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Educational Opportunities & Exchange Program
While we focus adequately on the educational needs of children in rural areas by building model schools and providing educational facilities to enable children learn better, our educational programs will also focus on the need for research, teacher training and student and faculty exchange. With the ongoing partnership of CORAfrica and SUNY International Programs, a program to support capacity building efforts through exchange opportunities has become operative since 2006. This program will enable SUNY scholars to travel to Nigeria for working vacations, while Nigerians will have an opportunity to travel to the US for training courses.
Recent Progess
In August 2007, Dr. George Crosby was asked to represent the SUNY system as an agriculturist and to explore ways in which SUNY might partner with Nigerian universities, ultimately with the goal of assisting Children of Rural Africa. This visit first took him to Cross River State University of Technology, where he gave a presentation to Dr. Eka Braide, Vice Chancellor of Cross River State University of Technology, Calabar and 24 faculty and administrators, including Dean Prof. A. E. Akachukwu from the Faculty of Agriculture, Obubra campus. This presentation included information on the State University of New York system as well as the campus at Cobleskill.
Numerous opportunities for collaboration, including faculty and student exchange, internships, and joint research projects were discussed during that meeting.
In addressing the group, Dr. Braide provided a strong commitment to collaborative ventures between Cross River State University of Technology and the State University of New York. All were appreciative of the efforts of Fr. Dr. Peter Abue and CORAfrica in providing the leadership to arrange this meeting. CRUTECH provided a wonderful dinner hosted by Dr. Braide with 24 faculty and administrators at the Channel View restaurant in Calabar. There, Dr. Crosby was presented with a gift of a table covering and ceramic bowl.
The following day, Dr. Crosby and Fr. Abue traveled to Cross River State University of Agriculture, Obubra, where a lecture on the collaborative efforts of the two universities was delivered to Sub-Dean Dr. E. Ayuk and approximately 80 agriculture faculty and students. Here again information on SUNY as well as Moringa oleifera research and work with gravity-feed irrigation systems was presented. Following a question and answer period, photos and some informal discussion, we departed for Ipong-Obudu Community, site for the proposed Community Education Center by CORAfrica.
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