Exploring Roles in the EC Community: Local and State
Levels
Involvement in an
early childhood community for anyone working at early childhood field is a
must, I think, because he or she can get insights from or share experiences
with those who are capable and have great interest in the field.
As a person
interested in early childhood field in Indonesia, I find three early childhood
communities to be suitable for me to share and gain more knowledge. They are Dewi
Hughes International Foundation, Komunitas Pendidikan, Kesehatan dan
Lingkungann Hidup, and Rumah Dongeng Pelangi. ‘Dewi Hughes International Foundation’ emphasizes its activities on
helping marginalized area to establish the early childhood education center,
and additionally advocating families by socializing information to mothers
through their ‘Komunitas Ibu Sehat’ program. Besides, their teaching program
for training the tutors all over Indonesia interests me a lot. I may contribute
in this program by becoming the instructor for the tutors or a presenter in
advocating the families. My early childhood knowledge and experience in
leadership will be an advantage for this purpose.
The second community,
‘Komunitas Pendidikan, Kesehatan dan
Lingkungan Hidup’ is an online magazine community in which I could be the
contributor for articles for early childhood community who are members or just
the readers. It certainly needs writers who are capable and have adequate
knowledge about early childhood as what I have learned at Walden University
through the courses.
The third community, ‘Rumah Dongeng Pelangi’ is a community
whose members visit early childhood centers in marginalized area, and voluntarily
tell stories to the children. I believe it is the very right place for me to
share my experience and hobby to tell stories to little children where I can
build network and relations with early childhood centers all over the places.
Resources
Dewi Hughes
International Foundation, www.dewihughesinternationalfoundation.blogspot.com
Komunitas Pendidikan.
Kesehatan dan Lingkungan Hidup, www.majalah-kumunitas.blogspot.com/2011/08/forum-paud-kabupaten-bekasi-adakan-buka.html
Rumah Dongeng
Pelangi, www.rumahdongengpelangi.blogspot.com
Brigitte,
ReplyDeleteThe organizations you have identified sound very interesting! I especially like the idea of visiting various early childhood programs to share stories with the children. I agree with that this would be a great way for you to connect with other professionals. I also think that you would be able to make an incredible difference by serving as an instructor training others as advocates for families. I am curious as to what challenge you have chosen to address for your capstone project and whether any of the organizations you have identified will be able to support you in doing so.
On a different note, my husband works for World Vision an organization committed to improving the well-being of children and families around the world. He oversees programs in Indonesia and visits often.
Keshika,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the suggestion. Being the instructor there sounds interesting as long as it is just on part-time basis. My challenge is how to awaken people of the importance of EC education, and those communities will be the right medias to promote EC.
It's so nice to know you and your husband have the same interest in children. He must be very familiar with the EC condition in Indonesia. I live in Jakarta, the Capital City, so the EC condition is slightly better than those in villages.
Brigitte