GYPA is thrilled to announce the June - August 2006 Community Fellows.
Stay tuned for updates from the field and information announcements about our Fall/Winter 2006 Community Fellows.

Michael Legg
Senior at the University of Kansas
Age: 22
Michael is the first "Team Gomo Tong" Homeless World Cup Community Fellow.
He will spend over 1 month practicing and working with the team that will represent Uganda at the Homeless World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2006.

Joanna Bibby-Scullion
3rd year at the University of Edinburgh and Institute d’Etudes Politiques
Age: 21
Joanna is from the north of England, and studies in Scotland She has spent the past two and a half years working for the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) as the Youth Representative on the Global Board. Joanna will join the GYPA Family as a Community Fellow with the Project Namuwongo Zone B Women's Group.

Jennifer Caito
Geography Teacher
National Cathedral School, Washington, DC

Valerie Berezner
Senior, Indiana University-South Bend

Jennifer and Valerie will be the first Community Fellows Teaching at Kiwuliriza COU Boarding and Primary School based in Namuwongo. They will teach children in Primary School (1st - 6th grade) in the faculties of Geography, Health and English.

Anna Phillips
Senior, George Washington University
GYPA Girls Kick It! Coordinator

Rebecca Littman
Senior, Wesleyan University
Received Grant from WU to research and assess the pre and post psychological results of the Girls Kick It! program.

Anna and Rebecca will work closely with GYPA colleagues and staff based in Gulu District, Northern Uganda. They will initiate the Girls Kick It! (GKI) program and see that encompasses cultural sensitivity, education and leadership skills building, and greater awareness of the plight and conditions of the people of Northern Uganda.