Jason Keyser

1 week ago | rotary.org | Jason Keyser

More than a decade ago, as Zimbabwe was struggling to recover from an economic meltdown, Stella Dongo faced perhaps her biggest challenge in a life full of them. The furniture company where she was CEO was forced to drastically downsize, and it fell to her to help decide whom to let go from a dedicated workforce that included dear friends. Having grown up poor herself, she knew exactly what was at stake.

Feb 18, 2024 | magazine.rotarygbi.org | Jason Keyser

Miletic’s journey to peacebuilding is rooted in her own family’s hardships. Her mother came to Australia from Italy in the 1950s as an economic migrant. Her dad grew up in present-day Croatia, where his father was killed by German soldiers during World War II. Those memories resurfaced during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s when her father became transfixed by the wars in his homeland. “He didn’t speak about his past,” Miletic says.

Feb 15, 2024 | magazine.rotarygbi.org | Jason Keyser

The certificate programme will train peacebuilders who are from or have worked in the region, or who do related work elsewhere in the world. The Istanbul Centre is another step forward in Rotary’s plan to establish a total of four certificate programmes by 2030 in Africa, the Middle East or North Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Feb 1, 2024 | rotary.org | Jason Keyser

When government officials in Saudi Arabia went looking several years ago for someone who could help establish mediation and conflict resolution as a pillar of the kingdom’s judicial reforms, they ran into a problem. “This was a bit sad to hear, but they said they couldn’t find an expert in the field who could speak Arabic,” recalls Sherif Elnegahy.

Jan 31, 2024 | rotary.org | Jason Keyser

When government officials in Saudi Arabia went looking several years ago for someone who could help establish mediation and conflict resolution as a pillar of the kingdom’s judicial reforms, they ran into a problem. “This was a bit sad to hear, but they said they couldn’t find an expert in the field who could speak Arabic,” recalls Sherif Elnegahy.