Rotary Peace Fellow Barbara Herthel
By Barbara Servulo Herthel, a Rotary Peace Fellow from Brazil
As I reached the end of my Professional Certificate Fellowship Program at the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University, I found myself dealing with a lot of feelings and thoughts about this experience. I am very thankful for the three months, all the sharing and learning I received from others, the daily routine, the field trips, and more.
To express my gratitude, I decided to come up with 5 reasons to apply for this program, based on my own experience and the lessons I learned.
Sharpen your motives: Through the application process, you have a chance to reflect on your experiences, review your life story, recap your achievement to date, and affirm your interest in the peace field. This process was my first great learning experience.
Embrace diversity: Having the opportunity to study, learn and make friends with people from different backgrounds and life experience encourages you to examine your attitudes and values, and in turn broaden your perspective of the world. It also helps raise self-awareness and an awareness of others.
Learn to face conflict: Yes, we don’t have to be afraid of conflicts! The program is …read more
Source:: Rotary International Blog
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