2012-14 - Duke University / University of North CarolinaAna Paula Calil
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Jason and Betty Hsu Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Brasilia Leste, Brazil
Sponsor District: 4530
Citizenship: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
City: Durham
Country: USA
Negaya Chorley
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Sydney Inner West, NSW, Australia
Sponsor District: 9750
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, Kiswahili
City: Durham
Country: USA
Summary: Her areas of interest and expertise include advocacy, strategic planning and organizational development. Negaya sees the Rotary Peace Fellowship as a unique opportunity to enhance her conflict resolution skills; skills that she believes are critically required to strengthen and extend the work of organisations in the international development/global health arena.
Silvia Fontana
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Bollate Nirone, Italy
Sponsor District: 2040
Citizenship: Italy
Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish
City: Durham
Country: USA
Summary: Silvia recently worked in DR Congo on a medical project for Médecins sans Frontières. She plans to deepen her knowledge on development and economic issues to work in the field of sustainable development, promoting cooperation among people.
Anderson Freitas
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Guanambi, Brazil
Sponsor District: 4550
Citizenship: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, German, Spanish
City: Durham
Country: USA
Summary: His area of expertise is law and human rights. He is particularly interested in justice sector reform and in community-based justice initiatives. Anderson hopes to gain knowledge on sustainable development issues, especially in effective environmental conflict resolution in the context of regions undergoing rapid economic growth.
Reem Ghunaim
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Concentrated Contemporary conflicts Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Ramallah, Palestine
Sponsor District: 5220
Citizenship: Palestinian Territory
Languages: Arabic, English
City: Chapel Hill
Country: USA
Summary: Reem is a proponent of economic development and promoting peace through humanitarian projects in her home in the Palestinian Territory. She is advocate of the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and encourages intercultural exchanges to enhance mutual understanding.
Natasha Holt
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Gisborne, VIC, Australia
Sponsor District: 9800
Citizenship: UK/Australia
Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish
City: Chapel Hill
Country: USA
Summary: Natasha’s areas of interest include sex and gender. She has experience working on anti sex trafficking projects in Asia. Natasha will be studying Social Work at the University of North Carolina, where she aims to continue researching sex and violence as well as issues of gender-based violence in developing nations and post-conflict zones.
Adrien Lokangaka Longombe
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: Heinrich Family Foundation Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Concord, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5160
Citizenship: Democratic Republic of Congo
Languages: French, English
City: Chapel Hill
Country: USA
Willson Kimeli Naiyomah
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5170
Citizenship: Kenya
Languages: Maasai, Kiswahili, English, Kelenjin, Kisii
City: Durham
Country: USA
Summary: Kimeli plans to work in international diplomacy; promoting peace and cross-cultural understanding through a concept he coined called compassionate diplomacy.
Beatriz Rey
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Sao Paulo - Santo Amarol, Brazil
Sponsor District: 4420
Citizenship: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
City: Chapel Hill
Country: USA
Summary: As a Rotary Peace Fellow, Beatriz intends to investigate possible relations between political consensus and policy stability in education in Brazil and in Finland. She believes the Rotary Peace Fellowship will provide her with the skills and knowledge to address Brazil’s problems in education as a researcher. Also, it will boost her career as a journalist, as she will be more qualified to cover the field as a reporter or an editor.
Rhett Sangster
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Ottawa, ON, Canada
Sponsor District: 7040
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English, French
City: Durham
Country: USA
Scott Sellwood
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Named/Endowed: John Stewart Term Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Windsor, QLD, Australia
Sponsor District: 9600
Citizenship: Australia
Languages: English, Spanish
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: As an environmental lawyer Scott has observed first-hand the advantages and limitations of working for social and environmental justice within formal legal systems. By developing a critical understanding of peace/conflict theory and practice, he plans to explore how Latin American communities respond to environmental and development related conflicts, particularly those involving food and agriculture systems.
Muyatwa Sitali
Rotary Center: Duke University / University of North Carolina
Class: 2012-14
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Vermillion, SD, USA
Sponsor District: 5610
Citizenship: Zambia
Languages: English, English, French
City: Durham
Country: USA
Summary: Muyatwa’s expertise is in social and economic development. On the economic side, he has worked on public debt, aid effectiveness, and trade while his recent experience is on social development particularly on water, sanitation, education and health on the social side. He is interested in pursuing social policy and the nexus between economic policy and social service delivery.
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