharply because of the cultural and technological advances in different areas of China that were not readily available in the Western Part of the country. Many of the families were facing the same problems that we are currently facing in this country such as high unemployment and difficulty meeting the needs of their families.
Resources
National Center for Children In Poverty (n.d.) Retrieved on March 19, 2011 from
http://www.nccp.org
World Bank (n.d). Retrieved on March 19, 2011 from
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/aag/chn
Hi Tashunda,
ReplyDeleteI also completed the alternative assignment. After several attempts at e-mails with no responses, I decided not to waste any more time and get started on the alternative assignment. I think China is doing a great job at taking care of their people,limiting poverty, and ensuring many can enjoy quality life.
TaShunda,
ReplyDeleteI know it is very difficult to keep trying and nothing is coming out of it. It's amazing how in China they are going thru the same difficulties we are going through. I see a special on China on the World News with Diane Swayer it was said that because of the financial difficulties many couples have to work in different parts of China so they can support their families. This leaves their children without a two parent household.