2011-13 - University of BradfordLisa Dittmar
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Edmonds Daybreakers, WA, USA
Sponsor District: 5030
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Lisa plans to focus on using microfinance and social entrepreneurship as a way of rebuilding infrastructure and helping people reinvent themselves in conflict and post-conflict countries.
Maria Gabioud
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Boulogne Sur Mer, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4825
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Italian
Applied Field Experience: Balkans Peace Park Project in Albania.
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Maria's areas of interest include human rights, peace building, migration, and refugees. Having studied in Argentina and Switzerland, she wants to focus her career in the social sector and especially in the humanitarian field. She has experience working for NGO’s in Buenos Aires and Geneva, and also in the private sector working with finances.
Avraham Levi
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Named/Endowed: Anonymous Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel
Sponsor District: 2490
Citizenship: Israel
Languages: Hebrew, English
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Through the fellowship, Avraham hopes to try to improve individual and communities lives within the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and promote to the end of this conflict. He also hopes to improve his personal academic and practical skills and become more active in the international growing community of Peace promoters
Courtney Matson
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Morristown, NJ, USA
Sponsor District: 7470
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, French, Spanish
Applied Field Experience: USAID - Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs (OAPA) in Washington, DC.
City: Tokyo
Country: Japan
Summary: Courtney has been working in international development and global health for more than 10 years, focusing her efforts on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis in China and Africa, but has more recently focused her work on development in conflict and post-conflict regions, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan. She plans to pursue a career in international development and peace and conflict studies, working with national and multinational partners and institutions.
Tatiana Minbaeva
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Russian International, Russian Federation
Sponsor District: 2220
Citizenship: Russia
Languages: Russian, English, German, Ukrainian
Applied Field Experience: United Nations Institute of Disarmament Research in Geneva, Switzerland.
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Tatiana's special interest lies in the area of intersection of peace building and economics, and precisely she would like to explore and research the effect of the micro economic processes on peace building, discover ways to address issues in developing countries though developing sustainable relationships between “weak” and “powerful”, and to enable new theory of peace engage in the process of responsible management and economic growth.
Natalia Muto
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of São Paulo-Brooklyn, Brazil
Sponsor District: 4610
Citizenship: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
Applied Field Experience: Brazilian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Natalia sees the fellowship as being fundamental for her career in international conflict resolution and development. Her main focus after getting her degree will be to join the UNDP or other international organizations working with conflict and development.
Paul Nyibek
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Named/Endowed: Electronics, Yen-Shen and Catherine Hsieh Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Edmonton Mayfield, Canada
Sponsor District: 5370
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: Shilluk, English, Arabic
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Paul is a scholar, a human rights advocate, and a community organizer with particular interest in the responsibility to protect, critical international relations, security studies, and peace and conflict resolution.
Sarah Oxford
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Menlo Park, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5150
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Fulfulde
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Sarah looks forward to expanding her skills in mediation and conflict prevention. She hopes to adapt the skills she learns at Bradford and apply the Rotary mission to her work in the field of international development.
Rob Sijstermans
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Oegstgeest, The Netherlands
Sponsor District: 1600
Citizenship: Netherlands
Languages: Dutch, French, German, English, Arabic
Applied Field Experience: NATO in Belgium.
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Rob envisions himself working in conflict areas and/or international security related organisations together with his wife, an international health expert. He hopes the fellowship will allow him to pursue their dream of working together on conflict and health related issues abroad.
Flor Maria Yanez Alvarez
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Juarez Integra, Mexico
Sponsor District: 4110
Citizenship: México
Languages: Spanish, English, French, Japanese
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Flor Maria is interested in human rights, equality and gender perspectives, international development, conflict resolution, international and community mediation, and peace building.
Ana Zavala
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2011-13
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Jean Thomas, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4915
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: Spanish, English
Applied Field Experience: United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands.
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Ana's areas of interest include human rights; transitional justice; sustainable development; peace building; and psychosocial care programs for victims of armed conflicts.
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