Getting to know my International Partner

I decided to partner with Mrs.Bimbo Are, she is from the Ajoke International School.  She stated to me that Economic activity throughout the region continues to expand: GDP growth is projected to reach 4.9% in 2013.  "Africa's economies are have been expanding robustly and poverty is coming down". 
I learned from emailing her that instead of using one consistent methodology to determine poverty estimates, the country was simultaneously following several methodologies developed by different international institutions. This often resulted in estimates that were not comparable, moved in opposite directions and painted vastly different pictures of poverty in the country.
In reading my articles from class I read that the poverty affects the health.  Poverty is a major cause of ill health and a barrier to accessing health care when needed. This relationship is financial: the poor cannot afford to purchase those things that are needed for good health, including sufficient quantities of quality food and health care. But, the relationship is also related to other factors related to poverty, such as lack of information on appropriate health-promoting practices or lack of voice needed to make social services work for them.  In turn, is a major cause of poverty. This is partly due to the costs of seeking health care, which include not only out-of-pocket spending on care (such as consultations, tests and medicine), but also transportation costs and any informal payments to providers. It is also due to the considerable loss of income associated with illness in developing countries, both of the breadwinner, but also of family members who may be obliged to stop working or attending school to take care of an ill relative. In addition, poor families coping with illness might be forced to sell assets to cover medical expenses, borrow at high interest rates or become indebted to the community.

Sharing Web Resources

We were asked to pick an international website share.  I decided to share Edutopia which is The Georgia Lucan Education Foundation (GLEF) is dedicated to improving the K-12 learning process by documenting, disseminating, and advocating innovative, replicable, and evidence-based strategies that prepare students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives. Their vision is of a new world of learning, a place where students and parents, teachers and administrators, policy makers and the people they serve are all empowered to change education for the better; a place where schools provide rigorous project-based learning, social-emotional learning, and access to new technology; a place where innovation is the rule, not the exception; a place where students become lifelong learners and develop 21st-century skills, especially three fundamental skills: how to find information; how to assess the quality of information; how to creatively and effectively use information to accomplish a goal. It’s a place of inspiration and aspiration based on the urgent belief that improving education is the key to the survival of the human race. They call this place Edutopia, and they provide not just the vision for this new world of learning but the real-world information and community connections to make it a reality. I feel in love this site because Edutopia is dedicated to transforming the learning process by helping educators implement the strategies of Comprehensive Assessment, Integrated Studies and Social and Emotional Learning. The trending that was interesting to me is resilience and grit.  Resilience is bouncing back from adversity. Grit is the persevering through challenges. 

Communication with my email

Their send me email discussing the problem with parents communicating.  They  have problems with early pregnancies and preemies not getting the right help.

Establishing Professional Contacts

This week we were ask to email some educators from another country.  I decided to email

MoroccoGarderai Essaada
Mr Hicham MOUKRAM
Rue Sammarinne n : 1
Jnane Illane Safi 46000
Maroc
Tel + 212 44 46 30 83
Email: hicham_moukram@hotmail.com

Federal Republic of Nigeria
Niger Delta Academic Foundation
Daniel Ibigoni Semeniworima, Director/CEO

Ajoke International School
Mrs.Bimbo Are
New Jericho G.R.A.
P.O.Box 679, Dugbe, Ibadan
Nigeria
Tel: 080-23236933
Email: arebimbo@yahoo.com