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Wafadhiliwa hawa waliwasili Washington DC, USA Agosti 3, 2008 na wanamaliza masomo yao Juni 2, 2009 na kurejea makwao. Ufadhili wa masomo haya unatolewa na Serikali ya Marekani (USA) kupitia Mfuko wake wa Hubert H. Humphrey. kwa heshima ya bwana mwenye jina hilo, aliyewahi kuwa makamu wa Rais wa Marekani miaka ya 1960s. Utawala wa Rais Jimmy Carter ndio ulioanzisha Mfuko huu kwa heshima yake mwaka 1978.

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Introducing the AU/WCL 2008-2009 Humphrey Fellows

Kayum Ahmed is a manager in the International Relations section of the South African Parliament. While in this position, he has led the Multilateral International Relations Team and negotiated international agreements with the European Parliament and the Chinese Congress. He holds an MA from the University of the Western Cape and an LLM from Leiden University in the Netherlands, through a Nelson Mandela Scholarship. Before his time in Parliament, he worked with the Commission on Gender Equality, the Institute for Democracy in South Africa, and a private consulting firm. His main areas of interest include democracy, law, and human rights, and he plans to use his Humphrey year to gain further understanding of the U.S. Congressional approach to these topics.

Anneen de Jay is an attorney at Metcalfe Legal Practitioners, where she drafts international cross-border trade, direct foreign loan, and international shareholder agreements and assists in large-scale property developments. She also works with the trading of carbon credits and advises on the particulars of the Kyoto Protocol. Currently, she is working on a bio-energy project which could potentially create thousands of new jobs for Namibians. Her main areas of interest include international business and environmental law, and she plans to use her Humphrey year to gain further experience toward helping previously disadvantaged groups in Namibia, including women and children, and establish business connections which will aid her in uplifting her community, as well as broadening her understanding of international finance law and the operation of international organizations.

Dhilip Nawaz is a senior state counsel in the Sri Lankan Attorney-General’s office. He represents the state in original and appellate courts on governmental issues, serves as legal advisor to the State, and supervises banking and company law issues. He had the distinction of leading evidence at the Sri Lankan Truth Commission, as well as acting as a state prosecutor. He is a renowned lecture and holds degrees from the University of Colombo and Sri Lanka Law College, and an LLM from King’s College, London, after receiving the British Chevening Award. His main area of interest is international trade and finance law, and he plans to use his Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of this subject to aid in his work with Sri Lankan state institutions.

Cheng Dong is the director of No. 2 Division of Legal Affairs Department for the State Intellectual Property Office of P.R. China, where she participates in drafting international intellectual property treaties and revisions of Chinese patent law. She has been with the State Intellectual Property Office since 1991 after her graduation from the South China University of Technology and the China University of Political Science and Law. Her main areas of interest include intellectual property law, public policy, and public administration, and she plans to use her Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of intellectual property law, develop additional leadership skills, and acquire a more international focus.

Wei Huang is a partner and deputy director at Fujian Xiamen Xufeng Law Firm in Xiamen, China. He also holds the positions of director of the Intellectual Property Research Society of China Higher Schools, deputy secretary general of the Fujian Province Young Lawyers Association, and legal counselor for Nike Company Ltd. He has a Master’s degree in civil and commercial law from Xiamen University. His main area of interest is intellectual property law. He was honored as an excellent lawyer in Fujian province three times, including one of the top 10 excellent lawyers in 2008. Wei plans to use this Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of intellectual property and bring his experience back to China.

Tamerlan Ibraimov is board chair of the Center for Legal and Political Studies in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. In this role he manages the organization’s activities and develops contacts with the government, civil society groups, and businesses. He identifies education about new political and human rights structures as a major need in his home country. Toward this end he has published several texts, including “Political Parties, 2000,” “Elections: Rules and Procedures for Voters,” and “Non-Commercial Law.” His main area of interest is human rights law, and he plans to use his Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of the litigation and protection of civil and political rights and apply this to his work with political parties and NGOs in Kyrgyzstan.

Michelle Maharajh-Brown is a magistrate in the judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago. She currently presides in the Family Court and has previously served as a magistrate in various criminal courts as well as a judge in the Petty Civil Court in Port of Spain. She has worked as a senior state counsel in the Offices of the Attorney General and also tutors at the Hugh Wooding Law School. Her main areas of interest include juvenile delinquency and rehabilitation. She plans to use her Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of these subjects, which she would use to inform her sentencing of young offenders in her own country and to be able to offer alternative options for their rehabilitation.

Roberto Moreno is a state prosecutor for the Colón Province in Panama and a professor of criminology and penal law at the undergraduate level at the Santa Maria La Antigua University. In addition to his law degree, he holds a Master’s degree in criminology from the Universidad de Panama. He has also published numerous articles on criminal justice, gang violence, and child labor and helps NGOs with gang member rehab and domestic abuse prevention programs in the Colón area. His main areas of interest include corruption, ethics, and judicial administration, and he plans to use his Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of these subjects, which he would like to use toward helping to prosecute those guilty of corruption in Panama.

Zainab Mwatawala is an assistant lecturer at Mzumbe University in Tanzania. She holds multiple degrees and certificates from the University of Dar es Salaam, the Tanzania School of Journalism, the Institute of Development Management in Mzumbe, and the Shinyanga Commercial Institute. Her goal is to establish a sustainable legal aid center to assist community members in understanding their democratic rights and to increase access to justice through the provision of legal aid. Her main areas of interest include legal education, advocacy, and human rights, and she plans to use her Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of these subjects to use toward establishing the center, improving legal literacy in Tanzania, and protecting the rights of indigent peoples in her country.

Flavia Peixoto is a federal judge specializing in intellectual property rights for the Federal Judiciary Circuit Court of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before holding this position, she worked as an architect, judicial analyst, French teacher, and interpreter. She holds degrees in law, building rationalization, and architecture and city planning. Reflecting her diverse education and professional background, she has many different interests, chief among them currently being intellectual property law, trademarks, and patents. She plans to use her Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of these subjects, which she would like to use toward professional enrichment and improving her decision-making capacity concerning the IPR law suits submitted to her when she returns to Brazil.

Andrea Souza is a public prosecutor for the State Prosecution Office of Vitoria, Brazil. In this position she works to defend the rule of law and human rights. Her duties include filing lawsuits to preserve the environment and creating an inclusive educational policy regarding public policy areas. She has also worked as a professor at the School of Public Prosecution and as an attorney at a private law firm. Her main areas of interest are youth human rights and judicial and legal aid reform. She plans to use her Humphrey year to gain further knowledge of these subjects, which she would like to use toward improving public services, fighting for human rights, and implementing youth protection programs throughout the state of Espirito Santo.

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19 Tanzanian scholars head to America on U.S. Government funded graduate level educational exchange programs

August 21, 2008

U.S. Ambassador Mark Green bade farewell to nineteen bright Tanzanian scholars who are departing for the United States this year on academic grants with travel and living expenses covered by the American people. The grantees depart between July and September 2008 for graduate level educational exchange programs funded by the U.S. Government’s prestigious J. William Fulbright Program. The scholars, who will attend universities throughout the United States, will spend between four months and several years in America for academic and professional work. The programs involved in the educational exchange include the Fulbright Junior Staff Development (JSD), Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) and Hubert H. Humphrey (HHH) Programs.

According to the U.S. Embassy spokesman, the scholars will have the chance to help increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Tanzania while they study throughout the United States at prestigious universities. Through the Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program: Zeyana Hamid, a computer system administrator with the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar will be going to the University of Missouri/Columbia for a Masters in Health Informatics; Nyankomo Marwa, a lecturer from Sokoine University of Agriculture will attend the University of Nebraska/Lincoln, for a PhD in Agricultural Economics; Mlenge Mgendi, a lecturer from Ardhi University will attend Texas A&M University for a PhD in Geography, and Mussa Mgwatu, a lecturer from the University of Dar es Salaam, will conduct research at Lehigh University in Industrial and Systems Engineering. This program is designed to strengthen African universities, ministries and non governmental organizations through higher degree training for junior level staff. It provides funding for a maximum of two years of study toward a masters or doctoral degree at a U.S. university or for participation in a non-degree research or non-academic professional program.

Through the Hubert H. Humphrey program, Zainab Mwatawala, a lecturer with Mzumbe University is attending American University for Law and Human Rights and Jaffar Mjasiri, a reporter with the Daily News, departed in early August for the University of Maryland, College Park, for a program in Journalism. Founded in 1978 in honor of the late Senator and U.S. Vice-president, the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings to the United States accomplished mid-level professionals for a year of academic and professional training. Beyond classroom work, these qualified candidates will have the chance to gain professional experience in their fields through practical training. Humphrey candidates are chosen based on demonstrated potential for leadership and commitment to public service.

As Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants, the following graduates from the University of Dar es Salaam and Mt. Meru University depart throughout August to take classes and to teach Kiswahili at various universities in the U.S.: Emmanuel Ndulila, Ernest Makulilo, Francis Semwaza, Georges Ngonyani, Happiness Bulugu, Happiness Kashubi, Lugano Sigalla, Regina Fupi, Salma Mrindoko, Wema Munisi, Wilbert Mahenge and Zablon Bwire. The host institutions include Stanford University, New York University, University of Oregon, and Brown University. This program for English teachers aims to strengthen foreign language instruction in the U.S., strengthen the grantees’ ability to teach English upon their return, and promote mutual understanding by establishing a native foreign language speaker expertise on U.S. campuses for one academic year. The program enables the teaching assistants to complete their home country pre-service training by engaging in non-degree studies at accredited post-secondary U.S. educational institutions while teaching one or two Kiswahili courses for an academic year.

A lecturer from the Muslim University of Morogoro, Prof. Juma Mikidadi Omari, will be participating in the Fulbright Visiting Specialist Program in January 2009, lecturing on Islamic Civilizations at Northwest College. This program takes senior scholars from Muslim communities around the world to universities in the United States to increase knowledge about the history and culture of Islamic civilizations on American campuses.

Tanzania has participated in the Fulbright Program since the 1960s and has over 400 Tanzanian alumni throughout the country. Among the alumni of this prestigious program are ministers, vice chancellors, deans, journalists, activists, policy makers, engineers, and artists, with a large percentage being teachers. Each year, U.S. lecturers and researchers come to lecture and do research in Tanzania on the other half of the Fulbright exchange program, where they also learn about Tanzanian culture and education. These programs are administered by the U.S. Embassy’s Office of Public Affairs, and the Program has annual application cycles for each fellowship. The Fulbright Grants are funded by the American people and are part of overall U.S. Government direct and multilateral assistance to Tanzania of more than 750 billion Tanzanian shillings this fiscal year. The U.S. Embassy is always looking for qualified applicants for graduate level Fulbright Grants for study in the United States -- visit http://tanzania.usembassy.gov and check under "Resources" for information on how to apply in the coming academic year.

J. William Fulbright was a prominent and gifted American statesman of the 20th century. His political career of over thirty years in the U.S. Congress was distinguished by his unequaled contribution to international affairs and marked by his tenure as the longest serving chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He had profound influence on America’s foreign policy, and his vision for mutual understanding shaped the extraordinary exchange program bearing his name.

With the support of the United States government and through binational partnerships with foreign governments, the Fulbright Scholarship Program sponsors U.S. and foreign participants for exchanges in all areas of endeavor, including the sciences, business, academia, public service, government, and the arts and continues to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.