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Some challenges Dania and her family faced are they had no heater for when it gets cold in the winter, but Save The Children provided one for the family. Also, Dania couldn’t go to school because schools were too expensive, but Save The Children worked with the Government and every Syrian refugee could go to school to get an education. One challenge Dania’s family faced was heat, temperatures in Lebanon where she and her family lives dip to below freezing every night in the winter and the conditions are dire, (pgs. 7,8), but Save The Children Provided a weather kit to help insulate Dania’s family’s garage from the cold and wind, (pg.10). Another challenge Dania and her siblings faced was education, she was a refugee and
Most of the story takes place in a dark, musty basement. The basement was full of rats, water, and dirt. Throughout the story, the cold would affect Rainie and the boy. Rainie got sick towards the end and started coughing and shivering. Of course the kidnapper didn’t care. All the boy and Rainie could do was
In the short essay, “Let It Snow,” by David Sedaris, he recounts the memory of his three sisters and himself being locked out of the house by their drunken mother, on a cold, snowy day. The children are very antagonistic towards their mother, and are willing to do whatever it takes to get the attention they deserve. When is comes down to it, the children realize that no matter how bad they treat their loved ones, They will always have a place for family in their heart.
Winter Santiaga was born January 28, 1977, one of the coldest winters ever to hit Brooklyn therefore as Winter’swinters mom gave birth she decided to name her daughter Winter. Winter’s mother and father were both young when she was born, Wwinter’s mom was fourteen14 and Ricky, her father, was sixteen16. Winter’s father was a massive drug dealer around Brooklyn, New YorkNY, where Wwinter and her younger sisters Lexus, Porsche, and Mercedes grew up. Winter’s lifestyle was perfect for her, she loved her life in Brooklyn. Whatever she wanted or needed she got it. She was a spoiled daddy’s girl, her father Santiaga always had money from his deals, and was respected by their community. Life for Winter was secured and well paid for by her father's earnings.
War is the main cause in the creation of child refugee. It is also known that war is the primary cause of child injuries, death and loss of family members. Being born abroad in unknown places, also play a role in depriving children of a legal home. The trauma of being a refugee child can cause detrimental changes in the mental health of a child and over all development. This article focuses on the impact of the Syrian armed conflict on the mental health and psychosocial condition of Syrian refugees’ children. Also, this article explores the struggles of several refugees’ families and their children. It was determined that mental health services can be key to restoring basic psychological functioning to support resilience and positive coping
One of the major themes throughout both the book and film is perseverance. People are persistent when they continue to work towards a goal even when difficulties and obstacles stand in the way. Perseverance is needed to over difficulties. In both my family and the characters in the Freedom Writers are faced with difficult challenges. Erin Gruwell in the Freedom Writers was very persistent. When Gruwell first starting teaching in room 203 the students were very disrespectful towards her and would not cooperate. Many of the students were not expected to graduate and go to college. The students faced problems both at home and at school with substance abuse, gang violence, and poverty. Gruwell did not let the students uncooperative behavior discourage her from helping the students. To make them more cooperative Gruwell had the students participate in different activities such as the line game. These activities made the students more cooperative and respectful. Gruwell did not let the students behavior in the beginning of the year stop her making a difference in the students lives. She overcame the difficulties and help each student become a better person. My family has to persevere many challenges. With my dad being on strike we have to spend money wisely. This can be challenging as we are not used to saving money so drastically. No longer can I spend ten dollars to go the movies or have pizza every week. This may sound simple to some but spending money like this can add up very quickly. No one knows how long the strike will last. Together as a family we must be persistent and overcome financial difficulties. People have to persevere through challenges when faced with difficulties such as uncooperative students and financial
In the Ice Storm by Rick Moody, Moody introduces us to two teenagers, Wendy and Paul Hood. Wendy and Paul are siblings from New Canaan, a small town in the Connecticut suburbs. The two siblings go through tremendous events in their life ranging from sex, love, to loneliness. Today’s teenagers share some similar aspects to Wendy and Paul. Because of society’s disregard for young adults, loneliness can lead them to potentially dangerous paths; this is a continuous problem that is relevant from the 1970’s to modern day society.
Although refugees face many challenges outside of school, there are ways teachers can make their academic life easier. Many teachers “misinterpret learnt behaviors pertaining to survival in refugee camps or in the migration process itself as behavioral difficulties” (Due, Riggs, Mandara 170). When teachers make assumptions about student behavioral issues based on their “personal observations and assumptions,” it leads to “error of communication diagnosis of the kids” (Usman 112). Neither teachers nor parents should assume they know something about refugee students based on their personal opinions. Some teachers believe that they are unable to relate to their students’ families. As a result, “cultural mismatches” occur between students’ home
From that perspective, I will highlight the following programs that Save the Children does here in the United States alone. This organization have four main programs. First is health and nutrition, second is education, third is emergencies, and fourth is hunger and livelihoods. For health and nutrition, Save the Children is visiting schools, and other institutions giving lessons about balanced food and healthy food choices. In addition, education contributes 22% of their main programs. They have school-based literacy programs for disadvantaged students from kindergarten through 6th grade, specifically in reading, math, and science. They also provide tools and support schools in this advocacy. Another, in times of emergencies like natural disasters, Save the Children is visible. During the floods in the Gulf Coast region, they were there to give emergency assistance. The organization provide child-focused emergency plans, trainings, and emergency resources in preparation for coming disasters. Moreover, on the hunger and livelihoods aspect, the organization believes in not just giving fish, they also teach families how to fish. This in my opinion, is commendable. Not all organization have this advocacy. It promotes families to stand and support their families and not just depend on aids from private and public sectors.
Eva is a single mother of three children. The father of these children left her to raise them by herself. This proves to be an extremely difficult task for her to complete. Eva is a very poor woman, and does not have much to provide for her children with. Her, “children needed her;
“Let It Snow” by David Sedaris is a short story that magnifies the extent in which children might go in order to grab the attention of their parents. It is simply short and it is full imagination that would help the reader what it feels to be a child. Sedaris first gives the reader a sense of imagery when he describes the snow storm that cancels school for him and his sisters. After the reader begins to reread he/she might think that the story will be about a snow day but it takes a sharp turn. The story focuses on the hurt and neglect in which the Sedaris and his siblings went through with their drunken mother with the absence of their father. After being kicked out into the cold by their mother, the children are left to think about their relationship with their parents that has been left in the cold. The writer begins to express his feelings towards his parents, especially his mother by providing various details that keep the reader emotionally interested in the story. To the reader it might seem that story is about the children but it is actually focus on the mother. Also Sedaris did an
One day a woman from a church found them in the hut. She had told them that she was organizing a program where she will find children a safe place to live. They would be safe, comfortable, and would have plenty of food and happiness. Without hesitation, Polaris and Abrax both agreed and began to live at an old woman’s house. Life in the home wasn’t as happy as they were told it would to
Phillip Cameron and his wife are known widely for traveling across Eastern Europe to analyze and stabilize their orphanage systems. His book consists of first hand accounts of the abuse and neglect the children are subjected to in countries such as Romania and Moldova. I was given this book by my mother, who was hoping I would benefit from the religious aspect of Phillip Cameron’s story. When reading “The Kite Runner”, I couldn’t help but think about Cameron’s book and how he could have affected the lives of the Sohrab and the other orphans in Afghanistan. Cameron witnessed living conditions that were quite similar to those described in “The Kite Runner”. He was once asked by a Moldovan orphange director, “Have you ever seen a baby freeze to death?” (Stellasvoice.org) This quote instantly made me remember the child who died in Sohrab’s
The winters were freezing cold at the anniversary girl’s concentration camp, and the few “coats of golden fur”(181) that she did have “did not keep her warm enough”. Felicia, on the other hand, get to “put her pajamas on”(181) when she gets cold but is still often unhappy proving that having one's physical needs meant does not necessarily lead to happiness. At concentration camps such as the camp that the anniversary girl was forced to stay in, people starved because they were denied adequate servings of food and “the children were the hungriest”(182) The Anniversary girl “was hungry all winter”,(182) yet her hunger seems an insignificant issue when compared to her biggest problem: a lack of a mother in her life. The anniversary girl explains to the sitting parent that, “...[the children] are not crying because they want something to eat. They are crying because their mothers have gone away.”(182) The children do not cry because they lack warmth, food, and comfortability, but rather because they have nobody to provide them with warm, motherly love. The children cry just as babies cry when they need milk from their mothers. (Ask Mr. Moffat about connection between infants, mothers, and milk.) By showing how unhappy both Felicia and the anniversary girl are in their opposite environments due to them
Watching Poor Kids, I felt that the future might be hopeless for some of these children, that they may be destined to live in poverty as adults. I know now, that by empowering our children to become active in their schools, communities and families, that children like Sera and Roger, can break through those barriers of poverty, and get the education and jobs that they desire.
Improving living conditions for children and their chances for survival by increasing access to health services for women and children