A member of Elland Rotary Club was kind enough, first, to record the presentation which the the newly arrived Class VII gave to the District 1040 Conference at Scarborough in October 2008 and, second, to allow us to put the recording on this website.
Click here to watch the (slightly edited) recording.
Vanessa Contopulos
Rotary Club of Temecula, District 5330, California, USA
Language proficiency: English, Spanish Country of Citizenship: USA Undergraduate degree: University of Redlands; Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Music Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Murtala Touray
Rotary Club of Sebastapol Sunrise, District 5130, USA
Language proficiency: English, French Country of Citizenship: The Gambia Undergraduate degree: University of Limoges - MA; Usman dan Fodio University - BA Hons. Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Julia Smith
Rotary Club of Squamish, District 5040, Canada
Language proficiency: English, Swahili Country of Citizenship: Canada Undergraduate degree: University of Kings College - Foundation Year; University of Victoria - BA Hons. Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Yvette Selim
Rotary Club of Caringbah, District 9750, Australia
Language proficiency: English, Arabic & Spanish Country of Citizenship: Australia Undergraduate degree: Monash - Master of Bioethics; University of New South Wales - Bachelor of Medical Science; University of New South Wales - Bachelor of Laws Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Youla Pompilus-Touré
Rotary Club of Montreal Lakeshore, District 7040, Canada
Language proficiency: French, English, Spanish, Haitian Creole Country of Citizenship: Canada Undergraduate degree: McGill University - Bachelor of Commerce; University of Montreal - Certificate programme: Violence & Intervention Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Yuka Nagatani
Rotary Club of Tokyo Josai, District 2750, Japan
Language proficiency: Japanese, English & Luganda Country of Citizenship: Japan Undergraduate degree: Tokyo Woman's Christina University - BA Linguistics; University of Tokyo - (working for) MA in Human Security Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Altaf Makhiawala
Rotary Club of Hallam, District 1270, England
Language proficiency: Gujarati, English, Hindi Country of Citizenship: India Undergraduate degree: Bombay University - Bachelor of Commerce; Xavier Institute of Communications - PG Diploma in Journalism Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Xiaomei Liu
Rotary Club of Shanghai, District 52, PR China
Language proficiency: Chinese, English Country of Citizenship: PR China Undergraduate degree: Sichuan University of English Studies - BA; Sichuan University of Religious Studies - MA Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Francis Kabosha
Rotary Club of Nkwazi, District 9210, Zambia
Language proficiency: Lenje, English Country of Citizenship: Zambia Undergraduate degree: University of Zambia - Social Work Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Satoko Hara
Rotary Club of Kohoku-ku, District 2590, Japan
Language proficiency: Japanese, English Country of Citizenship: Japan Undergraduate degree: International Christian University - Bachelor of Arts; Rikkyo University - MBA Area of expertise/field of specialization: tba Current position, employer name, employer location, nature or responsibilities: tba Career plans: tba.
Mahamoud Abdi Sh'Ahmed
SOMALILAND
Sponsor Rotary Club: Bunnik, District 1570, The Netherlands
Citizenship:Somalia
Languages: Somali, English, Arabic, Amharic
Education: BSc in education from Amoud University in Somaliland. Certificates of journalism from University of Pennsylvania, USA; International Summer School (ISS) student at University of Oslo Norway to study International Development Studies.
Areas of special interest: Conflict Resolution