The podcast that I decided to listen to this week is talking with a women by the name of Maysoun Chehab. She is the Regional Early Childhood Care and Development Program Coordinator at the Arab Resource Collective (ARC). Your probably wondering what the Arab Resource Collective is. It is a non-profit and no governmental organization based in Beirut, Lebanon. In working with the ARC, Maysoun Chehab has coordinated ECCD projects in Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, Egypt, and Yemen. Her most recent works includes introducing a conflict resolution model program to Lebanese schools. She has also developed a post-conflict community based psychosocial intervention program in Lebanon.
In the podcast Maysoun talks about her work with the ARC. The ARC works with ECD practitioners, policy makers and the ECD community in order to raise their awareness about early childhood care and development and child rights. They also train early childhood caregivers on best practices. The ARC also produce Arabic resources that target the community, parents, and teachers. These resources provide information on issues related to early childhood care and development.
I think the work the Maysoun does with the Arab Resource Collective is really inspirational. Organizations like this can be beneficial to not only the children but the parents and community too. I think its great that the help educate others on the issues of early childhood and development.
Harvard University's "Global Children's Initiative" Website
In exploring the Global Children's Initiative website I came across an article entitled, "Zambian Early Childhood Development Project." Immediately I became interested in learning about this project and the work it does. The ZECDP is a collaborative effort to measure the effects of an ongoing anti-malaria initiative on children's development in Zambian. In order to measure the full impact of the anti-malaria campaign on Zambia's human capital development, the ZECDP created a new comprehensive instrument for assessing children's physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive development before and throughout their schooling careers--the first assessment tool of its kind in Zambia (Center of the Developing Child, 2012). The Zambian Child Assesment Test was completed in May 2010 and combined existing child development measures with newly developed items. The early stages of the project demonstrate that comprehensive child assessments are feasible within standard population-based household surveys. The hope for this project is that will not only improve understanding of child development but also help identify key interventions towards improved outcomes in a changing world.
Resources:
Center of Developing Child. (2012) Zambian Early Childhood Development Project. Retrieved from
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/activities/global_initiative/zambian_project/
Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website:
World Forum Foundation Radio: Episode 5-Maysoun Chehab
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