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Part 2 with Ms. Sham Poo retired from UNICEF in December 2004 as Deputy Executive Director having been appointed to this position in 1987 after joining the organization in 1985 as Comptroller. Ms. Sham Poo served as UNICEF Special Envoy to the Caribbean on a part-time basis residing in Trinidad and Tobago from 2004-2009. In the fall of 2005 she served as Interim Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict at the Under Secretary General level. After retiring she has also been keynote speaker at a number of international conferences on child rights issues and on children affected by armed conflicts. (more…)

Ms. Sham Poo retired from UNICEF in December 2004 as Deputy Executive Director having been appointed to this position in 1987 after joining the organization in 1985 as Comptroller. Ms. Sham Poo served as UNICEF Special Envoy to the Caribbean on a part-time basis residing in Trinidad and Tobago from 2004-2009. In the fall of 2005 she served as Interim Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict at the Under Secretary General level. After retiring she has also been keynote speaker at a number of international conferences on child rights issues and on children affected by armed conflicts. (more…)

Majed was born and grew up in Jerusalem-Palestine. He has a Bachelor Degree in Archaeology and History from Birzeit University in Palestine and currently he is a graduate student in Archaeology and Anthropology at Hunter College in New York City. Also, he is a visual artist who is specialized in Islamic Art- Arabic calligraphy, Arabesque and Islamic Decorations, Ceramics, and Photography. He has participated in several art exhibitions and workshops in Palestine and the United States. Currently He is teaching Arabic Calligraphy at the United Nations. (more…)

David P. Haxton retired from UNICEF as Regional Director in South Asia where he served for eight years covering Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives in addition to India. He served also in Indonesia and for 15 years in South America (Peru, Colombia, Brazil).

He is now Executive Director of ICCIDD (International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders) and travels extensively to work with national governments and private sector parties on the achievement of Universal Salt Iodization and the virtual elimination of IDD, the major cause of preventable mental retardation. (more…)

David P. Haxton retired from UNICEF as Regional Director in South Asia where he served for eight years covering Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives in addition to India. He served also in Indonesia and for 15 years in South America (Peru, Colombia, Brazil).

He is now Executive Director of ICCIDD (International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders) and travels extensively to work with national governments and private sector parties on the achievement of Universal Salt Iodization and the virtual elimination of IDD, the major cause of preventable mental retardation. (more…)

Fazle Hasan Abed is the Founder and Chairperson of BRAC, the Bangladesh- based international development organization dedicated to poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor. Abed, an accountant by training, founded BRAC in 1972 after Bangladesh’s war of independence initially to provide relief and rehabilitation to returning war refugees. Under Abed’s leadership, BRAC grew to become the largest development organization in the world in terms of the scale and diversity of its interventions operating in 9 countries across Asia and Africa. (more…)

THERE IS A KEY HIDDEN IN EACH DIFFICULTY.

When arrive personal trials and difficulties, they bring us new opportunities to become stronger, to develop new faculties and capacities. This can be compared to the arrival of a new spring. When there is mud, snow, cold, still the seeds are getting ready to be planted, to germinate and to grow, and to bring fruit. In the same way difficulties and trials give us the possibilities to work on new qualities, enrich us and to be useful to others. (more…)

David Rudder is one of the top calypsonians of all time, who also served as UNDP goodwill ambassador for the caribbean. In 1977, he joined Charlie’s Roots, one of the top bands in Trinidad and Tobago. He spent many years as one of the vocalists with the band. In 1986 he burst into prominence with his album The Hammer which produced two big hits, The Hammer (a tribute to the late pannist Rudolph Charles) and Bahia Girl. This was followed in 1987 with Calypso Music, a brilliant encapsulation of the history of calypso. (more…)

Berny Dohrmann chairman of CEOspace.net inventor of a new classroom technology for public schools SuperTeaching.uah.edu. Licensee partner with the University
Alabama Huntsville in developing the world’s first and leading Entrepreneur Degree program for higher education worldwide.
Bestselling author. Radio show host. Movie writer producer. Berny Dohrmann is entering a third decade of offering education and training systems to private
industry and government. (more…)

Berny Dohrmann chairman of CEOspace.net inventor of a new classroom technology for public
schools SuperTeaching.uah.edu. Licensee partner with the University of
Alabama Huntsville in developing the world’s first and leading Entrepreneur Degree program for higher education worldwide.
Bestselling author. Radio show host. Movie writer producer. Berny Dohrmann is entering a third decade of offering education and training systems to private
industry and government. Presently Mr. Dohrmann is working with leading celebrity trainers including Anthony Robbins, (more…)