2010-12 - University of BradfordSonja Basic
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Ashgrove, QLD, Australia
Sponsor District: 9600
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, Serbian, French, Spanish
Applied Field Experience: UNDP - Brazil, Brasilia, Brazil
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Summary: Sonja is a partnership consultant at Cardno Emerging Markets in Melbourne, Australia. Cardno Emerging Markets is an integrated professional services provider delivering the specialist expertise necessary to create and improve the physical and social infrastructure that underpins communities around the world. Cardno’s team comprises leading advisers who plan, design, manage and deliver sustainable projects and community programs.
Sokunthea Huot
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Phnom Penh Metro, Cambodia
Sponsor District: 3350
Citizenship: Cambodia
Languages: Khmer, English
Applied Field Experience: Center of Justice and Reconciliation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
City: Phnom Penh
Country: Cambodia
Summary: He works for the Department of English and Department of International Studies at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Katja Karppinen
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Lauritsala, Finland
Sponsor District: 1430
Citizenship: Finland
Languages: Finnish, Russian, French, Swedish, German, English
Applied Field Experience: UNHCR Regional Office for the Baltic and Nordic Countries, Stockholm, Sweden
City: Bishkek
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Summary: Katja is a United Nations public information and communications adviser, based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Marina Kharlamova
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of St. Petersburg Neva, Russia
Sponsor District: 2220
Citizenship: Russia
Languages: Russian, English, Spanish, German
Applied Field Experience: One World Leadership Center, Washington, DC
City: St. Petersburg
Country: Russia
Summary: She works for Football Club Zenit in St. Petersburg, Russia, to promote peacebuilding through sport.
Jillian Larsen
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Named/Endowed: James Junn-Shueng & Lisa Shiu-Li Chen Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of South Whidbey Island, WA, USA
Sponsor District: 5050
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French
Applied Field Experience: International Rescue Committee, Thailand & Ethiopia
Country: Uganda
Summary: She is working for the World Bank in Uganda.
Maria Masullo
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Cava De Tirreni, Italy
Sponsor District: 2100
Citizenship: Italy
Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Swahili
Applied Field Experience: International Peace and Security Institute and SPARK, Italy and Serbia
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Maria is interested in negotiation theory, international and community mediation, the role of international institutions in conflict prevention and resolution, the role of media in preventing conflict, European Regional security, the interrelationship between security, conflict and development, regional focus on Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia.
Bianca Neff
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Great Bridge, VA, USA
Sponsor District: 7600
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Russian
Applied Field Experience: Geneva Program on Global Policy and Governance, Geneva, Switzerland
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Bianca is the daughter of a Basque mother and an American father. Her Basque heritage gives her the unique perspective of what it means to be a minority struggling through issues of ethnic conflict. Having been active in global humanitarian work for over 15 years, she is now positioned to take her engagement to the next level as a Rotary Peace Fellow. Her primary professional and personal interests include: Central Asia; Islam & the West; Ethnic Conflict Intervention; Justice & Reconciliation; Poverty & Radical Islam. She has lived in Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Spain and Kenya.
Juliana Obonyo
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Gulu, Uganda
Sponsor District: 9200
Citizenship: Uganda
Languages: English, Luo, Ngakarimojong
Applied Field Experience: Center for Gender Security and Human Rights at UMASS, Boston, USA
City: Bradford
Country: UK
Summary: Juliana comes to the fellowship with six years of experience implementing education, human rights, and conflict management programs in Uganda and southern Sudan. She is also a co-founder for KGL consultants, a consultancy firm in northern Uganda that deals with conflict management programs, transitional justice, research, and training for clients in Uganda and neighboring countries. Additionally, she founded Karamoja Peace and Development Discussion Network, which operates a blog to bring varied perspectives on peace and development in the war ravaged Karamoja region in Uganda.
Peter Paul Opata
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Kampala, Uganda
Sponsor District: 9200
Citizenship: Uganda
Languages: Japadhola, English
Applied Field Experience: Campaign for good governance, Sierra Leone
City: Kampala
Country: Uganda
Summary: He is the executive secretary for HIV and AIDS at the Uganda Catholic Secretariat in Kampala, Uganda. His team leads the nonclinical interventions of the Catholic Bishops Conference in Uganda on HIV & AIDS. He provides leadership, guidance, linkage with government and other partners, resource mobilisation, advocacy, and provide overall programmatic and technical supervision to all the 19 Catholic dioceses in the region.
Kayo Yoshida
Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2010-12
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Tokyo Jyosai, Japan
Sponsor District: 2750
Citizenship: Japan
Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Applied Field Experience: West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Sierra Leone
City: Tokyo
Country: Japan
Summary: She works in the fundraising section of the Japan UNHCR Association.
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