To Love Children Educational Foundation International Inc.
“Expanding children’s horizons globally through education locally”
Newsletter
Volume 2 Issue 7 Winter 2003-2004
We
are a 501c(3) non-profit, non governmental organization
For more information please contact us at davidkennethwaldman@tolovechildren.org
A message from the Founder: On July 25, 2003 To Love Children Educational Foundation reached an important milestone in its young history. We celebrated our first anniversary as a non-governmental organization. As I write this message I am sitting at the airport about to start my journey to India to implement our Girl International Resource Learning educational program (G.I.R.L.).
This educational outreach will inaugrate the first ever Children’s Library and Educational Resource Center for 10 rural villages in the state of Andhra Pradesh, 40 kilometers from Visakhapatnam. We will be able to create an educational development program with skill training and resources for over 2,000 children. Our partner Shantidhara Social Service Society will work with their women staff to train the children and woman leaders and mothers wanting to get the education and skills that will help break their cycle of poverty.
Education needs opportunity as water needs a dam, in order to channel its; energy. There are artists, teachers, prime ministers, scientists, inventors and mathematicians to name a few fields right here with these children scattered through ten villages. It is my intention to use our newsletter as a forum to better acquaint you with our mission and goals in order to gain volunteers and sponsors. Poverty is everywhere in India, and the cycle of poverty repeats itself. We can make a difference.
To Love Children mission is to: To Love Children Educational Foundation International is dedicated to sustainable educational development for girl children in the Global South. We are committed in actively assisting girls in achieving their highest potential by providing equal access to educational resource centers and supporting mentoring programs, including curricular and skills training relevant for the increasing of local educational, economic and health resources.
I invite you to come join us and find out how you can contribute in making a difference.
David Kenneth Waldman Founder/President
July 25-August 22, 2003 Educational Outreach to India
To
Love Children Educational Foundation International Founder David Kenneth Waldman has
traveled to India to open the first children’s library and educational resource
center with their Indian partner Shantidhara Social Service Society. We provided in this
first stage of educational development, 200 books including a media, literature,
reference, general knowledge section that will directly impact the lives of over 2,000
children.
Our
Girl International Resource Learning educational program will train a staff of 10 women in
order for them to be able to reach and teach the children in the villages surrounding the
library. The children are resource deprived and with access to these educational materials
along with a skills training program we can help support children in their quest to stay
in school and reach a secondary education.
“Changing education perspectives at the
grassroots”
The
educational resource center will also act as a place with women can learn new skills and
learn how to better cooperate with the established women’s group that works together
with a saving plan and to overcome common challegnes that face their children.
As
part of this educational Outreach To Love Chidlren partnered also with Empower the
Children to establish a library in a school of 1,800 girls in Calcutta (Kokata) This
donation allowed needed new books to come to a library with bare shelves. This school
founded in 1954 has a successful record to gaining access for girl students to higher
education.
We are
dedicated to the following:
The Purpose
Creating sustainable educational development locally, nationally and
internationally.
The Business
Education and Advocacy
The Values
Understanding cultural, community, national and international based educational
based solutions relevant to girl
children.
Programs
1. G.I.R.L
(Girl International Resource Learning Educational Program) to create
sustainable educational development locally throughout the world with solutions such as:
2. Speak up/Speak out (Public Advocacy Program) to
provide a strong public awareness campaign through advocacy in which a grassroots movement
can learn to advocate for the educational rights of girls equal access to education.
·
Using our web site as an educational
environment tool where all children in the world, educators, children advocates, business
leaders and community can learn about the needs surrounding girl education in the
developing world, in order to take action to effect positive change in policy and present
conditions.
·
Creating youth based solutions and
volunteerism through the leadership of our Youth Advisory Board in order for youth to have
a place for their political voice on issues that concern them directly.
Additional Services and
Programs
·
Rebecca
House International Publishing Program: In cooperation with Rebecca House Publishing
International, children, child experts and the public will be invited to stretch their
imaginations and provide solutions and hope in the field of educating children through: Publishing of materials, books, and educational
workbooks, and children’s literature, and cassette story tapes, videos, online
publishing so that children advocates and the public can encourage and promote education
for girl children throughout the developing world.
·
Global Child Journal “No Child is out of Reach” A theme centered Journal of International scope
committed to a serious, ongoing discussion of children’s education in the developing
and developed world.
· Child Ambassador Pen Pal
Program opportunities to create bonds and provide literacy in other languages and
cultures.
· 21st Century
International club “Expanding learning for
our future” Creating geo political
awareness through Leadership—Philanthropy—and outreach into the local community.
Open to K-12 and is guided by the Youth Advisory Board and Junior Organization for Youth.
On
Reflection: Advocating for girl education “To the many
deserving children without a voice”
The first question is “Why Girls?” and the answer
now said out of rote and practice is that out of the 130 million children in the world
without access to an elementary education 2/3 are girls. Simple and direct answer but
girls get left behind and in order to create sustainable change and improve poverty,
educating girls is the most cost effective solution supported by UNICEF and numerous
international movements and nations. Like all movements that seek to grant rights to those that have been denied we support as
granted in the Convention on the Rights of the Child for all children the world over to be
given the same equal educational rights. Education of girls and women improve health and
financial conditions of the entire family and creates a more stable environment. An
important benefit in a post 9/11 environment where we all seek democratic solutions to the
problems we all face.
·
We are proud
to announce that Allio Consulting will work with our Board of Directors in the area of organizational Development. Allio
Consulting Lorene Allio Ph.D lallio@earthlink.net
Please send us websites,
stories, manusripts and articles about international education and related issues for children in the global
south to: davidkennethwaldman@tolovechildren.org
We are accepting partners, volunteers and education development specialists to write articles for our newsletter.
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