Child Hunger

 

I have been working in the in the school system for three years now and I noticed a lot of things about the children I work with. The one thing that has stood out was hunger. I have seen children come to school and the only they are focused on is what time is lunch. They can’t pay attention in class because the stomachs ache from being hungry. The children being to show less interest in their work, grades begin to drop and they focus more when they are getting their next meal. Most of the time they don’t have a chance to get to eat breakfast because they were late from school. So we kept crackers in the room so they can eat but that isn’t enough to fill their stomachs.

Not only are we seeing child hunger in the U.S. but it is also going on all over the world. I chose to research the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is located in Central Africa.  The population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is 66 million. The global hunger index is extremely alarming. The malnutrition of children under five years old in the D.R. Congo is 28.2% in 2007 (Action against Hunger).  As of 2011 the DRC stood at the bottom of major indices of well being. About 70% of the residence lack access to food and one in four children are malnourished (World food Programme). Since the beginning of 2012, the DRC has been plagued by a wave of violence and a dramatic increase of internally displaced people in five of their eastern provinces (World Food Programme).

A group that is trying to help this situation is Action against Hunger. Action against hunger is a nonprofit and global humanitarian organization committed to ending word hunger. It works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access clean water and sustainable solutions to hunger (Action against hunger). This is an organization that people should get involved in. We should also get our children involved so they can also help. If we can’t help the children the DRC we can help feed the children here at home.

References:

www.wfp.org/countries/congo-demoratic-republic

www.actionagainsthunger.org

www.actionagainsthunger.org/countries/Africa/democratic-republic-congo

Persoanl Birthing Experience

I had my first child at an early age. I was extremely scared and didn't know what to expect. By being having a family history of high blood pressure I found out that my blood pressure was high and I was known as a high pregnancy. My labor was induced and I was giving an epidural which numbed me from the waist down. An epidural is  the best thing that doctors came up with. I highly recommend it. That night I delivered a 7 pound baby boy vaginally. This was great considering that my mom had to have a C-section with all four of her children.
The funniest thing I remember about my labor is my mom and the doctor arguing because she wanted me to sit up and watch my baby come out ant they wanted me to lay back push. As far as child development goes he was health, happy, strong and hunger. I always read to him, we watch Barney, Sesame Street, song the ABC song and other things. I basically treated him like I did my little sisters like he was my brother. Now that he is a teenager we still have that bond and act more like sister brother instead of mother and son. We talk about everything and everybody I hope we keep this open line communication.

The country that I did a little research on was Spain. Like the US, Spain is much medicalised. But there are some differences in the hospitals from Spain and the US. Hospitals in the US does not have a limit on the number of people that can be in the room during delivery,  there isn't a public or private hospital like Spain,. On the other hand Spain has private and public hospitals. In public hospitals you have to share rooms with other women, less C-sections are performed, they have better resources for high risk pregnancy's and things will be provided for mother and baby. You don't have to bring anything. Private hospitals have private rooms family can stay overnight if they want, no visitation restrictions, high number of c-sections perform, bring your own supplies for you and the child and no resources for high risk pregnancy. If any complications occur the person will transferred to a public hospital.

Reference:
www.mamatemite.et