International Early Childhood

I always find looking at Early Childhood organizations internationally to be very interesting. This is because childhood looks very different around the world, but the goals of adults who work with young children remains very much the same. I found three organizations that have goals very similar to my own in the field of Early Childhood Education:

Association for Early Childhood International

http://www.acei.org/



The mission of the Association for Early Childhood International is to promote and support the optimal education and development of children worldwide, and to influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing society. They are committed to providing optimal services in order to help every child in the world have a healthy, positive start at life.


UNICEF

http://www.unicef.org/earlychildhood/index_action.html



My first contact with UNICEF was over twenty years ago when i went to a UNICEF store in New Mexico where they sold Native American made products, and then used the proceeds to improve conditions and education at the reservation schools. I didn't know at that time that UNICEF actually works to improve conditions for children all around the world. UNICEF focuses on three areas of intervention for early childhood development: quality basic health, education and protection services; good care practices for children within the family and community; and early child development policies.  UNICEF works with governments and other partners to achieve the following objectives to increase the likelihood of all disadvantaged children benefitting from interventions:

Save the children

http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6146355/k.24E9/Who_We_Are.htm


Save the Children is so familiar because they have had ads on TV for so long. Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children. Their vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Their mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

I would love to work for any one of these great organizations. Unfortunately, any positions they have listed would require mobility, and I am pretty well rooted with my family right now. Maybe after my children are grown and my husband is retired.