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Documents and downloads for Fellows.Octaciano (Chano) Benegas Galeas
Octaciano (Chano) Benegas Galeas, is 20 and lives in Tocoa. Chano has a high school degree in Business Administration and is currently studying Management and Social Development at the local university on weekends. In high school, Chano was a member of a student environmental group organized by International Municipal Environmentalists. He has also been involved in numerous social projects in Tocoa, such as designing and implementing a housing program for the elderly and working with Medicos del Mundo. Chano has creative ideas of how to apply the knowledge and skills he will gain in GoJoven, such as organizing youth gatherings with music, dance, and movies around SRH themes.
Dayana Sarahi Mondragón Hernandez
Dayana Sarahi Mondragón Hernandez, 18, is a member of the political youth group “Jovenes Nacionalistas de Trujillo.” She has organized sports tournaments for over 500 adolescents as an alternative to using drugs and violence, and would like to integrate sex education into the group’s portfolio. Dayana is an extremely dynamic and visionary young woman, experienced in mobilizing and inspiring large numbers of youth to seek healthy options, and committed to peer education and youth leadership. She hopes to begin medical school in 2010 and to continue her work with the most marginalized populations in and around Trujillo. Ultimately, Dayana dreams of joining international medical brigades such as Doctors without Borders.
Bessy Lorena Merino Duarte
Bessy Lorena Merino Duarte, 26, is a middle school teacher and also has experience participating in and leading outdoor educational leadership trainings. Recently she graduated as a Facilitator of Outdoor Activities with a focus on leadership, group work, environmental education, risk management, and extreme sports from the Asociación Nacional de Exbecarios para el Desarrollo de Honduras. She graduated Cum Laude with a BA in Education in 2005 from a university in Tegucipalpa and then returned home to educate adolescents and contribute to her community’s development. Bessy hopes to strengthen her leadership skills and knowledge around sexual and reproductive health. Ultimately, she aims to get a Master’s Degree in Ecological Research and run youth leadership camps and outdoor expeditions.
Ivonne Elena Miranda Card
Ivonne Elena Miranda Card, a 25 year old Garifuna woman, graduated with a BA in Psychology at the Universidad Católica de Honduras Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz in La Ceiba, Honduras in 2007. Upon graduation, Ivonne returned to her community, where she is now one of few practicing psychologists. She works at a hospital in Trujillo, where she provides individual mental health counseling to adolescents at the hospital’s new Comprehensive Youth Health Center. Ivonne aims to increase her knowledge and skills in sexual and reproductive health so that she can work to integrate SRH education and services into the Center’s work, as well as in her own counseling.
Edwin Dolmo
Edwin Dolmo is a 27 year old Garifuna community leader who works as an HIV/AIDS educator, and who also has extensive experience working in HIV/AIDS, SRH, and human rights through youth theatre and training. He currently works as a news reporter for local television and radio programs. Edwin has a degree in primary school education and is committed to educating and developing youth voices and opinions. In the near future, Edwin plans to continue his university studies, focusing on project development, as well as to publish news on the Garifuna on-line TV site, www.garitv.com. Edwin’s dreams include becoming more active in public policy and starting his own business to help develop his community.
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