International Early Childhood Contacts

I made contact with the director Delfena Mitchell of Liberty Children's Home in Belize. Contact was made by telephone. This children's home is currently caring for abandoned, abused or orphaned children, which incidently has the highest rate of abuse in the Carabean. Children from birth to five are the primary focus, but older siblings are accepted. I am impressed by the fact they allow abused children time to heal from their ordeals before mainstreaming them with school and community. Due to the fact contact was made today I don't have any additional information past our agreement to become partners for the duration of this class. However after studying the home's webpage I was able to get a better picture of the plight this home is facing. They are in urgent need of financial assistance for basic needs like food and utilities. This is something I would like to donate to personally. Director Mitchell was very welcoming and willing to assist me in making contacts with other EC professionals as well. I am very excited and look forward to the conversations. The poverty level of this children's home is obvisous to anyone, but there are children suffering in poverty that are not easily seen. In my own neighborhood there are children living in big houses,new family vehicles and all the looks of prosperity. Unfortunately and unseen is the fact the only meals these children eat each day are the ones served at school in the cafeteria. This is the new face of poverty to me and I will be doing further research on this topic.