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Rotary Peace Centers students


2009-11 - Duke University / University of North Carolina



Gozel Arazmedova

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Almaty, Kazakhstan
Sponsor District: 2430
Citizenship: Turkmenistan
Languages: Turkmen, English, Russian, Uzbek
Applied Field Experience: Committee on the Status of Women, New York.
City: Chapel Hill
Country: USA
Summary: She is volunteering at a women's organization in Chapel Hill, NC, USA.



Aung Aung

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Kyu Hang Lee Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Maesai, Thailand
Sponsor District: 3360
Citizenship: Myanmar
Languages: Burmese, English, Japanese, Korean
Applied Field Experience: InterFaith Works, Syracuse, NY
City: Yangon
Country: Myanmar
Summary: He is a protection associate with the UNHCR in Yangon, Myanmar.



Karina Ito

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Londrina, Brazil
Sponsor District: 4710
Citizenship: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, Japanese
Applied Field Experience: International Centre of Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, VA, USA & UNICEF, Geneva, Switzerland.
City: New York
Country: USA
Summary: Karina is an executive officer under the Standing Group of National Committees at the US Fund for UNICEF under the Atlas Fellowship.



Palina Matthiasdottir

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Heinrich Family Foundation Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Reykjavik-Árbær, Iceland
Sponsor District: 1360
Citizenship: Iceland
Languages: Icelandic, English, Danish, French
Applied Field Experience: UN/ISDR Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.
City: Reykjavík
Country: Iceland
Summary: She is a specialist in the Multilateral Aid Department of the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She is in charge of issues related private sector development, climate change/sustainable development, the Icelandic Junior Professional Officer programme, and project contracts and communications with NGOs like the Icelandic committees of UNICEF, UN WOMEN and the Red Cross.



Manuela Mot

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Timisoara, Romania
Sponsor District: 2241
Citizenship: Romania
Languages: Romanian, English, Hungarian, French
Applied Field Experience: Partners for Democratic Change, Washington, DC.
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Summary: She is a research assistant at Turkish Coalition of America.



Anabella Palacios

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Cheryl Kelley Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Cordoba- Avenida General Paz, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4815
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: Spanish, English, Japanese, Turkish
Applied Field Experience: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Panama City, Panama.
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Summary: She is a research fellow with the Multilateral Investment Fund, Access to Markets Unit at the Interamerican Development Bank in Washington, DC. She will support the development of agricultural value chains.



Aldo Perfetto Alexandrow

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Casco Histórico de Caracas, Venezuela
Sponsor District: 4370
Citizenship: Venezuela
Languages: Spanish, English, French, Italian
Applied Field Experience: United Nations Development Programme, New York.
City: Caracas
Country: Venezuela
Summary: Aldo works for the Office of Multilateral Affairs and Integration in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela. He is responsible for sustainable development-related issues as an inter-institutional coordinator and lead negotiator for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development.



Luisa Ryan

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
Sponsor District: 9600
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Applied Field Experience: United Nations in New York.
City: Kinshasa
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Summary: Luisa is the monitoring and evaluation specialist in the Democratic Republic of Congo for Internews, an American NGO working on media development assistance.



Chad Shipmaker

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2009-11
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Salmon Arm-Shuswap, BC, Canada
Sponsor District: 5060
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English , French, Spanish, Bahasa/wolo/fulani
Applied Field Experience: United Nation's World Food Programme in Washington, D.C.
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Summary: Chad is a policy officer for the UN World Food Programme, based in Washington, DC. His primary responsibility is coordinating the development of an emergency humanitarian grain reserve as requested by the G20 after their summit in Paris.