Peace Fellowships Applicants

Posted by Gordon Cheyne 
on Mar 21, 2013
 
It is time to start looking for Rotary Peace Applicants for the Peace Fellowships.
In this year of Peace through Service we are again seeking applicants for the Rotary Peace Program. Our district is the only Rotary District in the Rotary world to have had a scholars awarded this fellowship by The Rotary Foundation each year since the inception of he program in the year 2000. We are hoping to keep this record intact in 2013. There are 2 parts to the program, a three month professional certificate at Chulalongkorn University Thailand, designed for busy professionals in the work force who are unable to commit to the longer Master’s degree. The Masters degree in Peace and Conflict studies is for 12 months at a selected overseas university.
The value of the Master’s fellowship is US$77,000 and the 3 month certificate course at Chulalongkorn is $12,000, these scholarships are paid from the Rotary Foundation’s World fund and there is no cost to a club or District. All we need for you to do is to nominate suitable candidates.

Your immediate response is – I don’t know any people working in the peace business so I will pass it by. Think laterally. Many Rotarians are in the same boat. But, what we do have is extensive networks with employers of peace workers. Ask your members who they know in humanitarian organizations like World Vision, Red Cross, Oxfam, Caritas, AusAid, the armed forces, the police – both Vic Police and Federal Police, Care Australia or do they know some one who is with the UN, WHO, Unesco. The more people Rotarians talk to in those organizations, the better the chances of good applicants. Rotary is offering free career development to these organizations -a strong selling story. Our District has successfully nominated more peace Fellows then any other District in the world. What will you and your Club members do to keep us at the top of the world ladder? 

Further details, eligibility and application information are available at: http://www.rotary.org/rotarycenters

Enquiries may be made to these Rotarians:

Bob Fels at rfels@satlink.com.auor phone (03) 5989 2455

Bob Newman at cathbobnewman@hotmail.comor phone (03) 9819 7248

Chris Don at chrisd9@bigpond.comor phone (03) 8669 0249