Originally published in The Guardian Post, no. 2263, Friday October 8, 2021.
Writer and peace activist, George Ngwane has been made a member of the first elected Board of Directors of the Rotary Peace Fellowship Alumni Association, RPFAA.
Ngwane, an educationist, political analyst, and Pan Africanist was voted alongside Derran Moss and Rukmini Ryer from many other peace fellows that engaged in the process. Shortly after taking over office, Ngwane and his peers have engaged in a series of activities to enable RPFAA attain its goals.
This, they explained in their priorities list for 2020-2022, is hinged on the works of the previous Board of Directors, which setup key processes, policies and procedures for the RPFAA´s operations.
“In October 2020, the Board sent out a survey to alumni to inquire on their views, interests and ideas concerning potential focus and priorities for the Association. In addition, ever since taking office, Board members have reached out and received more inputs and ideas from Rotary Peace Fellows, RPFs on where they would like the Association to go in the period 2020-2022,” the document stated. “This rich array of views, ideas and suggestions,” it added, “inspired three priority areas in which the RPFAA Board will focus the efforts of the Association for the period 2020-2022.”
Among other priority areas is supporting Rotatory Peace Fellows’ career development, by supporting alumni networking, specifically related to career development, including applied field experience; consolidating a community of practice, including through support to the creation of dialogue spaces and facilitating the sharing of professional, research and other opportunities for RPFA by other alumni.
Another priority area, they stated, includes supporting RPFs’ wellbeing and self-preservation; “…based on ideas and suggestions from several RPFs, in the period 2020-2022, the Association will prioritize a range of activities with the aim to develop and promote within the areas of wellbeing and self- preservation.”
“In addition to the Rotary Family, the RPFAA should also look to consolidate existing collaboration with outside partners as well as expand these networks where possible, particularly with a focus of interest to alumni, including climate change, gender equality, youth in peacebuilding, among others,” they added. Activities under this priority, they revealed will include, among others, partnering in the organization of Rotary Peace Symposiums, Peace Conferences and related events; and collaborating with existing partners in knowledge sharing, continuous dialogue for improved practice, and identification of best practices for peacebuilding.
Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in communities and individuals.
With his wealth of experience drawn from several years of service in several domains, George Ngwane and his peers are expected to enable Rotary Peace Fellowship Alumni Association attain its set objectives in every way possible.
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