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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

Tibeb Abate Asfaw

— Ethiopia —
Master in International Development Policy

Priskila Arulpragasam

— Sri Lanka —
School of Social Work

Oliver Ebwor

— Uganda —
Master in International Development Policy

Mohammed Fakhry

— Yemen —
School of Global Public Health

Awet Gebrekirstos Wereta

— Ethiopia —
Master in International Development Policy

Sharmeen Hakim Indorewala

— India —
Global Studies

Cristian Iturriaga Nielsen

— Chile —
Master in International Development Policy

Hanan Kadi Abafita

— Ethiopia —
School of Global Public Health

Debby Karemera

— Rwanda —
School of Social Work

Shahid Khan

— United Kingdom —
Global Studies

Nishchhal Kharal

— Nepal —
Master in International Development Policy

Rifumo Khoza

— South Africa —
School of Social Work

Aye Htut Mo Mo

— Myanmar —
Master in International Development Policy

Abdulhafiz Mohammed Kedir

— Ethiopia —
School of Global Public Health

Rory Newbery

— United Kingdom —
Global Studies

Paula Pires Souza de Oliveira

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Kristelle Pascual

— Philippines —
Master in International Development Policy

Khaled Shaath

— Palestine —
Global Studies

Ayesha Talreja

— Canada —
Global Studies

Varsha Thakur

— India —
School of Education

Lilian Villanova

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy