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Rotary Peace Centers students


2003-05 - Duke University / University of North Carolina



Shakeel Ahmed

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Lahore Cosmopolitan, Pakistan
Sponsor District: 3270
Citizenship: Pakistan
Languages: English, Urdu, Kashmiri, and Punjabi
Applied Field Experience: IIMCR Symposium, Cyprus
City: Jeddah
Country: Saudi Arabia
Summary: He is a teacher at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.



Sebastian Lopez Azumendi

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of La Plata Tribunales, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4915
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: Spanish and English
Applied Field Experience: The South Centre Trade and Development Program, Geneva
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Summary: He works in a consultancy with World Bank in Washington, DC, USA, working on public sector reform in Latin America.



Mai Hosoi

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Kobe, Japan
Sponsor District: 2680
Citizenship: Japan
Languages: English & Japanese
Applied Field Experience: IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks), Japan and China; Duke University/Institut d'Hautes Etudes International Global Policy Course, Geneva, Switzerland
City: Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Summary: She is a partnerships officer at the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland.



Rajiv Jalota

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Latur, India
Sponsor District: 3132
Citizenship: India
Languages: English, Hindi & Marathi
Applied Field Experience: The World Bank, East Asia and Social Development Department, Washington, DC
City: Mumbai
Country: India
Summary: Rajiv is the additional municipal commissioner for projects, for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.



Diana Manevskaya

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Paul and Jean Elder Endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Minsk, Belarus
Sponsor District: 2230
Citizenship: Belarus
Languages: Belarusian, English, German and Russian
Applied Field Experience: The World Bank, E-Development Services Group, Washington, DC
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Summary: Diana is a communications specialist for the Human Development Network, Education Sector at the World Bank in Washington, DC. She focuses on the READ (Russia Education Aid for Development) Trust Fund.



Yung Kim Nietschke

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Sponsor District: 9800
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, Portuguese & Spanish
Applied Field Experience: UNESCO International Conflict Resolution Centre, Sydney, Australia
City: Canberra
Country: Australia
Summary: She is a staff member at the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) working in the Education and Scholarships Taskforce department in Canberra, ACT, Australia.



Susan Stigant

Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2003-05
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Penticton, BC, Canada
Sponsor District: 5060
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English & French
Applied Field Experience: International Committee of the Red Cross, Project with the ICRC's Women in War Group; Duke University/Institut d'Hautes Etudes International Global Policy Course, Geneva, Switzerland
Country: Sudan
Summary: Susan is a resident program officer with National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) to work on their Sudan program. Her specific task will be to provide support to the constitutional technical committee and later to a constitutional convention. In the second stage of the program, she will support a civic education campaign on the constitution that will take information (primarily via radios to be distributed throughout South Sudan) to the country.