By Jeff Trotman
Janette Campbell is a national of the Philippines, but she professes to have found her purpose in life in Guyana through the Alternative Learning System (ALS) – a professional development institution, known for its expertise in teaching and mentoring children in Linden, particularly children with special needs.
She arrived in Guyana in 2007 as an international consultant to the Ministry of Education in relation to designing systems for children with learning disabilities and special needs. “Coming and living in Guyana is not an accident,” Campbell told Stabroek News as she highlighted a successful summer programme that ALS conducted this year.
Emphasizing that one has to have a passion to work with children to be a successful teacher, especially with children with learning disabilities, Campbell added that God has a big hand in her life: “God planned where I was born and where I live. My race and nationality are no accident. God left no detail to chance. He planned it all for his purpose. The Bible says from one man, he made every nation and he
