I include my Wordle because it express what I have learned in the past 20 months. Sorry for it being sideways but sometimes that the way life is.   I have enjoyed this journey. Although there have been times that I have wanted to give up I knew that was not the right thing to do.  After all I am a mother of two daughters who look to me for inspiration.  I teach 8 young children who need to know that learning is fun and needed to get ahead in this world.  I have also learned more in this Master series than I did in my Bachelor program, I think I have said this once before but it is true.

I have enjoyed learning from all of you.  You have given me things to think about as we have gone through each class.  You have also pushed me to look outside my own world of think and being to see what is out there and how things could be.  Best of luck to all of you as you move forward. God be with you all.

It would be nice to see or keep in touch with each of you so if you are ever in the Seattle/ Tacoma Washington area I can be your tour guide. Laury Togstad  begwon@juno.com

And remember to reach for your star!

 

International Jobs

The first organization I choose was Save the Children.  One reason is the television ads I see on the weekends. Are they really as good as they say when I listen to them? Yes they are with some big corporate sponsor backing them up such as: IKEA, Pepsi and American Girl. They have some job openings the key to finding them is selecting the right categories from their drop down menu on their job tab.  I was able to find one this way.  Child Protection Services it is not what we think of when you hear child protection.  This person is helping put together a CPS system in Haiti, with a BA in Social Work and 8 years experience in the field or related experience. Knowing French or Creole is a plus.

My next was fhi360 this organization works at empowering the citizen and families to become the best they can be. They do this through hands-on work based on evidence based knowledge.  To me this means they take what has been done by others that are working and apply it to what they need in the town or country they are working in.  I noticed that many of the jobs in the United State are behind the scenes or training those that are going to the different countries that are in need of aid.

My final organization is UNICEF we know them from other classes that we have taken so I decide to see what else they are working on. Currently they are working HIV/AIDS prevention and educating girls in countries that look at women as second class citizens. Again IKEA is a major donor as well as H&M and Pampers. I choose to look at short term jobs with many of them being out of the United States. The one piece I found interesting is that to be consider for higher paying jobs you have to relinquish your citizenship if it is different  than you nationality.

I think that if I was twenty years younger I would consider a job that is offered by any of these organizations. I knew that you needed some of the education background for them but I also see that they need hands on help in implementing their programs and it also would have given me the chance to enhance my language skills. 

Resources:   

   http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm

http://www.aed.org/en/index.htm

http://www.unicef.org/