Aisha Ahmed Manjalo is an Assistant Director with the Kaduna State Judiciary.Aisha had her B. Ed from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and M. Ed from University of Abuja, Nigeria. She also attended an international course on urban community empowerment through cooperatives in Israel.She started her career as a secondary school teacher, guidance counselor and vice principal (Admin). She is a community activist. She belongs to women organizations dealing with resolving women and youth crises. Her hobbies include reading, traveling and meeting people. She has attended workshops on women’s rights and conflict management within the judiciary. She is married with children.

Name : BHIMSEN DEVKOTA (NEPAL)

Mr. Devkota who graduated in 1994 from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He holds a lectureship under the Faculty of Education at the same University. He has also taught as a secondary science teacher for about 15 years in Nepal. Currently he is a PhD student from Public Health Department, Aberdeen University, Scotland, UK.He is doing his research on post conflict health sector reform with a particular focus on Maoist health workers in Nepal. He has received Overseas Research Studentship Award to study his PhD in UK. In Nepal, he is highly involved in teaching at the Masters level, supervising theses, conducting research works and developing curricula for different levels, from schools to the university.Mr. Devkota chairs two non-governmental organizations in Nepal; The Child First and Development Resource Center. He co-chairs another organization called Educational Resource Development Center, Nepal. These organizations are implementing community development programs on education, health, internally displaced populations and many training and research activities in Nepal. Mr. Devkota has led more than three dozen of research studies and provided consultancy services for many international and national organisations in Nepal and the South Asia Region. He has evaluated a range of development programs implemented by various organisations on rehabilitation, education, child development, children’s homes, elderly homes, community approaches to disability, school health and nutrition, skilled attendance during delivery, health services utilisation and access, communication and behaviour change programs, STIs and HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and youth, youth volunteer program and urban health.The key organisations he has worked with include; Save the Children US, Plan International, Leprosy Mission, International Nepal Fellowship (INF), UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, Nepal Red Cross Society, Norwegian Red Cross, Medicines Du Monde, CCS Italy, Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA), Swiss Development Cooperation(SDC), Handicap International(HI), World Wildlife Federation(WWF), Mercy Corps, Care International, Nepal Family Planning Association, Chemonics International, Green Tara Trust UK, Population Services International(PSI), USAID,DFID/SSMP/Options, Knowledge and Skills for the Development(UK), Nepal CRS Company, Nepal Family Health Program, Family Health International(FHI), Student Partnership Worldwide(SPW), Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation(NYOF), Ministry of Health and Population, Ministry of Education and Sports and many other non-governmental and governmental line agencies in Nepal.

Cecilia Jenneh Moifula was born on 17 May 1974 in the city of Bo, Sierra Leone. An avid Christian, she received her Bachelor Degree in History and Sociology from the Fourah bay College of the University of Sierra Leone in 1996. She is presently completing her Master Degree in Gender Development at the same University.She presently works with People Corps International in Sierra Leone as a Gender Officer. Cecilia has also participated in numerous trainings including the Mano River Union Youth Training on International Humanitarian Law in Freetown and the African Development Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.She is also a member of the West African Youth Network. She has a daughter, Yeiwah Kanneh.

Halidu was born to peasant illiterate farmer parents and lived in the remote village of Garu in the Upper East Region of Ghana. He had his primary and middle school education in Garu and continued to Bawku Secondary School, graduating in the Generals Arts in 1994. He further attended Mount Mary College and graduated as a professional French and English Teacher in 1997. He entered the University of Ghana (UG) in 1999 and completed in 2003 with a combined major Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and French. He served as a Teaching Assistant, and later as a Graduate Assistant by attachment to the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) from the French Embassy’s French Outreach Programme within the Department of Modern Languages of the UG. Halidu gained his Masters in Development Studies in December 2005 from the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the UG. He taught as a Part-time Lecturer in French for Business Communication at the UGBS from 3005-2006. Concurrently, he was Acting Coordinator of the French Outreach Programme at the UG Campus from 2003 to 2005, then Coordinator of the University of Ghana Business School French Programme from 2003 to 2006 under the Senior Assistant Registrar in-charge of Academics at the School.
Halidu equally has a University Certificate in French Language Studies from the Universite d’Abomey-Calavi in Cotonou, Benin and an Executive Certificate in Social Work from the African Centre for Leadership and Human Resource Development in Accra, Ghana. He has also received some professional training from the International Centre for Pedagogical Studies in Paris, France.In November 2006, he was appointed a lecturer in French for Development Communication at the University for Development Studies (UDS). He was the first Lecturer and Coordinator of the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies French Language Centre (FIDSFLC - UDS) in Wa. He was also engaged in the teaching and assessment of students in Political Science and Peace and conflict Resolution at the Department of Social, Political and Historical Studies of the UDS. Currently, Halidu is on study leave in Europe studying International Humanitarian Action in a number of European universities under sponsorship from the EU. His motivation for Peace and Conflict Studies stems from personal experience of tribal and chieftaincy wars in his Bawku area of the Upper East Region of Ghana in the 1980s, 1990s and most recently 2007-08. He has also volunteered on a number of youth peace initiative programmes since 2002, an experience which has developed in him a sense of humanitarian service. His dream is to one day see his Bawku area in Ghana, the country and the continent of Africa in general free of wars. He finds the Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Programme as an appropriate opportunity, to enable him to gain theoretical and practical insight into peace and conflict approaches and strategies in order to serve as a very useful resource person to his University and his society in general.

Israel Newberry’s educational pursuit began in 1972 in the City of Browerville, near Monrovia. Though his elementary and junior high school days were rough, he was determined to pursue his passion. As a result, he was awarded several scholarships that took him through high school up to college. His first degree was in the discipline of Computer Science. As he pursued his career objectives, he obtained a Master’s Degree in Christian Education. During his studies, he was engaged with churches, community leaders and some NGOs holding seminars in Capacity Building and Peace-building. When he returned to Liberia, he conducted seminars in the rural communities which brought together a cross section of pastors, church leaders, students, nurses, nurse aids, and community leaders. He also volunteered with the Civics Department of DynCorp International, with the responsibility of training the new Armed Forces of Liberia by assisting in the creation of the curriculum in civic education for training the military. His prayer is that the training of the military will positively affect its citizens and the rest of the sub-region. In September 2007, he signed a new contract with International Resources Group, IRG, an USAID implementing partner as an IT Specialist. They are involved with re-electrifying Liberia by the renewable energy technology and with modern day technology using the pre-paid metering system. He plays a very critical role in the process.The purpose of his interest in the Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program is based on the passion he has for people to understand and live together in peace. He hopes to make and keep peace especially in the training process of the military. It is beyond just talking peace; it is actually understanding and living peace. He has a special interest in the young people based on the over 14 years’ conflict they had in Liberia. A strong concentration on programs for the young people will help a long way in the process of remolding the minds of their young people thereby providing the peace of mind. For one to have peace with his neighbor, he should have peace with himself. Peace is a kind of life insurance. It’s a kind of security.The Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program certificate relates to his career objectives in that the program helps or enhances his efforts/strategies to bring about peace and mediation in his field of study as a professional Theologian and an IT Consultant, especially with his involvement in the process of training the military, the new Armed Forces of Liberia. Considering Module III of the course curriculum, Conflict resolution: Skills, approaches and strategies, which include the topics: problem solving; Communication in conflict situations; Negotiations; Mediation; Peacekeeping; Conflict resolution and civil society; Peace process; Building zones of peace; Nonviolent action, conflict resolution, and peacemaking; and case studies, are for the most part, pertinent to his career and with such studies, he shall be more efficient and effective in his endeavor to bring about peace and understanding on the job, in his organization and the church. His career objectives do support The Rotary Foundation’s mission of world understanding and peace in that, as a professional Theologian, he provides humanitarian services, encourage moral standards in all fields of study and help building good characters and make peace in his community and parts of the world.

Name : NIMENE MYERS (LIBERIA)

Nimene Myers is currently Executive Director of Healing Partners – an umbrella missionary work in Liberia with auxiliary ministry extensions involved with ministering healing, hope and restoration to the sick, destitute, inmates, ex-combatants from the 14 year civil war in Liberia, war victims, etc. They do training for youths and help people fulfill their destiny or purpose. he has a degree in Theology, and certificates in missions, 6 weeks training in Peace building and Conflict Resolution and currently is studying accounting at the University of Liberia. He loves meeting the needs of people; seeing them live their purpose, sports (soccer and basketball), and, social work. He has been involved with Peace building and conflict resolution first on his own community level where he headed the community neighborhood team from 2001-2005. He has worked with ex-combatants and youths of different religious institutes.He has an affiliation with the Ever Abundant life family ministries in Philadelphia, USA, and a prison fellowship group under the Full Gospel Business Men Fellowship international in Minnesota, USA.

Name : WELLINGTON ROCHA (BRAZIL)

Wellington Rocha comes from a very simple family, which didn’t have the opportunity to study. About six years after concluding high school, he still couldn’t afford college and neither could his mother, then he decided to take an English Course. After three years studying English, he had the opportunity to take a course and he became a teacher at CCLS (Cultural Center for Language Studies). So, he has taught English there for about 12 years. With this new job he could begin his course at college of Letters, and after concluding it he took a postgraduate course in translation. Now, besides working at CCLS, which is a private English course, he has worked at a Public school with students from 5th to 8th grade and at a Business Administration College. His hard history of life is just one among a lot of others. People who want to study and don’t have opportunities are very common around the world and since he believes that culture and education are essential to promote peace, he has done his best to encourage people to go to school. He also believes that the entire world needs to be involved in this process and since we are talking about different countries with different languages, representatives of each language are necessary to develop a unique speech. His interest in Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program is based on this belief.There is an educational program in Brazil in which volunteers work at public schools teaching subjects they master even if they are not teachers. He has taken part of this program and he think it is really rewarding. He has developed a project with some physical education. teachers to encourage students to practice sports even those sports that are not popular in Brazil. He believes this way the students will learn other cultures besides developing the capacity to be in groups. He also believes practicing sports will keep the youth far from drugs and violence. The more one goes to school and enlarges one’s vision of the world, the more s/he learns how to live in society and promote peace. He has also been volunteering in a non-governmental organization responsible for caring for patients with HIV virus. This is a group of professionals worried about the health of the patients and teaching people prevention against STD. And he can proudly say that Brazil is the world role model in this kind of service.Not only has he been volunteering at public schools and NGOs, but also taking part at a Municipal Security Council that discusses about the best ways to promote peace and security to my town. Regularly, he has gotten together with a group of police officers and other volunteers to talk about subjects related to security like fomenting campaigns against drugs, implanting security systems in strategic places around the town and trying to make the community and the military service closer. Last February he had the big pleasure to take part of GSE Program in Australia and we had the opportunity to know fantastic missions of the Rotary Foundation, this so respected organization, which has been teaching goodwill, spreading education and hope, saving lives and promoting peace. In this program, besides enjoying the beauty of the country, as well its tourist attractions and historic sights, he had the wonderful opportunity to pay official visits to places related to his professional field. He could visit a big number of schools and universities. He learned that the GSE program is more than visiting tourist attractions or trying typical dishes, but it’s a program that promotes the absorption of a lot of information, improving one’s cultural background and stimulating the desire to mature, even more, as professionals. So, he hopes he can be useful to help the Rotary Foundation promote peace. He is willing to do his best because he believes we can’t pretend to be nonchalant. The world peace is everybody’s purpose and everybody should be involved in this process that requires strength and courage