Global Fund for Children is an organization that is internationally based but it included USA. They help children who are faced with choices of either working or going to school. They even have a fear of being military soldiers or slaves. Global fund for children helps kids go to school and achieve their dreams. They have reached almost 10 million children worldwide. They ask for donations which eventually turns into Cash Grants and Building Services that goes to helping the children (GFC, 2014).
One of the programs that GFC awarded is a camp called Hope House summer camp. It is a camp in Washington DC where children who has fathers in prison have the opportunity for 25 hours out of the year to go visit their father and spend time with their father. This privilege is used as an incentive for fathers in prison to be well-behaved throughout the year so they can see and spend time with their child. I think this is a wonderful program because even though the fathers are in prison they can still contribute to society by positively influencing their own child (GFC, 2014).
This subject did not have much to do with diversity but like I mentioned in my discussion, sometimes it is a bit hard for me to relate to diversity stories outside my culture unless I meet the people in person. It's weird I know. I know I should be learning about other children of different countries but I just have a heart for my own race first. That is just how I feel. You ever heard the phrase fix your own house first before you fix another? Don't get me wrong I take care of children of all nationalities now, white, black, Asian, and Hispanic all the same. I was just related to this story because it was within my culture because I grew up without my father much in my life. I am thankful we have a relationship now. Also, my son had a father that went to jail for almost a year or so twice I think. I am trying to push their relationship together because it is not as close as it should.
GFC. (2014). Finding Hope at a Summer Camp Behind Bars. Retrieved from http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/finding-hope-at-a-summer-camp-behind-bars/
What a great program for fathers and children alike. Father's have such an influential role in the life of a child. I can't attest to being without a father, but I listen to my husband whose father was pushed out of his life not because of jail, but because of divorce. The impact is still strong even though my husband is grown and has a family of his own. He often wonders how his life would be different now if back during his childhood he would have known his father. I will say he has a wonderful relationship with his father now, but he feels cheated. These children and their fathers can have positive impacts on each other and make their lives wonderful with a purpose to serve!
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