Joanne M. Lisosky Ph.D. is Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University. She is one of PLU's globe-trotting faculty. This summer she is leading a class in Geneva, Switzerland at the United Nations -- right at the crossroads of international politics. Join her as she and her students meet with UN officials and try to unravel the mysteries behind global problem-solving. No previous knowledge of international affairs required and she promises ... no tests.
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She is our favorite volunteer NGO employee.
Maren Anderson was one of the three students who had searched around the city for an NGO willing to adopt them... so they could attend the full session of the historic Human Rights Council. The two other students, Andrea Stanaway and Valerie Smith were lucky enough to talk the Northwest-affiliated NGO, World Vision, into offering them accreditation (just another one of those stinkin` badges).
Maren`s quest took another route. She was rescued by CETIM, a Swiss (French) NGO that works to eliminate third-world (CETIM`s word, not mine) debt. The moto of CETIM is: "There is no such thing as a developed and an under-developed world. There is only a single, badly developed world."
NGOs are playing a large part in this first meeting of the UN Human Rights Council. Stay tuned for other blogs on this topic...
(For more information on CETIM.)
http://www.cetim.ch/en/dossier_lutte.php
In exchange for her NGO badge, Maren has been translating (in long hand) everything said on the floor of the General Assembly from English to French. She has worked about 10 hours a day during the last five days.
Oui. C'est trop mauvais.
Despite working her translating fingers to the bone, she continues to have a great attitude. She says she has to pinch herself whenever she thinks of complaining... and remind herself where she is.
Elle est une grande personne.
