Rotary Peace Centre

Class X (2012-2013)

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  1. Paul Conroy
  2. Ana Maria Rodriguez Contreras
  3. Casey Crocket
  4. Chantelle Doerkson
  5. Erica Rose Jeffrey
  6. Naing Ko Ko
  1. Nissa Rhee
  2. Rick Röder
  3. Rabi Shah
  4. Mohsen Solhdoost
  5. Solveig Sveinbjornsdottir

4. Chantelle Doerkson

Sponsor Club: Rotary Club of Las Vegas, District 5300

Host Club: Brisbane High-Rise, District 9600

Chantelle is most recently from Las Vegas, Nevada in the US. Prior to becoming a Rotary Peace Fellow, she worked as the Youth Advocacy Coordinator at the American Lung Association in Nevada. There, she led teens to design grassroots projects related to tobacco control, under the funding of a federal grant called “Communities Putting Prevention to Work.” From 2007–2009, she worked with the US Peace Corps in Paraguay as a rural health volunteer.

After her contract ended, Chantelle extended for seven months, gaining experience with local nonprofits in areas related to youth, HIV/AIDS and nutrition. Chantelle was born in Canada and relocated to the USA at a young age. She has her Bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of California Davis and also spent time studying at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Chantelle's applied field experience with the United Nations Development Programme - Pacific Centre in Fiji connected her with FemLINKpacific, a women's media organisation, improving her understanding of linkages between international organisations and those working on the grassroots level.