Neste mesmo dia, teremos um "professional day" e à noite, as 20:00h, na Casa da Amizade, teremos uma apresentação do Grupo no decorrer da reunião festiva promovida pelo Rotary São José dos Campos Norte, na qual todos estão convidados.
Composição do Grupo do IGE:
Ed Kolybaba, Team Leader, Rotary Club of Kelowna - Sunrise
I am an experienced educator, senior
administrator and consultant. Prior to
early retirement, I served as a teacher, university professor, school
principal, and director of education.
Following early retirement in July of 1999, I established a consultant
business, providing consultative services for education, administration,
business and non-profit organizations. I also served as faculty advisor with
five different universities in Canada and the United States on a part-time
supervising interns and student teachers in the classroom from 1999 to 2010. I
have a Bachelor of Education, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Educational
Administration, and a Master of Education focusing on educational
administration and staff development.
Since 2000 while living in British Columbia,
I have served as a director with Habitat for Humanity, church representative on
presbytery, president and director of the RC of Westbank, club representative
on area Foundation committees, coordinator and trainer for the Rotary
Leadership Institute, member and chair of the Grants Committee with District
5060 of Rotary International, as a 2011 PETS instructor, as the founder and
chair of the Community Impact Group focused at addressing social needs in the
Central Okanagan, and founder and chair of the Grins and Giggles Child Care
Center Society, a not-for-for profit organization providing child care for
families in need. I have provided
leadership for numerous humanitarian projects at the Rotary club and district
level, including a major two year integrated humanitarian program in Ethiopia
which is in the completion stages at this time.
I have provided extensive leadership as a
founding member, director, board member, and executive officer with numerous
non-profit organizations. I also
volunteer on community, regional and provincial organizations focused on
recreation, local government, education, juvenile restitution, community
development, foundation leadership, religious leadership, performing arts, and
wellness services for children, youth and adults.
I have been married to Vivian, a retired
registered nurse, since 1969. While we
do not have any children, we enjoy our many nephews and nieces who are living
all across Western Canada.
While providing leadership for the GSE
Brazil Team, I would like to expand and diversify my personal interest in
humanitarian service, establish partnerships with
Rotary clubs for future humanitarian projects, conduct needs assessments for
potential humanitarian projects, visit existing humanitarian projects financed
by international Rotary clubs, and appreciate and experience the Brazilian
culture, language, and people.
Ross Courtney, Sponsored by Rotary
Club of Sunnyside Daybreak
I work as a reporter and photographer for
the Yakima Herald-Republic, a daily newspaper in Washington. I love my work. I cover agriculture,
government, schools and lifestyles. I also privately shoot weddings and
portraits. I live in Prosser,
Washington, a city of 5,700 in the Yakima Valley. It’s an arid, farming
community, known for tourism, wine, agricultural research and youth sports.
I am active in my church, volunteering with
Sunday worship and community service activities. In Brazil, I hope to be placed
with church-going families when possible. I also am an avid soccer fan and the
past president of a local youth league.
I have several exchange goals; most of them involve research and photography for news stories for Yakima Herald-Republic. I want to be a working journalist as much as time allows. I have listed my requests for vocational and cultural visits below. I don’t expect all of them to be granted. To me, it’s more important to have plenty of time at my visits learn about people’s lives in personal ways.
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Professional youth soccer
training facilities, specifically Instituto Bola pra Frente in Rio de Janeiro —
I’m interested in the differences between Brazilian and U.S. youth sports
cultures. I would like to watch the training, take photos and interview the
players and their families. Bola pra Frente was founded by Jorginho, a former
Brazilian national team star. A Brazilian friend of mine from the Yakima Valley
played professionally with Jorginho and wants to help me meet him, or at least
gain access to the training. His name is Luiz Machado and he can be reached at luizmlmachado@hotmail.com. He speaks Portugese. Please ask him for help on this
request.
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A professional soccer match.· Church services.
· Daily newspapers.
· Biofuel sugarcane plantations or production facilities — The Yakima Valley has a small biofuels industry that may be able to learn from Brazil.
· A favela on the rise — The organization Ibiss encourages youth activities, economic development, vocational training and community policing in Providencia, near Rio. Police Capt. Glauco Schorcht has been interviewed by foreign reporters. The Yakima Valley has neighborhoods with housing, poverty and crime problems, too.
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A sunny, sandy beach. We’re in Brazil after all.
Agustin
Benegas-Garcia, sponsored by Rotary Club of Chelan
I have an AA Transfer degree in education; however,
deciding not to go into Education I joined Lake Chelan Community Hospital as a
Clerk and transcriptionist for Health Information Management Services. My current position now of Quality/Planetree
Coordinator for hospital Quality Assurance is to work extensively with staff
training, patient and staff physical and clinical safety, external and internal
quality measures, patient centered care approaches, as well as a medical
interpreter for the facility.
I hope to see Brazil’s unique landscape
qualities, culture and traditions, futbol
games, community events, and also visit Catholic cathedrals, and local
agriculture farms. I’m looking forward
to visiting and meeting the people of Brazil who work in the fields of
healthcare, education and agriculture. I hope to visit medical records
departments within hospitals and clinics and/or rehab centers. What computer
programs do they work with to document medical information? How is information shared with patients, staff
and outside healthcare facilities? I’d like to Visit with staff in charge of
quality care within hospitals and clinics and Substance abuse rehab
centers. What are the programs like, do
they have internal methods to prevent or improve patient and employee safety? I would like to visit and meet staff in
hospital emergency rooms and inpatient units. What are the unit environments
like, what’s important to providing quality care?
Because I am involved with many avenues of
hospital care, I feel that the more I see, the more I will experience. One of my goals is to find similarities in
healthcare and/or share experiences that could enhance healthcare in our
communities. My hospital also has a drug and alcohol recovery center within it
that is 28 days long. My goal is to see what recovery programs are like in
Brazil.
I’ve worked in education and continue to work
with students in introducing them to healthcare fields. My goal is to learn
about public schools and if they collaborate with hospitals to let students
shadow healthcare professionals as part of a curriculum. I would like to see
what classrooms are like, student teacher ratios, learn about the challenges
for students in learning i.e. support from school and parents. What
opportunities do students have in public schools vs. private schools? I look forward to learning, appreciating and
sharing similarities and differences between our cultures.
Jennifer Girard, sponsored
by Rotary Club of Salmon Arm
My home community is Salmon Arm, located
in the south western corner of Canada in the province of British Columbia. The
city has a population of approximately sixteen thousand people and is located
along one of the bays of Shuswap Lake that is outlined by rolling hills.
Shuswap Lake has a perimeter of over fourteen hundred kilometers. Every summer,
vacationers gravitate to this lake for houseboat vacations, warm waters and
cottage getaways. The main industry is tourism and has hot dry summers and
moderate winters with an annual snow fall of sixty three inches.
I am an active community volunteer with
local sports programs and employed as a youth worker with youth at risk of
drug, alcohol use and criminal behavior. I work with youth aged eight to
seventeen and engage them in activities they are interested in that will build
positive personal character. Some activities I have supported youth in are;
visual arts, sports programs and music lessons. I often support youth in school
and family settings as well, to ensure they are receiving the services they
need to be successful.
My learning objectives and vocational site
visits are as follows;
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Visit with a local organization
that engages youth in positive activities, such as something along the lines of
SESC.
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Shadow a professional that
works with youth in sports programs as well as professional sports. I have a huge desire for hands on learning
about your local futbol programs and how they help youth develop positive
character through the love of a national sport
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I am interested in the school
settings of Brazilian youth and what a day looks like for them.
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Experiencing what it is like to
be a spectator at a Brazil Pro futbol game.
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I have a desire to be involved
with local community activities and traditions that bring Brazilian communities
together to celebrate and honor one another.
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I would like to visit favelas
and engage with street youth population.
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Discover the outdoors of
Brazil, such as beaches and learn some traditional dancing
Given these opportunities I will be able to return to Canada with
new and innovative ideas that would benefit my community and local youth.
Mike O’Reilly,
sponsored by Rotary Club of Kamloops West
My Name is Mike O’Reilly and I live in the
City of Kamloops, British Columbia. Kamloops is a city just a 4 hour drive
north of Vancouver and is the hottest city in Canada! The city of Kamloops has
a population of 89,000 people but is 3 times the size of New York City! I have 2 younger brothers that live in
Kamloops and both my parents live within a 2 hour drive of Kamloops.
My main hobbies in life are pretty much
doing anything outdoors. Some of these hobbies include camping, hiking and
skiing. On top of my love for the outdoors have become addicted to travelling!
I usually go on 3 trips per year. Over the last 4 years I have been to, China, London, Amsterdam, Germany, Austria, Italy, San
Francisco, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Diego, Hawaii, Mexico, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, New York, Montreal, Quebec City and Miami. In all the
countries that I visit, I try and stay away from the “tourist areas’ and live
amongst the locals. By staying off the beaten path this allows me to learn the
local culture and way of life.
It was in 2006 that I was introduced to the
Rotary family through Rotaract. I was a charter member of the Rotaract Club of
Kamloops Fusion and was the president during 2007/2008. It was in 2007 that I
led a team of fellow Rotaractors to Honduras to work on our first hands on
international project.
For my career I do economic development for
the City of Kamloops. My main roll is working with businesses from Vancouver,
Calgary and International countries such as Brazil, USA, China and Mexico to
assist them with relocating or expanding their business into Kamloops. Another
aspect of my job is working with City of Kamloops officials to help guide the
growth and development for the city. During my exchange to District 4600 I am
hoping to achieve many things.
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I would like to meet local
business owners and learn what some of their main hurdles are to maintaining a
profitable business in Brazil. Also it would be a great to meet with companies
that are looking to Expand into the North American market and learn some of the
challenges and barriers that they have come across.
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I am also hoping to meet and
learn from City Developers and planners and learn how they are planning and
developing their cities for the tremendous growth that Brazil is experiencing.
Also I am very curious as to how planners are planning for sustainability and
low income and impoverished families.
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I am hoping to meet with local
Economic Development officials to see how they are working to attract and
retain businesses in their respective communities.
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As I mentioned earlier I am a
very big fan of outdoor recreation. I would love to get an opportunity to hike
some local trails or mountains while I am in Brazil.
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During the home stays I am
hoping to get to learn as much as I can about the cultural differences between
Canada and Brazil and what everyday life is like for all walks of life in
Brazil.
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And last but certainly not
least it would be great to get the opportunity to see a local football game.
