2008-10 - Duke University / University of North CarolinaMarios Antoniou
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Al and Nancy Jubitz Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Nicosia Salamis, Cyprus
Sponsor District: 2450
Citizenship: Cyprus
Languages: Greek, English, French
Applied Field Experience: European Youth Centre, Budapest, University of Cyprus, Department of Education, Cyprus and Budapest, Hungary.
City: Chapel Hill
Country: USA
Summary: He is a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, focusing on peace education.
Sharif Azami
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Central Asia Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Kurpkka, Finland
Sponsor District: 1380
Citizenship: Afghanistan
Languages: Pushtu, English, Urdu, Dari/Parsian
Applied Field Experience: Internship with Oxfam International in Washington, DC.
City: Kalamazoo
Country: USA
Summary: Sharif is a program officer for the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, MI, USA. He monitors the organization's business professions and world religions advisory council's portfolio.
Paolo Bocci
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Brescia, Italy
Sponsor District: 2050
Citizenship: Italy
Languages: Spanish, English, Chinese, French
Applied Field Experience: ACRA, Dakar, Senegal.
City: Chapel Hill
Country: USA
Summary: He is pursuing a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Louisa Dow
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: The Labadie Family Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Glenwaverley, VIC, Australia
Sponsor District: 9810
Citizenship: Australia/UK
Languages: English, Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Internship with Habitat for Humanity in San Jose, Costa Rica.
City: Canberra
Country: Australia
Summary: Louisa is a policy/program manager in AusAID’s Office of Development Effectiveness, overseeing strategic evaluations, communications, and influencing activities.
Danilo Estrañero
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Pasay Central, Philippines
Sponsor District: 3810
Citizenship: Philippines
Languages: Philippino, English
Applied Field Experience: Internship with the Philippine Permanent Mission to the UN in New York.
Country: Philippines
Summary: He is now the Executive Officer of Land Warfare Center Branch of the Philippine Army's TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command, the "school" of the Army). He focuses on studies to back reform initiatives towards improving the different aspects of Philippine Army operations and on how its units are trained.
Dyah Kartikawening-Miller
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Cincinnati, OH, USA
Sponsor District: 6670
Citizenship: Indonesia
Languages: Javanese, Indonesian, English, Japanese
Applied Field Experience: Geneva Duke Program, International Labor Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
City: Cincinnati
Country: USA
Summary: She is a consultant at Inter-Faith Council for Social Service in North Carolina, USA.
Vera Lalchevska
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Sponsor District: 2481
Citizenship: Macedonia
Languages: Macedonian, English, French, Bulgarian
Applied Field Experience: Geneva Duke Program, Geneva, Switzerland.
City: Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Summary: Vera is studying for her PhD in development studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Her thesis focuses on the right of the Macedonian people to an identity and to self-determination.
Darshan Mundada
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Poona Downtown, India
Sponsor District: 3131
Citizenship: India
Languages: Marathi, English, Hindi, German
Applied Field Experience: Grameen Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh
City: Pune
Country: India
Summary: He is the founder and executive director at Friends' Society. As the director, Darshan spearheads two self-sustaining social interventions: Sareelution, a vocational project that engages victims of human trafficking in recycling old sarees into shopping bags; and TRAVolution – an educational pilgrimage for students from developed countries to experience and learn from the kaleidoscope of development issues and work in India.
Leandro Ragone
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Salto, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4825
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: Spanish, Italian, English, French
Applied Field Experience: UNDP-Panama City, Panama City, Panama.
City: Salto
Country: Argentina
Summary: He works for the municipality of Salto, Argentina, coordinating and leading a study on poverty and its socio-economic dimensions, leading a survey for determining indicators on education, health, and socio-economic policies.
Dong Ju Yu
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Jim and Jan Heinrich Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Sae Han Yang, Korea
Sponsor District: 3650
Citizenship: Korea
Languages: Korean, English, Mongolian, Russian
Applied Field Experience: United Nations, Environment and Development Division (EDD), Bangkok, Thailand.
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