ROTARY INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
On Friday 10th March 2017, six Rotary International Scholars assembled at the George Hotel in Norwich to join Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Norwich for an introductory dinner. There was a good turnout of around 40 Rotarians, Scholars and guests and they were treated to an excellent buffet and dessert by the hotel. Each scholar gave a brief overview of the subjects that they are studying at University and where they were hoping to take their careers when they eventually graduated. After the meeting, 3 of the students - Natalie, Surer and Katie, were 'hosted' by members of the club overnight and on the Saturday morning, the students met up with club members to join an historic walking tour of Norwich
Left - Right: Natalie Kauf, Satomi Ljyuin, Surer Mohamed, Laura Breen, Katie Bussiere and Hidenori Kanaya (kneeling)
New district scholars arrive for 2016/2017
Rotary International scholars for 2016/2017 recently got together for a welcome evening at Westminster College, Cambridge.
Hugs, Handshakes and Huge Happiness at Rotary Scholars' UEA Graduation
In glorious sunshine and the warmest day of the year, Rotary Scholars Chihiro Mitsuda, from Japan, and Abdul-Razak Yakubu, from Ghana, were both conferred with the Degree of Master of Arts at the UEA graduation ceremony for the School of International Development, on Tuesday 19 July. Chihiro was a Rotary Scholar in 2013-14 and returned the following year, self-financed, to complete her MA: Abdul-Razak studied from 2014 to 2015 during which time he initiated and inspired the formation of the UEA Norwich Rotaract club (Chartered on 30 November 2015). He received an MA in Conflict, Governance and International Development
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Chihiro is now employed by UNITAR in Hiroshima and Abdul-Razak has just been appointed Political Attaché at the British High Commission in Accra.
They are both outstanding young people and we look forward to following their future as the carry the Rotarian banner proudly.
They are both outstanding young people and we look forward to following their future as the carry the Rotarian banner proudly.
The Club supports the work of District 1080 with Ambassadorial Scholars and has on several occasions hosted one or two visiting students from overseas while they study at UEA. Below are details of some of the Scholars we are currently hosting or have hosted and supported in recent years:
2014 -2015: Abdul-Razak Yakubu
Abdul-Razak Yakubu is from the Rotaract Club of Adenta in Ghana which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Accra-North. The Club forms part of District 9102 consisting of all Rotaract Clubs in Benin, Ghana, Niger and Togo.
Abdul-Razak is studying at the University of East Anglia (U.E.A) in Norwich and is a Chevening Scholar studying for an MA in Conflict, Governance and International Development. He will be in the UK for a period of one year and is being hosted by Rotarians Anne and Mark Templeman. |
In Ghana he works as the Executive Director and Co-founder of a youth focused NGO called the Youth Movement for African Unity (YMAU) www.ym-au.org. YMAU is working to unite Africa through activism, innovation, building capacity and empowering young leaders as agents of change by education, training and mentoring. YMAU seeks to promote peace building, human rights, female empowerment and youth participation in African integration and politics, and to develop strategies that will lead to poverty reduction and the elimination of human trafficking in Africa..
There has been an article written about Abdul-Razak in the Guardian - click here to view
There has been an article written about Abdul-Razak in the Guardian - click here to view
2012-2013 Aki Onodera
In 2012-2013 we hosted Aki Onodera who is our own Ambassadorial Scholar studying International Relations / Development Studies at the UEA. Her Host Counsellor, who is a member of our Club, was Anna Cottrell
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In addition to hosting Aki, District 1080 as a whole is "Distance Hosting" Richelieu (Rich) Allison who is the Rotary Peace Fellow from Liberia studying at Bradford University
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2010 - 2011 We supported Nao Iwashito and Keiko Isoo from Japan
2007- 2008 We supported Akihito and Kyoko also from Japan