Passionate Connections

I am glad to introduce the e-mail exchange that I have had the opportunity to encounter with one of the professionals chosen from the Global Alliance website that Walden University has provided. Mrs. Bimbo Are is the Assistant Director of the AL QALAM KIDDIES SCHOOLS in Ibadan North, Oyo, Nigeria for six years now. Her passion lies with teaching young children how to read, particularly the girls. The children are first taught their primary language and then English. The foods they eat are culturally healthy for the young children. Yams are the best resources of food that the children in Nigeria like as well as different soups, like Egushi soup. Variety is at a limit. French fries is a delight for young children in Nigeria. I have also had the opportunity to gain a more personal relationship with a Nigerian man named Frank Oghenekenyoro from Delta State. We talk EVERYDAY! I am learning so much. He helps me to understand the ways of Nigerians. Intriguing! I have not had the opportunity to hear back from my second choice of professionals from the list that Walden University provided to connect with professionals world-wide. I will not give up hope on this contact. I will continue to e-mail Rev. Charles Arko-Nunoo in Ghana to learn his passion towards the field of Early Childhood Education and beyond; although I have reached out to Mr. Eric Atmore in South Africa at cecd@iafrica.com. It is a powerful feeling to reach out and encode knowledge needed to understand the mission and goals of other countries as they foster healthy development with their young children. I thrive to further understand how Africa and other parts of the world operate. I want to know their contributions towards the field and ways they help to close the gaps of malnutrition that is a consequence of poverty. I patiently wait for my new discoveries.