On the harvard website, it simply explains it's mission and the purpose for the Global Children's Initiative program. The program is committed to building a unified science of health, learning, and behavior to explain the early roots of lifelong impairments; it leads the design, implementation, and evaluation of innovative program and practice models that reduce preventable disparities in well-being; it catalyzes the implementation of effective, science-based public policies through strategic relationships and knowledge transfer, and preparing future and current leaders to build and leverage knowledge that promotes the healthy development of children and families and brings high returns to all of society. (Global Children's Initiative) There are three objectives or domains that the program concentrates on for enrichment, early childhood development; child mental health; and children in crisis and conflict situations. I learned about the importance of the program and how it plays a role in focusing on the developing opportunities to provide leadership training for individual researchers, policymakers, and institutions.
I want to share with you an international contact from Aceh. Meridas Eka Yora is the founder and director of the institution Fajar Hiayah for Islamic Education and Director of the Yayasan Fajar Hidayah Foundation. Meridas developed three boarding schools for children orphaned as a result of that devastation in Aceh. Aceh, a special territory on the Southern tip of Indonesia, was the closest land to the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, in which more than 225 Indonesians were killed and 500,000 left homeless.(World Forum Radio) This was a tragedy never forgotten and still affects the communities to this day.
The program shows excellence and equity by actively collaborating with a network of local and international organizations to engage in social and educational developments and programs.
References
(N.A)(N.D.)Global Children's Initiative. Center on the Developing Child. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/
World Forum Radio
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