| Spring 2008 Participants |
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Iriana Colina, a 2008 Global
Partners Program participant from Venezuela, has a Bachelors Degree in Modern Languages
with a focus on International Organizations from the
University of the Andes. She has experience teaching both English and Spanish.
Iriana's DIP training placement is with the Aftican Community Center.
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Tsogt Galsan has been working at the MONGOLYN ALT (MAK) mining company in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, since 1996. Currently, he is Director of the Production and Technical Department, which is the main division for all of MAK’s activities. He has a degree in Mining Technology Engineering from the Mining University of Sverdlovsk in Russia and had attended English and business management programs in New Zealand and Egypt.
Tsogt is married and has three children. He and his family enjoy traveling in the countryside, watching movies, and playing snooker billiards.
After six weeks of intensive English instruction at Spring
Institute for Intercultural Learning, Tsogt's training placement will be with Colorado Schools of Mines. |
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Heike Woerner has a degree as a youth worker and had additional training in outdoor and wilderness education. Since 2001, she has been a youth worker at the Stadtteilbauernhof (city farm) in Stuttgart, Germany. There she works with the children aged 6 to 14 years who visit the farm during their leisure time to participate in activities such as gardening, cooking, attending workshops and campfires, playing games, and taking care of the animals.
Heike likes traveling (especially by motorbike), hiking, skiing, rock climbing and Irish dancing. She lives in a village near Stuttgart which is surrounded by vineyards.
Heike's training placement is with the Urban Farm at Stapleton. |
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Fall 2007 Participants |
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Edmond Borteye, Programme Manger for Community Action Foundation in Ghana, hopes to develop skills in raising funds that his organization can use to help mitigate hardships of people living in deprived communities. His training placement is with It Takes A Village, Colorado. |
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Lidwina Ebrahim is the head of the Fredo Day Care Centre in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. She hopes to learn new techniques for caring for and nurturing children between 2 and 6 years old. Her training placement will be with the Clayton Family Futures program at the Clayton Foundation. |
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Nico Kelly is the National Program Coordinator for the Foundation for Peace and Solidarity in Cameroon. He is interested in learning new skills, techniques and methods in management, administration, marketing and fundraising for non-profit organizations. His training placement will be with Catholic Charities of Denver. |
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Dafne Linares Goenaga, a 2007 Global
Partners Program participant from Queretaro, Mexico, is interested in the potential of advertising and marketing for improving the economy in her country. Her training placement is with Heinrich Marketing where she hopes to get experience that will assist her in setting up an advertising agency in her hometown. |
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Hans Reinfelder from Kiefersfelden, Germany, is Deputy Director of the Bavarian Youth Welfare Office in Munich. He is especially interested in learning how the American youth welfare system coordinates with the legal system in cases of juvenile delinquency and child abuse. His training placement will be with the Denver Department of Human Services. |
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| Winter
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Matthias Hoekert is
a Spring 2007 participant from Zwolle, the Netherlands.
He received a bachelor's degree in Industrial Management
from Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim in January 2007.
Through his internship with DIP he hopes to gain experience
that will be useful for international business administration
and management of people from other countries. In the
future he would like to work for a company that has
international operations. |
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Thomas Maille is a 2007 Global
Partners Program participant from
France. He has an Advanced Vocational Diploma in car maintenance and after-sales support from the Educational District of Bordeaux. His DIP training placement is with Heli-Support, Inc. in Fort Collins where he will be learning the technical and administrative aspects of operating a helicopter maintenance facility. |
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David Mayen, a Winter/Spring
2007 and a
2007 Global
Partners Program participant from
Sudan, is a member
of the SPLM (Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement) and
former member of the SPLA (Sudan Peoples' Liberation
Army). Fluent in Dinka, Arabic and English, David
received his secondary education in Khartoum, Sudan,
and earned a BA degree in Economics and Political Science
from Kampala International University in Uganda. His
training mentor for winter and spring 2007 was Representative Cheri
Jahn, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Colorado House of
Representatives. In June 2007 David will begin a one-year traineeship with the International Human Rights Advocacy Center at the University of Denver. |
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Bertram Ramspeck is a
Spring 2007 participant from Apeldoorn, the Netherlands,
where he has lived his whole life. He has an undergraduate
degree in Computer Science from Windesheim, one of the
55 Universities of Professional Education in the Netherlands,
and is working on a master's degree in Information Technology
at Radboud University Nijmegen. His internship is with
DIP, where he will be working with Sue Koontz
to develop a new database. |
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Francisco Varas, a
2007/2008 Global
Partners Program participant from Santiago,
Chile, has a strong international background: he lived
the first half of his life in Canada and the other half
in Chile. Francisco holds a business degree from the
Universidad Diego Portales (Chile) and has worked for
two renowned multinational companies, L' Oreal and Reckitt
Benckiser. His DIP training placement with MicroBusiness
Development Corporation will
give him experience with marketing from a North American
non-profit perspective. |
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| Fall 2006 Participants |
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Anja
Bekens is a former kindergarten teacher from
Hamburg, Germany. She recently completed a degree
in social work and hopes to work with non-native speaking
children of immigrants when she returns to Germany.
Her training placement is with Jewish
Family Service of Colorado. |
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Intrawarang
(Ame) Dumdeang from Bangkok, Thailand, is
a former DIP participant (Fall 2003). She wants to
get additional training in counseling traumatized
children. Ame is with Good Samaritan Ministries in
Bangkok and is experienced in counseling and social
services. Her training placement is with Aurora
Mental Health Center. |
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Bjoern Lattoch from Neu-Ulm,
Germany, started his career as a salesperson in a warehouse
with a practical training for two years before he went
back to college. He recently finished
his studies in international business administration.
His training placement is with Denver
International Program. |
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Munguntsetseg
(Munguu) Myagmar from Ulaanbaator, Mongolia,
is a financial officer for the Railway Authority
in Mongolia. She has a BS in accounting and an MBA
with a focus on financial planning and assets management.
Munguu joined
the fall DIP group after a four-week training with Spring
Institute for Intercultural Learning. She is continuing
her studies at the Spring Institute one day a week
and has a DIP training placement with MicroBusiness
Development Corporation. |
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Stefan Reinecke lives
in Karlsruhe, Germany. He is a psychologist with 30
years experience in family therapy and youth therapy.
Stefan's training placement is with Progressive Therapy
Systems. |