Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2

I have not been successful with getting a response from my international contact however I chose the alternate route.
I read a few articles that spoke about global issues of concerning early childhood systems.
Global Child Development
Over the past decade, the world's policy makers have increased their attention to early childhood health and development, which opens new prospects for advancing a comprehensive early childhood agenda (developingchild.harvard.edu)
Global Children's Initiative
Nucleo Ciencia Pela Infancia, the first major programmatic effort launched outside of the United States, whose aim is to use the science of child health and development to guide stronger policies and larger investments to benefit young children and their families in Brazil. This project will allow Brazilian scholars, policy makers, and society leaders an opportunity to create more effective policies and programs that will foster a more prosperous sustainable and equitable society.
Zambian Early Childhood Development Project
In 2009 the Zambian Early Childhood Development Project(ZECPD) collaborated the effects of an on-going anti-malaria initiative on children's development in Zambia. This project was launched because of the knowledge gap concerning early childhood experiences in children's developmental health and educational outcomes in developed countries.

These articles were interesting to me because it is really exciting to see that early childhood education and the issues of it are a concern to others outside of the United States. It gave me a sense of belonging and knowing that we in the U.S. are not alone in regards to the issues and trends of the ECE field.