The organization provides a safe and welcoming environment for children and their families to play, learn and interact. The program reaches out to mainly lower income families who live within the county limits. The families that have children aged 3 years to age 16 years are the organization’s main focus group. The organization is a non-profit program. It does not charge a fee for the services it provides, but rather depends on donations, investors and volunteers. The organization would work by communicating with the schools, churches, and police stations to give the program’s information to certain youth and their families. The children who are bullied into doing/not doing something, suffer from bad grades, or have a criminal past would be the main focus of the group. At the organization, there would be spaces for different activities like a gymnasium for sports, one or two classrooms for tutoring and homework help, and a game room with a variety of…
People must be willing to help others in order to ensure that humanity upholds strong morals and a strong sense of compassion. The Keystone Club, sponsored by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, seeks to accomplish these goals on a national and local scale. As a Keystone Club member for the past three years, I have not only learned the significance of community ser-vice and academic success, but also the vital skills that have taught me to be a more effective leader and a more driven individual.…
A private provision for children aged 5-7 years would be after school clubs. The children can benefit from after school clubs because of the range of activities/services they can provide such as; many sporting activities, a safe environment, a chance to learn about their own interests and also to build on their social skills.…
Promoting the well-being of individual children and young people: this is based on understanding how children and young people develop in their families and communities and addressing their needs at the earliest possible time…
One voluntary setting in my area, which provides care and education for children, is Brunswick Youth Club. The club provides evening activities for children Monday to Friday term time and through school holidays. The club also offers holiday schemes where children have the opportunity to go on trips to leisure centres, theatre shows and the cinema, and also weekend trips to adventure sites. Brunswick Youth Club helps parents who need extra money by enabling them to work longer hours (after school hours and during the school holidays) with no membership fee. It also gives children a chance to interact with other children, learn new skills, get creative and even join a sports team. Brunswick helps children to gain confidence in many areas such as working independently and within a team, communicating and building relationships with others. The club helps children to learn about key skills such as time keeping, organisation and independence. ‘The Brunswick Club is a large well-equipped centre where young people can come and enjoy a variety of leisure time activities in a comfortable, safe and friendly environment’ – The Brunswick Club (2008).…
Having clear effective communication between partners is vital if you are going to give the children in your care the best possible start. By sharing information and working together this can be achieved. Outcomes are more likely to be positive if you can share the way you:…
The Boys and Girls Club of America is an organization with an objective to help the youth of America to become well-rounded, accomplished, and productive members of society. All of the programs that are offered by the club are strategically designed to aid in the education, and development of understanding the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Thanks to the Boys and Girls Club life-changing opportunities are offered to thousands of youth across the country.…
Boys & Girls Clubs of America is a program that was introduced in the 1860’s in Hartford Connecticut. “Believing that boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative, they organized the first Club. A cause was born.” Now made up of more than 4,300 clubs and in their 103rd year, the goal of these clubs is “to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.”…
Through their youth development programs, local YMCAs aim to help children and teens realize their full potential. Through childcare and early learning programs, they provide a safe place for children to learn the skills and values they will need for a bright future. They also offer swimming lessons, group sports, and other programs to help develop children’s physical health and self-confidence. Their annual Healthy Kids Day is an event meant to encourage parents and kids to keep their minds and bodies active during the summer months while school is out. Because the YMCA is interested in the person’s overall health, they also offer groups activities such as cooking classes, Bible study, and foreign language courses. The YMCA is committed to engaging communities to come together and give back.…
I had the opportunity to observe at the Isabel Patterson Child Development Center in Long Beach. It was my first time observing in this center so I had to be there before my observation time, which was at 2:30pm. Once, I entered the building the atmosphere was welcoming and enjoyable. The children I observed where around the ages of three to five. During my observation there was twenty-eight children and five teachers present. The building was all wooden on the inside and at the entrance there was a welcome wall colored with a rainbow. There were art projects hanged on the walls as well as learning material. On the sides of the of the building shelves were organized with labels so that the children would know where to put back the material.…
By engaging with Government schemes such as The Every Child Matters Framework schools are encouraged and supported to raise standards in the school and work to eradicate poverty. One way to help children in areas where poverty is common place, is to include a before and after school club. Clubs can not only provide wrap around childcare, enabling parents to find work easier, but they can also provide nutritious meals which the child may not be being provided at…
Children and young people are regarded highly as essential contributors in every aspect of decisions that affect them within the school planning and delivery of services that support and meet their needs, this is the best way a child and young person can get the best possible start in life, they should never ever be underestimated the huge contribution they will make and also bring fresh ideas to the table.…
The object of rotary in my community consists of the same values as the national leader. They have outreaches for all ages. For newborn babies and infants medical equipment is donated to hospitals. There are numerous projects for children including, Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC), Project Literacy, and Circus Qurkus. Mentoring, networking, and personal development is available for adults. Seniors can participate in Aged Care: Little Sisters of the Poor, Rotary Club chartered Probus Clubs, and Community Centre dance and tea. There is a broad spectrum of areas where any age bracket can make a change. For example, drilling water wells, eradicating polio, can food drives, social service donations and events, and the Rotary Friendship Exchange (RFE).…
The Power-Child Campus-This project is based in Mfuleni, this was the association’s first international project. This campus will provide a temporary, safe shelter for sexually abused children, as well as a educational facility to teach children about preventing abuse it will empower the children and their families to stand against it together (BASF The Chemical Company, n.d). The campus also has a soccer field, Bizcommunity (2008) suggests that soccer serves as inspiration to the children as a sign of a better future. Educators encourage teamwork and give the children confidence through developing their skills.…
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines’ tradition, mission, and vision was rooted from the Boy Scouts of America. BSP, chartered under Commonwealth of the Philippines Act No. 111 on October 31, 1936 superseded the Philippine Council chartered by the Boy Scouts of America in 1923 through the work of American, Chinese, and Filipino businessmen and interest groups. They’re previous belief was parallel to the BSA’s strong stance in the confinement of masculinity within the organization. But in my recent actual observations as a Boy Scout, the path of the BSP diverged from that of the BSA on the inception of the civil rights generation and third wave feminism, where gender equality is raised to the next level in civil organizations in the Philippines. Since the BSA has retained its tradition and the BSP conforms to the recent trends flexible for the new generation. This was later after the profuse issue on civil rights already circulated many countries mainly in Europe especially UK where scouting originated.…