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Imagine having the opportunity to learn about preventing
bullying and conflict in your school from people from two
countries riddled with years of conflict. International Peace
Scholars Arik Gulter-Ofir of Israel and Juliana Amal-Obonyo of
Uganda traveled to Troy, Missouri and
spoke to 180 Troy Middle School students
What are
about conflict resolution.
Rotary Peace
Gutler-Ofir and Amal-Obonyo are Rotary
International World Peace Scholars. The
Fellowships?
Troy Rotary Club had the opportunity to
Each year, Rotary
bring the duo, who had never met prior
selects individuals
to coming to Missouri, to teach students
from around the
about preventing conflict. The message
world to receive fully
to middle school students was simple. “It’s
funded academic
much easier to prevent conflict than to
fellowships at one of
resolve it later,” Gutler-Ofir told students.
our peace centers.
He referred to his own country of Israel as
These fellowships
a prime example. “Resolving a conflict that
cover tuition and
is hundreds of years old is very difficult,”
fees, room and
he said.
board, round-trip
During two hour sessions, students transportation, and all
discussed how to prevent conflict and
internship/field study
solutions to real-life student “drama.” At
expenses. Two types
the prompting of Amal-Obonyo, students
of peace fellowships
ripped their nametags into little pieces
are available –
in 40 seconds. She then gave them two
a Master’s degree
minutes to piece the nametag “puzzle” back
or a professional
together and handed them tape. The lesson
development
learned from the exercise? According
certificate.
to a student, it was easy to tear it up and
much more difficult to put the pieces back
together. Amal-Oboyno added even if you were able to piece the
nametag, which represented a person, with tape “the person will
never be exactly like they were before they were torn down.”
MASTER'S DEGREE
Rotary International offers Master's degree fellowships at premier
universities in fields related to peace and conflict resolution and prevention.
Programs last 15-24 months and require a practical internship of
2-3 months during the academic break. Each year, up to 50 master's
fellowships are awarded from these institutions:
• Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
• International Christian University, Japan
• University of Bradford, UK
• University of Queensland, Australia
• Uppsala University, Sweden
To find out more about Rotary's Peace Scholars
and Rotary International visit - www.rotary.org