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| Name |
Title |
| Kemp,
Nancy |
Peace Fellowship Chair
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Our
district has the opportunity of participating in one of the
major educational and peace priorities of The Rotary Foundation
by nominating candidates for the prestigious World Peace
Fellowship program. Clubs and districts may submit as many
applicants as they deem qualified for competition in the
worldwide annual selection process.
Clubs should start looking for qualified candidates now
(January - May) and submit qualified, completed applications to
our District World Peace Fellows Chair by May 15th. Application
materials may be sent via email, however, transcripts must be
official paper copies.
This program funds either a master's degree or professional
development certificate at one of the six Rotary Centers for
International Studies in peace and conflict resolution at seven
universities worldwide. Up to 60 Fellowships for master's degree
study and up to 50 Fellowships for professional development are
offered annually. A candidate may apply for both programs with
one application.
Fellowship funding covers: tuition and fees, room and board,
round trip transportation and internship (master's degree) or
field study expenses (professional development certificate).
Applicants for the Rotary World Peace Fellowship should have:
- A
commitment to international understanding and peace,
demonstrated through their professional and academic
achievements and personal and community service activities
- Bachelor's
degree or equivalent in a related field with strong grades
at the time of application
- Minimum
three years' combined paid or unpaid full-time relevant work
experience for the master's degree program
- Minimum
five year's relevant work experience with current full-time
employment in a mid-to-upper-level position for the
certificate program
- Proficiency
in second language for the master's program or proficiency
in English for the certificate program
- Excellent
leadership skills
Clubs
can obtain application materials at the Rotary International web
site
here
or phone or email our World Peace Fellowships Chair Nancy Kemp.
Contact information is available at the top of this web page if
you are logged in as a guest or member.
Materials include:
Rotary World Peace Fellowships Application (083-EN)
Rotary World Peace Fellowships Leaflet (084-EN)
Rotary Centers Alumni Pamphlets (092-EN)
"Our" Rotary Peace
Fellow - Alejandra Rueda
 Since
our District is participating in the World Peace Fellows program
we have the opportunity of being a host counselor for one of the
fellows who is attending the program at the University of
California in Berkeley, California. Our role as a counselor is
to provide guidance and to allow our fellows to be more involved
with Rotary projects and activities.
Our World Peace Fellow is Alejandra Rueda, who is from
Colombia. She studied economics and has a postgraduate degree in
financial and marketing management.
Before she began her fellowship program, Alejandra had been
working for the last 7 years in the Colombian oil palm sector
concentrating on two projects. The first project created new
opportunities for peasants affected by violence in Colombia. 300
families were given the opportunity to become landowners through
a socially and environmentally sustainable model with government
financial aid and private commitment. At present more than 2400
individuals from 600 families have joined similar schemes around
the country.
Alejandra's second project was developing the National
Sustainable Biofuel Program as a key for agricultural expansion
and economic growth. Work stability in the countryside is
assured by a demand of feedstock for bioenergy which gives the
opportunity to displaced people to come back to their land.
At the University of California, Berkeley, Alejandra is
pursuing a master's in Energy and Resources focused on rural
development in a post social conflict stage in Columbia.
We will keep you informed about Alejandra's progress and look
forward to her attendance at a district event in the future.
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