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Graduated
May, 1996
 |
Hebret Behre
|
| Home Country: |
Eritrea |
| Master's Paper: |
Demobilization and Reintegration of Eritrean Women Tegadelti |
| Thusitha Dharmawardena (
thusitha@eureka.lk ) |
| Home Country: |
Sri Lanka |
| Master's Paper: |
Evaluating the Sustainability of Democracy Projects in Developing
Countries: The Citizens' Participation Project - USAID, Sri Lanka |
| Update: |
Recently completed contract with the Ministry of Justice at the
end of January, 2002, and handed over the management of the Legal
and Judicial Reforms Project to the Government of Sri Lanka. Since
March, 2002, working as a consultant to the World Bank to design
a Legal and Judicial Reforms Project for the Royal Government of
Cambodia. |
| Maxime Houinato |
| Home Country: |
Benin |
| Master's Paper: |
Poverty Alleviation in Benin: Developing Entrepreneurship Capacity
at Grassroots Level |
| Update: |
Appointed as Country Director, West Benin, Africare |
| Tseggai Teamrat |
| Home Country: |
Eritrea |
| Master's Paper: |
The Potential Impact of the Land Proclamation on Land Communally
Owned in Eritrea: The Case of Hamasien Province |
| Update: |
Appointed as Researcher in the Ministry of Agrarian Reform |
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Graduated May, 1997
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| DMULA (Dissa) Dissanayake |
| Home Country: |
Sri Lanka |
| Master's Paper: |
Training for Community Mobilization |
Rabson Dhlodhlo |
| Home Country: |
Zimbabwe |
| Master's Paper: |
Evaluation of the Main Objectives of Small Holder Irrigation: Zimbabwe |
| Update: |
Joined The World Conservation Union's (IUCN) Regional Office for
Southern Africa based in Harare dealing with issues of Transborder
Natural Resources Management in the region and natural resources
and land issues in Zimbabwe. |
| Arthur Drampian |
| Home Country: |
Armenia |
| Master's Paper: |
Strategy for Increasing Village Self-Reliance in Armenia through
Investing in Trees and Their Products |
| Update: |
Teaching Sustainable Development at the American University of
Armenia and working for the Armenian Tree Project in Yerevan, Armenia |
| Sergei Kuratov |
| Home Country: |
Kazakhstan |
| Master's Paper: |
The Role of NGO's in Obtaining Compliance with International Environmental
Laws |
| Update: |
Continues as Director of Green Salvation, the first Environmental
NGO in Kazakhstan |
| Mauricette Mongbo |
| Home Country: |
Benin |
| Master's Paper: |
The Impact of Mother's Condition on a Child's Wellbeing: Implementing
Participatory Community Development Approach in Southern Benin |
| Update: |
Founder and Director of micro-credit NGO focusing on women in southern
Benin |
| Hopeton Peterson |
| Home Country: |
Jamaica |
| Master's Paper: |
Fuelwood Production, Consumption and Sustainability of Forest Ecosystems
in Jamaica |
| Update: |
Environmental Specialist for the Planning Institute of Jamaica |
| Ludmilla Samoilenko |
| Home Country: |
Ukraine |
| Master's Paper: |
Institutionalizing Communications Policy for Agriculture Development,
Ukraine |
| Seraphine Wakana |
| Home Country: |
Burundi |
| Master's Paper: |
Resettlement and Reintegration of Internally Displaced Households
in Burundi: A Proposal for Government Action |
| Update: |
Appointed as Minister of Planning, Burundi |
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Graduated May, 1998
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| Ambroise Akpatcha |
| Home Country: |
Benin, West Africa |
| Master's Paper: |
Building Sustainable Microbanking Institutions in the Wet African
Economic and Monetary Union: Policies and Strategies for Benin |
| Kuleni Berhanu |
| Home Country: |
Ethiopia |
| Master's Paper: |
Poverty Alleviation through Employment Promotion Among the Poorest
of the Poor: An Ethnographic Study of Female Heads of Households
in Woreda 22, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Update: |
Appointed Gender Advisor, and Democracy and Governance Consultant
for CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia |
| Mary Call Blanusa ( mblanusa@ncee.net
) |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Projects for Sustainable Development of Rroma Communities in Yugoslavia
at the Society for the Improvement of Local Rroma Communities. |
| Update: |
Appointed Assistant Director, Economics International Program,
National Council on Economic Education, organizing and directing
teacher training programs throughout Central & Eastern Europe and
Central Asia. Married Dragan Blanusa in October, 1998. |
| Anupama Chandrasakhar |
| Home Country: |
India |
| Master's Paper: |
Is Bangalore Sustainable as a Megacity: Bangalore, India |
| Update: |
J. P. Morgan Investment Bank, London, England. |
| Nancy A. Fisher-Gormley |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Monitoring and Evaluation Report of Trickle-Up Program in Indonesia:
United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and Badan Koordinasi Kegiatan Kesajahteran
Sosial (BKKS) |
| Update: |
Working with USAID-Moscow |
| Ogbai Ghebre-Medhin |
| Home Country: |
Eritrea/USA |
| Master's Paper: |
Practices of Afforestation and Soil Conservation: Its Impact on
the Improvement of the Living Conditions of the Rural Poor in Eritrea. |
| Matthew Jatovsky ( mjatovsky@hotmail.com
) |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
The Impacts of Institutions on Communities of the Maya Biosphere
Reserve: The Case of Uaxactun, Guatemala |
| Solomon Kavuma |
| Home Country: |
Uganda |
| Master's Paper: |
Internship with the Reserve Bank of India - Mumbai: External Investments
Operations and Research Department |
| Update: |
Appointed to the Foreign Exchange Operations Department, Bank of
Uganda, Kampala, Uganda |
| Ellie Lau |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
The Potential for Internal Linkages Between Institutions of Higher
Learning Which Share a History of Contention: A Case Study of Birzeit
University and Brandeis University |
| Update: |
Appointed Country Representative on the Peace Corps Placement Desk,
Peace Corps Headquarters, Washington, D.C. |
| Mary Lee ( mary@lasp.co.cr ) |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Study of Youth Entrepreneurship Schemes in Selected Tibetan Settlements
in India (Project undertaken with Tsewang Phuntso) |
| Update: |
Appointed Costa Rica Program Associate for the Latin American Studies
Program, San José, Costa Rica. |
| Robert Maroni |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
The Environmental Impact of Internally Displaced People in Rwanda:
The Role of International Relief Organizations |
| Update: |
Appointed Country Representative in Eritrea, Africa, for Population
Services International, Washington, D. C. |
| Charles Nalyaali |
| Home Country: |
Uganda |
| Master's Paper: |
Design and Establishment of a Microfinance Institution in Uganda:
Uganda Microfinance Union (project undertaken with Rodney Schuster) |
| Update: |
Continues as Director of Uganda Microfinance Union |
| Tsewang Phuntso |
| Home Country: |
Tibetan Settlement Community, Dharamsala, India |
| Master's Paper: |
Study of Your Entrepreneurship Schemes in Selected Tibetan Settlements
in India (project undertaken with Mary Lee) |
| Update: |
Appointed Joint Secretary (International Relations), Central Tibetan
Administration, Dharamshala |
| Cedric Schuster |
| Home Country: |
Western Samoa |
| Master's Paper: |
The Conservation of Biodiversity in Mid-Slope and Upland Forests
of Western Samoa |
| Update: |
Appointed Conservation Policy Officer in Fiji for World Wildlife
Fund - South Pacific. Married with two sons, Brandon and Matthew |
| Rodney Schuster |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Design and Establishment of a Microfinance Institution in Uganda:
Uganda Microfinance Union (project undertaken with Charles Nalyaali) |
| Update: |
Continues as Assistant Director, Uganda Microfinance Union, Kampala,
Uganda, and completing Ph.D. studies in Political Science at Michigan
State University |
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Graduated May, 1999
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| SBK (Kapila) Bandara |
| Home Country: |
Sri Lanka |
| Master's Paper: |
Viability of Revenue-Neutral Pollution Tax System for Sri Lanka |
| Richard Bazalaki ( rbazalaki@hotmail.com
) |
| Home Country: |
Uganda |
| Master's Paper: |
Study on the Rural/Community-Run Unit Banks Under Central Bank
Supervision in Ghana: The Concept of Rural Banks in Ghana |
| Update: |
Appointed Examiner-in-Charge of Credit Institutions and Development
Banks, Bank of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda |
| Doe-e Berhanu |
| Home Country: |
Ethiopia |
| Master's Paper: |
The Unmet Need for Financial Services in Rural Ethiopia: Prospects
and Problems for the Promotion of Microfinance Institutions |
| Homero Castanier |
| Home Country: |
Ecuador |
| Master's Paper: |
Economic Evaluation of the Protected Area Punte de Manabique, Guatemala,
Ecologic Development Fund |
| Update: |
Completing Ph.D. studies in Geography at Clark University, Worcester,
Massachusetts, USA |
| Lobsang Galak |
| Home Country: |
Tibetan Settlement Community, Dharamsala, India |
| Master's Paper: |
Rehabilitation of New Tibetan Refugees in India |
| Update: |
Appointed Project Assistant, Planning Council, Tibetan Government-in-Exile,
Dharamsala, India |
| Xinning Jia |
| Home Country: |
People's Republic of China |
| Master's Paper: |
Promotion of Market-Based Instruments for Environmental Management
in China |
| Update: |
Appointed to the Young Professionals Program at the Asian Development
Bank headquarters in Manila, Philippines. |
| Sagi Avi Laicha ( sagilaicha@yahoo.com
) |
| Home Country: |
Israel |
| Master's Paper: |
An Examination of the Coalition for the Advancement of Ethiopian
Education in Israel (CAEE) Spearheaded by The American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee (JDC) |
| Update: |
Attending law school in Israel |
| Ravi Lakshmikanthan ( kanthan@brandeis.edu
) |
| Home Country: |
Canada \ India |
| Master's Paper: |
Sustainable Delivery of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Services:
A Study of the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, South Asia |
| Update: |
Assistant Dean for Student Records and Enrollment, The Heller School. Appointed to the Heller School faculty in August 2000,
teaching Introduction to Geographic Information Systemsn (GIS) for Development Planners and coordinating
the Tibet Development Studies Program.
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| Marianela Martineau |
| Home Country: |
United States of America / Chile |
| Master's Paper: |
The Participation of Street Youth in Program Evaluation: Foundation
Bosconia, Medellin, Colombia |
| Zakhele Ndlovu |
| Home Country: |
South Africa |
| Master's Paper: |
Rationale for Recruiting and Training Managers as a Potential Pool
of Inner City Entrepreneurs in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Rhonda Neuhaus ( rsneuhaus@hotmail.com
) |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Oxfam America as a Learning Organization: Implications for New
and Existing Non-Profit Organizations |
| Update: |
Beginning Law School at the University of Maryland in Fall 2002 |
| Deborah Patrick |
| Home Country: |
Jamaica |
| Master's Paper: |
Population Growth and Water Decline in Florida: A Case for Alternative
Water Supply Development |
| Update: |
Demographic Liaison Officer, Planning Institute of Jamaica |
| Ronald Sanabria-Perera |
| Home Country: |
Costa Rica |
| Master's Paper: |
A Window into Marketing and Systems Development for Certified Products:
Internship with the Conservation Agriculture Network Hosted by Rainforest
Alliance USA |
| Update: |
Sustainable Tourism Director in Costa Rica to Rainforest Alliance |
| Elizabeth Reutlinger |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Community Based Co-Management at Sarstoon Temash National Park,
Toledo District, Belize: A Report from the Field |
| Update: |
Working for PlusTime NH, supervising multi-site out-of-school programs
staffed by Americorps Vista volunteers. |
| Sameer Sharma ( sameer_19@hotmail.com
) |
| Home Country: |
Nepal |
| Master's Paper: |
Effectiveness and outreach of Microfinance organizations in Nepal |
| Update: |
Completed an internship in Geographic Information Systems at the
United Nations and is beginning graduate studies in engineering at
Oklahoma State University |
| Lorenzo Vantaggiato |
| Home Country: |
Italy |
| Master's Paper: |
Homeless Youths and HIV/AIDS Prevention |
| Pintipa Vadhanasiripong |
| Home Country: |
Thailand |
| Master's Paper: |
Experience with the United Nations Economic and Social Program
for Asia and the Pacific: Poverty Alleviation in Thailand. |
| Ghenet Weldeslassie |
| Home Country: |
Eritrea |
| Master's Paper: |
Entrepreneurship Among Eritrean Immigrants in the Boston Area |
| Update: |
Appointed as Head, Project Evaluation and Follow Up Unit, Eritrea
Investment Center, Asmara, Eritrea. |
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Graduated May, 2000
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| H. Amararathna |
| Home Country: |
Sri Lanka |
| Master's Paper: |
A Geographic Information Systems Database for Sustainable Management
of Tropical Rainforests: Case Study in the Sinharaja World Heritage
Site, Sri Lanka |
| Update: |
Proud father of son SadevThsakye Amararathna (November 2000). Click
here to view Amara's website |
| Alan Aja ( aaaja@hotmail.com ) |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Worked as an intern human rights educator and organizer with Amnesty International-Argentina in Buenos Aires.
Also worked with GlobalExchange conducting research on environmental education initiatives in Havana, Cuba. |
| Update: |
Working as labor organizer for public employees in Austin and El
Paso, Texas. Will begin Ph.D. in Public and Urban Policy (Immigration/Assimilation/Sustainable
Development) at the New School University, New York, NY in the fall
(2002). |
| Edward Bourque |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Sustainability in Action: A Casco Bay Estuary Project, Casco Bay,
Maine |
| Update: |
Regional Planner for the Massachusetts Office of Environmental
Affairs, working on a community development program and GIS tools. |
| Allison Brooks |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Resource Management in Dry Lands: Sustainable Development Through
Low External Input Agriculture in the Arava Valley of the Southern
Negev Desert of Israel |
| Update: |
Appointed Associate Director of the Livable Communities Initiative
of the East Bay Community Foundation. The Initiative is working on
the promotion and implementation of sustainable land use and planning
practices in the East Bay region of California and beyond |
| Ling-Yu Feng |
| Home Country: |
People's Republic of China |
| Master's Paper: |
Trend in the Development of Industrial Enterprises in China and
Implications of Accession to WTO |
| Mahamane Bachir Fifi |
| Home Country: |
Niger |
| Master's Paper: |
Community-Based Resource Management: Experience with Oxfam - America's
Partners in the West Africa Region |
| Update: |
Appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Niger |
| Victor Gladun |
| Home Country: |
Ukraine |
| Master's Paper: |
Taxation and Development: Second Year Advanced Studies at the International
Taxation Program, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Update: |
Appointed as International Tax Analyst at TAXWARE, International,
Inc. working on compliance of indirect taxes internationally. |
| Terry Isert |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
Two Village Banking Strategies in West Africa: Product Development
and Institutional Transformation |
| Update: |
Appointed Program Assistant in the Micro Finance Unit for Catholic
Relief Services in Dakar, Senegal |
| Suela Krifsa |
| Home Country: |
Albania |
| Master's Paper: |
Reintegration and Rehabilitation Response of the United Nations
Development Programme in Crisis and Post-Conflict Countries |
| Update: |
Appointed Programme Officer, UNDP/BCPR, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Rienzzie Kern ( rienzzie@hotmail.com
) |
| Home Country: |
Sri Lanka |
| Master's Paper: |
Study of Socio-Economic Differentiation in System C of the Mahaweli
Settlement Scheme in Sri Lanka |
| Update: |
Appointed Project Director, The Heifer Project, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Usha Maskey Manandhar |
| Home Country: |
Nepal |
| Master's Paper: |
Social Dimensions in Rural Road Projects: An Experience in Addressing
Equity and Poverty Issues |
| Update: |
Gender and Training Coordinator, Alliance for Social Mobilization,
Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Colleen McLaughlin ( chinta2@hotmail.com
) |
| Home Country: |
United States of America |
| Master's Paper: |
An Experience-Based Case Study: The Inner Workings and Challenges
of an International Non-Profit Organization. |
| Update: |
Has accepted a management position with Equal Access, San Francisco,
California |
| Namgyal |
| Home Country: |
Tibetan Settlement Community, Dharamsala, India |
| Master's Paper: |
Grassland Degradation and Market Economy with Socialist Characteristics:
Future of Pastoralism in the Tibetan Plateau Region (An Internship
with Tibet Plateau Project, Earth Island Institute) |
| Phuntsok |
| Home Country: |
Tibetan Settlement Community, Dharamsala, India |
| Master's Paper: |
Unemployment, Need and Scope Assessment of Microenterprise Development:
A Case Study of Five Selected Tibetan Settlements in India |
| Kelsang Phuntsok |
| Home Country: |
Tibetan Settlement Community, India |
| Master's Paper: |
Photovoltaic for Lighting: Initiating a Pilot Project in Selected
Tibetan Communities in India |
| Update: |
Project Assistant, Tibetan Sangha Organization, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Evelyne Rukundo |
| Home Country: |
Burundi |
| Master's Paper: |
Policy and Strategy Analysis of the Population and Development
Program as Implemented by the United Nations Fund for Population,
Its Partners and NGO's in The Gambia. |
| Update: |
Appointed Operations Specialist in the Office of the Executive
Director, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), United
Nations, New York |
Graduated in: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 , 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006
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