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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Getting to Know Your International Contacts - Part 2

This week I tried to make contact with a colleague in India, who has is being working with the same curriculum (High Scope) that I am working with. I was very curious to see her comments in the High Scope website forums, and decided to write her an email, but not response so far.

When I surfed the Global children's initiative website, I was impressed how much energy the Brazilians have in the Early childhood education. Brazil recognizes the importance of investing in early childhood programs, and how the government is preparing a national plan for early child development.

The following information is taken from the website. I love the final paragraph where they specify how important is to invest in the future of the country, the children.

Indeed, this is a crucial time for Brazil as a country, said Eduardo Queiroz, the executive director of Fundação Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal, in an interview. “It’s probably the first time that Brazil is really considered, internationally, a country that is moving to an important position not only economically but as a country in Latin America…and can be one of the leaders” globally, he said. “If Brazil wants to be more developed, without inequalities—or less inequalities than we have nowadays—we have to invest in our children,” he added. “We have to invest in the future of the country.”

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