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Rotary Peace Centers students


2005-07 - University of California - Berkeley



Roland Allan Bolado

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Named/Endowed: Robert S. and Eileen Brown Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Bagumbayan-Manila, Philippines
Sponsor District: 3810
Citizenship: Philippines
Languages: English, Tagalog, French
Applied Field Experience: United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations, New York
Country: Philippines
Summary: He is a Lt. Commander in the Philippine Navy.



Hélène Carvallo

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Paris West, France
Sponsor District: 1660
Citizenship: France
Languages: French, English, and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Human Rights Watch, New York
City: Paris
Country: France
Summary: She is an attorney in France at a family law practice. She focuses on issues such as divorce, adoption, and international kidnappings.



Gabriel Dvoskin

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Turdera, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4915
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: Spanish and English
Applied Field Experience: produced a documentary from Brazil describing the struggle for democracy and equality
City: Kabul
Country: Afghanistan
Summary: He is a project director for Sayara Media & Communication in Kabul, Afghanistan. Sayara Media and Communication is Afghanistan’s leading communication agency dedicated to social marketing and public information.



Scott Field

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Burnside, SA, Australia
Sponsor District: 9520
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, French, and basic Arabic
Applied Field Experience: Palestine Center, Washington, DC; Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt, Germany; independent field research in the West Bank, Palestinian Authority and Israel
City: San Francisco
Country: USA
Summary: Scott is the Middle East manager at the Skoll Global Threats Fund. The Skoll Global Threats Fund supports innovative ideas and individuals combating global challenges.



Francesca Giovannini

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Named/Endowed: Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Modena, Italy
Sponsor District: 2070
Citizenship: Italy
Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, and Arabic
Applied Field Experience: UNDP, Fiji
City: Oxford
Country: UK
Summary: PhD in International Relations at Oxford University. Her provisional thesis title: migration policies as collective action problem for institutional change.



Corinna Heyder

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Winsen (Luhe), Germany
Sponsor District: 1890
Citizenship: Germany
Languages: German, English, French, basic Russian
Applied Field Experience: European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
Country: Germany
Summary: She works at a law firm in Germany.



Steven Nakana

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Named/Endowed: Paul and Jean Elder Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Royal Cape Yacht Club, South Africa
Sponsor District: 9350
Citizenship: South Africa
Languages: English; South African languages including Isi-Xhosa, Isi-Sotho, Isi-Zulu,and Ki-Swahili; and Zambian Languages Nyanja and Bemba
Applied Field Experience: Fund for Peace, Washington, DC
City: Portland
Country: USA
Summary: He is pursuing a PhD in Sociology and Conflict Resolution (Chinese investment in Africa) at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, while living in Portland, OR.



Sara Petersson

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Named/Endowed: Hartley B. and Ruth B. Barker Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2005-07
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Lund St. Knut, Sweden
Sponsor District: 2390
Citizenship: Sweden
Languages: Swedish, English, basic French and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: UNOCHA, New York
City: London
Country: UK
Summary: Sara is the senior programmes support manager for Asia and the Middle East for Marie Stopes International. Marie Stopes International is a not-for-profit sexual and reproductive health organisation that uses modern business methods to achieve the social goal of preventing unintended pregnancies and unplanned births in 43 countries worldwide.