2008-10 - University of BradfordMahamoud Ahmed
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club:
Sponsor District: 1570
Citizenship: Somalia
Languages: Somali, English, Arabic, Amharic
Applied Field Experience: World University Service of Canada, Sri Lanka.
City: Hargeisa
Country: Somalia
Summary: He works for Action Aid International as program support coordinator for development in Hargeisa, Somalia. He also teaches several classes at the University of Hargeisa and the University of Admas.
Vanessa Contopulos
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Temecula, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5330
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Internship with the Pacific Centre for Peacebuiding in Nabua, Fiji.
City: San Diego
Country: USA
Summary: Vanessa is a music therapist in San Diego. Her research interests focus on the role of the arts and music in peace building. She is starting a consultancy called Create4Peace with the mission of supporting peace building organizations through providing creative resources, workshops, and training.
Yuka Feigenbaum
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Named/Endowed: Sakuji Tanaka Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Tokyo Josai, Japan
Sponsor District: 2750
Citizenship: Japan
Languages: Japanese, English
Applied Field Experience: Internship with the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission in Kigali, Rwanda.
City: Tokyo
Country: Japan
Satoko Hara
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Named/Endowed: Hiroshi Yamada Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Kohoku-ku, Japan
Sponsor District: 2590
Citizenship: Japan
Languages: Japanese, English
Applied Field Experience: Internship with the Balkans Peace Park Project in Albania.
City: Tokyo
Country: Japan
Summary: She is a development consultant in Japan. She helps to implement development projects with the Asian Development Bank, Japanese Official Development Assistance organization, and other agencies.
Francis Kabosha
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Named/Endowed: Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Nkwazi, Zambia
Sponsor District: 9210
Citizenship: Zambia
Languages: Lenje, English
Applied Field Experience: West African Youth Network, Sierra Leone.
Country: Zambia
Summary: Francis is a lecturer of peace studies in at the Dag Hammarskjold Institute for Peace Studies of the Copper Belt University in Zambia.
Xiao Mei Liu
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Sponsor District: ND
Citizenship: P.R. China
Languages: Chinese, English
Applied Field Experience: Common Grounds Charitable Trust, India.
City: Chengdu
Country: China
Summary: She is the small grants manager for Winrock International working on a new project aimed at strengthening environmental NGOs in China.
Altaf Makhiawala
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Named/Endowed: Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Hallam, England
Sponsor District: 1270
Citizenship: India
Languages: Gujarati, English, Hindi, Arabic
Applied Field Experience: UNRWA, Amman, Jordan.
City: New Delhi
Country: India
Summary: Altaf is a communication officer in UNICEF's India Country Office in Delhi. He is the focal point between UNICEF India and large corporate donors.
Youla Pompilus-Touré
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Named/Endowed: James and Linda Bradley Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Montreal Lakeshore, Canada
Sponsor District: 7040
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: French, English, Spanish, Hatian Creole
Applied Field Experience: Nations office of CARE International, New York City.
City: Montréal
Country: Canada
Summary: Youla works for the Canadian Red Cross.
Yvette Selim
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Caringbah, NSW, Australia
Sponsor District: 9750
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, Arabic, Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Asia Foundation, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
City: Sydney
Country: Australia
Summary: Yvette was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award and a Faculty Top Up scholarship to study a PhD at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. She is researching ways to localise and tailor post-conflict justice (e.g. truth and reconciliation commissions) in different contexts. Ultimately, she hopes to inform policy makers in Nepal on ways to facilitate locally lead justice initiatives in the wake of the ten year civil conflict.
Julia Smith
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Squamish, BC, Canada
Sponsor District: 5040
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English, Kiswahili
Applied Field Experience: University of Kwazulu Natal's Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, Durban, South Africa.
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Julia is a PhD candidate at the University of Bradford. Her research focuses on the political value of UNAIDS. She also continues to work as a consultant for the SEND Foundation, which is a West African organization that focuses on social and economic development in post-conflict and hard to reach areas.
Murtala Touray
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5130
Citizenship: Gambia
Languages: Wolof, English, French, Arabic
Applied Field Experience: Analytica, a non-profit independent research institution.
City: Accra
Country: Ghana
Summary: He is the regional coordinator for the Early Warning Programme of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding at the regional headquarters in Accra, Ghana.
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