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Click for Press Release ASSET-Eight and KCET’s A Place of Our Own/Los Niños en Su Casa is pleased to announce the 2008 Arizona Outstanding In-Home Care Provider award recipients!
All 3 women will join the team of local A Place of Our Own/Los Niños en Su Casa (APLO) trainers to provide workshops based on the broadcast and online content created by KCET in partnership with BP, First 5 California, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Each received a technology package that includes a Dell Laptop computer, an Epson LCD projector, and Verizon wireless internet subscription for 1 year underwritten by grant funds from APLO. Additionally, Microsoft Education donated a Microsoft Office Suite for each computer. ASSET-Eight is enthusiastic about supporting the work of each of these women in their communities to further the goals of professionalism in early childhood.
Carmina was nominated by Vanessa Felty, J.D., the Director of Community Mobilization for the United Way of Tucson.
Nonubari
Nsagane Nonubari was nominated by Patricia Gillem, the Volunteer Coordinator for the Refugee Resettlement Program with Catholic Charities Community Services, along with parents of the children she cares for, and her husband.
Deshika was nominated by Dr. Diana Abel, the Director of Rio Salado College's Early Childhood and Human Development Undergraduate Program.
A Place of Our Own is broadcast on Eight Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 am in English and Los Niños en Su Casa is broadcast on Eight Tuesday and Thursday at 5 am in Spanish.
Eight, Arizona PBS specializes in the education of children, in-depth news and public affairs, lifelong learning, and the celebration of arts and culture — utilizing the power of noncommercial television, the Internet, educational outreach services, and community-based initiatives. The PBS station began broadcasting from the campus of Arizona State University on January 30, 1961. Now more than 80 percent of Arizonans receive the signal through a network of translators, cable and satellite systems. With more than 1.3 million viewers each week, Eight consistently ranks among the most-viewed public television stations per capita in the country. Arizonans provide more than 60 percent of the station’s annual budget. ASSET (Arizona School Services through Educational Technology is the educational outreach department for Eight, serving PreK-Grade 12 educators and young children’s caregivers with educational resources from PBS. For more information, visit www.azpbs.org. and www.asset.asu.edu. Eight is a member-supported service of Arizona State University. Major funding for A Place of Our Own/Los Niños en Su Casa is provided by BP, First 5 California, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A Place of Our Own/Los Niños en Su Casa is a production of KCET/Los Angeles in association with Sesame Workshop and 44 Blue Productions, Inc. Visit aplaceofourown.org for more information.
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of the following women were nominated based on their outstanding
service to the children they care for in their homes, birth
to age 5, and because of their contributions they make to
the profession as an in-home care provider.
Carmina
Mariscal
Nonubari
Nsagane is married and a mother of 3 children. She became
a child care provider 2 years ago to stay at home with her
younger 2 children. She holds a Master of Business Administration
in Management Degree and has transitioned into the childcare
profession with great diligence. She is a registered S*CCEEDS
trainer and working on her CDA. She is the first childcare
volunteer provider for Catholic Charities Resettlement Program
and helped craft the job description and assist other caregivers
who join the organization. "Nonubari is affectionate,
capable, and supports the views of parents in caring for their
children… her zeal to get better and improve is unlimited."
Deshika
Perera