2003-05 - University of QueenslandName: Brian Adams
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of East Lansing, USA
Sponsor District: 6360
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Bamana, French and Swahili
Applied Field Experience: Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Brisbane, Australia
City: Brisbane
Country: Australia
Current Position: Research officer for the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice, and Governance at Griffith University. He is also a PhD student at University of Queensland.
Name: Yoshio Chikamatsu
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Tokyo Seihoku, Japan
Sponsor District: 2580
Citizenship: Japan
Languages: Japanese and English
Applied Field Experience: Japan International Cooperation Agency, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
City:
Country: Japan
Current Position: Project consultant, Shin Nihon & Co, working on international development projects.
Name: Noelle DePape
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Winnipeg-Charleswood, Canada
Sponsor District: 5550
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English, French, Spanish and Arabic
Applied Field Experience: Seeds of Peace, Mumbai, India & Lahore, Pakistan
City: Winnipeg
Country: Canada
Current Position: Executive director of the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (www.ircom.ca). IRCOM provides transitional housing as well as social services (ie: recreation, literacy and family programming) to newly arrived refugees in the City of Winnipeg. It houses 67 families and seeks to facilitate their integration of into their new Canadian environment through subsidized housing and support programming.
Name: Mariano Griva
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Villa Gobernador Galvez, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4880
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: Spanish, English, German and French
Applied Field Experience: UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland
City: Kiunga
Country: Papua New Guinea
Current Position: Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Papua New Guinea. His job includes advocating for refugees and carrying out protection work with them as well as training workers in refugee rights and human rights. He is based in Kiunga which is a border town near Indonesia but much of his work takes him to border camps.
Name: Sanjana Hattotuwa
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Colombo East, Sri Lanka
Sponsor District: 3220
Citizenship: Sri Lanka
Languages: English and Sinhalese
Applied Field Experience: Appeal of the Nobel Laureates Foundation & Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS), Boston, USA & Vancouver, Canada
City: Colombo
Country: Sri Lanka
Current Position: Senior researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives and head of Information Communications Technology (ICT) and Peacebuilding at InfoShare, both based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Having lived and worked in violent conflict his entire life, Hattotuwa explores issues related to peacebuilding, conflict transformation and the use of technology and new media in peace processes and is recognised for his work in furthering online dispute resolution (ODR) and citizen journalism for peace.
Name: Josephine Manuel-Bahul
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Baguio North, Philippines
Sponsor District: 3790
Citizenship: Philippines
Languages: English and Tagalog
Applied Field Experience: Phillippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), Manilla, Phillipines
City: Baguio
Country: Philippines
Current Position: Director for media affairs and publications at the University of Baguio.
Name: Colin Spurway
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
Sponsor District: 1010
Citizenship: UK
Languages: English, Spanish, French and Russian
Applied Field Experience: International Alert/Friends for Peace, Kathmandu, Nepal
City: London
Country: UK
Current Position: Project manager for the international development wing of the BBC World Service. He is responsible for political and economic development projects in Bangladesh and is based in the World Service in Bush House, London.
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