2008-10 - University of QueenslandTeddy Foday-Musa
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Maastricht, Netherlands
Sponsor District: 1550
Citizenship: Sierra Leone
Languages: English, Krio, Dutch
Applied Field Experience: West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Accra, Ghana.
Country: Sierra Leone
Summary: He is working on setting up an NGO and working for people with disabilities in his home country Sierra Leone.
Rose Foley
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Glasgow, UK
Sponsor District: 1230
Citizenship: UK
Languages: English, French, Kinyarwanda, German
Applied Field Experience: UNESCO, Dehli, India.
City: London
Country: UK
Summary: Rose is a media officer for Plan International, an international children's development organization based in England, with projects around the world.
Joseph Hongoh
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Named/Endowed: Sollenbarger Named Rotary Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Mombasa, Kenya
Sponsor District: 9200
Citizenship: Kenya
Languages: English, French
Applied Field Experience: Office of the Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process (OPAPP) in the Philippines.
City: Brisbane
Country: Australia
Summary: Joseph is a PhD student at the University of Queensland, pursuing research in Conflict Management with focus on East Africa.
Fanney Karlsdottir
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Reykjavik Breidholt, Iceland
Sponsor District: 1360
Citizenship: Iceland
Languages: Icelandic, English, Norwegian, German
Applied Field Experience: United Nations, Global Compact Office, New York, NY, USA.
City: Reykjavík
Country: Iceland
Summary: Fanney is the project manager for a group of large, Icelandic companies that together are establishing a center for corporate social responsibility that will most likely be located in on of the two largest universities in Iceland.
David Kozar
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Manhattan, KS, USA
Sponsor District: 5710
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, Serbo-Croatiain
Applied Field Experience: Social Action for Women, Mae Sod, Thailand.
City: Brisbane
Country: Australia
Summary: David is an international development officer at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. He coordinates AusAID public sector linkage programs and Australian Leadership Award Fellowships for Latin America and Africa.
David LaMotte
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Black Mountain, NC, USA
Sponsor District: 7670
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, French
Applied Field Experience: Arthik Samatha Mandal, Vijayawada, India.
City: Chapel Hill
Country: USA
Summary: David is a consultant with the North Carolina Council of Churches. He is working on a book for adults about citizen activism and publishing a children’s book. He is also program director for PEG Partners, a grassroots NGO that works on Guatemalan education projects which are initiated and run by Guatemalans.
Jeniece Olsen
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Minneapolis South, MN, USA
Sponsor District: 5950
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English, French
Applied Field Experience: Romero Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
City: Brisbane
Country: Australia
Summary: Jeniece works for the Australian Red Cross in Brisbane. As project implementation coordinator, she is responsible for contributing to a wide variety of service development and policy projects in priority areas of interest to the Red Cross, including homelessness, family development, place-based community development, and economic inclusion.
Pamela Padilla
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Pasig San Juan, Philippines
Sponsor District: 3800
Citizenship: Philippines
Languages: Filipino, English
Applied Field Experience: Human Rights Education Institute of Burma, Chang Mai, Thailand.
City: Pasig City
Country: Philippines
Summary: She is a project development officer at the Office of Special Concerns of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process in Pasig City, Philippines. Her office handles overseas development and technical assistance from organizations like the UN and World Bank in conflict-affected areas in the Philippines. She is the focal person for a program to address the situation of internally displaced people in these areas.
Zuzana Petovska
Rotary Center: University of Queensland
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Kosice, Slovakia
Sponsor District: 2240
Citizenship: Slovakia
Languages: Slovak, English, Russian, Czech
Applied Field Experience: North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, Darwin and Tiwi Islands, Australia.
City: Jakarta
Country: Indonesia
Summary: She is an administrative/program officer with the UNHCR office in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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