Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2

I decided to identify another podcast from Maysoun Chehab, a Regional Early Childhood Care and Development Program Coordinator for a non profit non governmental organization (www.mawared.org).  Arab Resource Collective is located in Beirut, Lebanon and they work to promote the positive development of children in their own community.  This will help to develop their rights to knowledge, protection and health just to name a few. 


Maysoun Chehab discussed the goal of the ARC as well as describe their goal and mission.  The ARC produces Arab resources to help parents and teacher learn more about how to assist children with proper development.  During the war they provided special support to children who are affected by this event.  They work to support the parents of the children which will ultimately help to provide support to the children.  If the parents are not supported it will be very difficult for the child to obtain the type of support that is needed for them to have the proper opportunity to develop at a successful rate. 

I have learned that there are particular programs located in communities that are affected by such serious events such as war that will help children and their families not only survive physically but mentally, socially and their overall development.  Childen who dwell in these types of war zones have less opportunities to obtain the neccessary resources that are needed to reach certain developmental milestones.  The ARC is an excellent organization and areas within local communities in the United States where it is saturated with lower income individuals should have an organization similiar to this one to provide support to parents, providing adequate resources to them so that they can have a fair chance at a proper development.