CSP Alumni Ambassadors
2021 marks a special milestone in the history of the Caux Scholars Program. It is the year when we celebrate our 30th anniversary.
Over the years, we have been constantly exploring ways in which the scholars can sustain and implement the learnings and experiences from CSP, once they return to their home countries. To materialize this and help in facilitating several other goals of our scholars, we have brought forth the Global Alumni Initiative Network (GAIN). This is a platform that gives the IofC alumni the chance to recreate some of the wonderful experiences they partook in as part of CSP. That might mean online webinars and discussion groups, chances for learning, career development, and networking opportunities. GAIN has been launched with the aim to give the alumni an online space where they feel empowered to talk about their work, and where they will find support. It's an incubator for changemakers in their journeys as leaders of social change.
While we have communicated with you through our newsletter, social media, and online reunions in 2020, we are now aiming to set in place more local networks in Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, Middle East, North America, South and Central America.
Accordingly, seven alumni ambassadors have been nominated and accepted their role as Alumni Ambassadors to connect with local graduates in order to:
Bring together the scholars from the same regions.
Conduct monthly sessions to address the alumni needs.
Organize social media engagement.
Promote other IofC events, collaborate with other ambassadors, and coordinate events that can be correlated among the regions.
We aim to provide a network that supports and responds to the needs of our alumni and create a sustainable platform for the alumni to be involved in.
Amiel Nubaha is our alumni ambassador for Australia. He is currently on the Board of Directors for IofC, Australia. A Rwandan refugee, Amiel migrated to Australia through the UN High Commission for Refugees Resettlement Program and there completed his graduation in 2019. In the same year he graduated from the CSP in Switzerland and continues to actively engage with Trust and Peacebuilding work and supports communities from minority and diverse backgrounds in Australia.
Mail ID: igniteyouthaus@gmail.com
Angela Miller McGraw is our alumni ambassador for North America. She graduated from CSP-AP in 2016. She has been active in the Peacebuilding work through IofC India, Switzerland, and Nepal. She lives in Washington, DC and is the co-founder and knowledge manager at People Beyond Borders, an NGO serving displaced people and refugees. She has the experience of conducting leadership training programs focusing on Public Policy, Social Justice, and religion across academic and professional spaces. She also coordinated LGBTQIA initiatives at the St. Paul Human Rights Department.
Mail ID: angela.millermcgraw@gmail.com
Erika Lizbeth Vega Anaya is the alumni ambassador for South and Central America. She has graduated from CSP-AP in 2018. She was also a part of Creators of Peace, India in 2020 and participated in peace circles in India, UK and USA. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in Social Work at Loyola College in Chennai, India. Being a feminist and women’s rights activist, Erika’s work is centred around women’s issues. She has a vast experience of conducting training workshops around the questions of gender-based violence, women empowerment, human rights, public health, conflict resolution and much more.
Mail ID: erika_vega04@hotmail.com
Khalil El- Masry is our alumni ambassador for the Middle East. He graduated from CSP in Switzerland in 2010. He is a peace engineer who founded "Madad for Information Technology", a social enterprise aiming to provide IT support to civil society activists. Khalil facilitated several workshops and camps fostering active citizenship, diversity management, and peaceful conflict resolution. He worked as a consultant with different international organizations in projects promoting civic engagement, co-existence, intercultural exchange, and networking. In 2018, he launched the "Peace Engineering'' online program to train peace activists on the usage of ICT tools and techniques to support their peacebuilding efforts.
Mail ID: khalil.elmasry@gmail.com
Marienne is the Alumni ambassador for Africa. Her peacebuilding journey started in 2014 with her participation in the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme. She graduated from the CSP in 2018. She has also been a part of Creators of Peace and other initiatives engaged in Peace work. After her participation in CSP, she has organised many training sessions on leadership, peacebuilding and the promotion of living together both for individuals and for professionals.
Mail ID: makoudem.iofcgain@gmail.com
Nantisara is the alumni ambassador for Europe. She joined the Caux Interns Program in 2012 and completed CSP in 2015. She has the experience of working at an NGO that focused on educational and developmental projects in the Northeast of Thailand and Laos. She went on to do her Masters in Peace, Conflicts and Development studies in Spain. Currently based in Spain, she works with a company that provides international payment solutions for students.
Mail ID: nantisara@gmail.com
Riathung Ngullie is the alumni ambassador for South Asia. He comes from Nagaland, India. Alumni of CSP-AP (2018-19), he worked as an intern and later volunteered with the IofC-India outreach program till 2020. He also has the experience of working with IofC-Japan, Nepal, and the Tibetan communities living in India. With IofC, India, he has worked in areas and situations focused on creating and implementing programs, workshops, and interactions focused on Trust Building, Leadership, Peacebuilding and the facilitation of dialogues amongst several communities.
Mail ID: rain_ngullie@yahoo.com
Tinotenda Mhungu is the alumni ambassador for Africa. He was part of the CSP class of 2019 in India where he trained himself more on techniques and skills for peace building, justice and social inclusion. He has been part of many Youth initiatives in Zimbabwe such as the “ThisFlag” movement and “TAJAMUKA”- a youth resistance to oppression. He is currently managing a non-profit organisation providing care and relief to the vulnerable sections in a Township in South Africa.
Mail ID: tjmhungu@gmail.com