Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

The best way to ensure all children have a fair chance at a brighter future is to give each child the opportunity to learn and grow early on. The early steps  for a child to be successful is through programs that lays a critical foundation of language and literacy skills for children from birth to age 5, so they can enter school ready to succeed without hunger or poverty. I have chosen three international organizations I would be interested joining, to change the lives of children who are need.  

Save the Children gives children in the United States and around the world what every child deserves and that is a healthy start. They give children the opportunity to learn and to be protected from harm. Any time a disaster strikes, children’s needs are put first. They are advocates for change in the USA and around the world. They are committed to the children the world’s most vulnerable kids who are learning to read. They are dedicated to saving children’s lives. Every child needs to receive a start in life and that includes good health and an early education. Save the children realizes young children lack the early opportunities they need to lead healthy and successful lives. A minimum of 7 years management experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, or level three in management within the finance department of a national or international organization (save the Children, 2011).

 United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF is there when an emergency strikes, whether sudden or natural disaster children require protection to ensure their safety. UNICEF’s global mandate for children specifically provides their focus on protecting children from the immediate and long-term effects dealing with emergencies.  UNICEF works with other organizations to partner on a number of issues by strengthening child protection systems and promoting positive social norms in all circumstances to prevent and respond to violence, abuse and abuse directed at children. International professionals are normally required to have an advanced university degree in a field relevant to the work of UNICEF. In some cases, extensive qualifying work experience may be considered instead. Please be sure to check the academic requirements of the vacancy announcement you are interested in (unicef.org, 2011)

World Health Organization (WHO) knows that. existing high-impact, low-cost interventions such as vaccines, antibiotics, improved breastfeeding practices and safe hygiene practices have already saved millions of lives  WHO is passionate about their cause and are committed to our mission: to promote the equal rights of children Improved health outcomes, with WHO meeting the expectations and partners in addressing global health priorities.They are focused on the actions and areas where their Organizations have a unique function, and financed in a way that makes possible their motivation. WHO plays a leading role in helping the many international nations play an active and effective role in contributing to the health of all people. What are required to work in this organization are university degree as well as a postgraduate specialization in a health- or management-related field. These three organizations play an important role in helping with disasters and I would want to be involved with them to make a difference in a in the lives of others(WHO, 2006).

 Save the Children. (2011). Retrieved fromhttp://www.savethechildren.org/site/

Mission and core functions - WHO | Regional Office for Africa 2006 Retrieved from

http://www.afro.who.int/en/who-in-the-african-region/mission.html

 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.unicef.org/