Blog Assignment: Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 1

So far no response. But I have yet to give up hope! So for the week I will do the alternative, in hope I still may hear something. 


So I went to :


http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/


then choose this country:

Kyrgyzstan 

Because I know absolutely nothing about it.

It is located here:

Three insights from the website:

*Kyrgyzstan  use to have a high education level but because of poverty this has declined.

*Kyrgyzstan's poverty has led to children living in poverty working in different jobs

*Krgyzstan is seriously concerned about the circle of poverty. In other words they are scared of being a nation that is made up of poor kids that make poor adults. 

The podcast was also very interesting because it was about another place I knew nothing about. 

Aceh, a special territory on the Southern tip of Indonesia

Which is located here:

This podcast was about three orphanages in Aceh that were created to help children after major devastation in the area. A great podcast go listen to it! 

Here:

http://ccie-media.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/WFR_06_MeridasYora.mp3

I learned a lot about poverty this week and hope you did too!