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Students at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center come from all over the world and from all walks of life. Every fellow shares the goal of creating a more peaceful world, but each in their own way and within various divergent disciplines. Read more about the Fellows – their stories, their goals - in their words.

Peace Fellows

Lyttelton Braima

— Sierra Leone —
Master in International Development Policy

Pranisa Ekachote

— Thailand —
Master in International Development Policy

Geysar Gurbanov

— Azerbaijan —
Russian & Eastern European Studies

Dilshad Jaff

— Iraq —
Department of Maternal and Child Health

Manish Kumar

— India —
Public Health Leadership Program

Tekle-Ab Mekbib

— Ethiopia —
Department of Maternal and Child Health

Aybolek Ovezova

— Turkmenistan —
Russian & Eastern European Studies

Luiz Pinto

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Hai-Ryung Sung

— South Korea —
Department of Maternal and Child Health

Daniela Tort

— Mexico —
Master in International Development Policy