Saturday, March 22, 2014

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 1

I still have not been able to get a contact to communicate with for this assignment. So I was attempting to do the alternate assignment by assessing the childhoodpoverty.org webpage, but I was unable to pull up the page. I contacted the professor about my concerns about the assignment. So being stuck in a stand still, I decided to type in Google search about CHIP and found out they partner with Save the Children. So I decided to look into their website and research poverty concerns in Nepal, Asia. I was devastated to find out how poverty has really had an effect on children and families in this country. Also I was able to find the following facts  and statistics , according to Save the Children (2014):
·         “Poverty Rate: 24%”
·         “Save the Children's programs support the formation and development of women's groups, community-based organizations, and self-help groups with leadership training, management skills, and limited seed money to expand access to credit.
·         Entrenched poverty and a decade of violent political instability have taken a toll on the Nepalese people, although a lasting peace is gaining momentum, creating real hope for long-term political reconciliation. Much of the population lives in remote rural areas on the plains and others living in scattered settlements in the hills and mountains. More than one in three people in Nepal live in extreme poverty, subsisting on less than $1 per day.”

Resources
Save the Children (2014).  Nepal. Retrieved from

1 comment:

  1. I'm glad that I am not the only one who was having a hard time with the website. I think that the website you went to sounds great. I'm also glad also that im not the only one that not having luck with getting contact with anyone.

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