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speakers
Academy | Plenary |
Going Deeper | Practices for Learning
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Ricardo "Toyditz" Cosico Jr is
presently doing teaching and training consultancy with
Churches and local and international NGOs in Asia. He holds
a Master’s degree in Development Program and has spent time
amongst churches and communities in development work.
Toyditz is happily (very much!) married to Rosalinda (Manette)
and they are blessed with two sons, Caleb (16) and Daniel
(12). Toyditz is also an elder of Bread from Heaven
Community Church, and preaches once in a while when not
traveling. His dream is for the churches in Asia to be
S.U.P.E.R. Churches (Strengthened, United, People – focused,
Equipped and Relevant) and that local Christian NGO's will
enable the churches to fulfill its role in integral mission.
His favorite quotation is from St. Francis of Assisi “Preach
the gospel at all times, when necessary use words.” |
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Kara Sheather has been involved in
training and developing leaders since she was a student in
the mid 1980’s. Kara has been based in New Delhi, India for
the last 7 years, where she serves as a training consultant
for both Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) and Development
Associates International (DAI). Kara has assisted many
Christian leaders across India and neighboring countries to
be able to effectively lead their teams and release their
team members to be effective and fulfilled. Having recently
completed a Master of Arts (Organizational Leadership and
Management) she is currently developing training materials
in mentoring specifically for women in the church as well as
adapting leadership development training to make it more
accessible for leaders with less formal education. |
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Joel MacCollam, CEO and Founder of
World Emergency Relief, is an Anglican minister focusing on
global humanitarian issues. He incorporated WER in 1985, and
today splits his time among WER's seven offices (Germany,
Holland, Hong Kong, Honduras, France, U.S. and UK), while
leading WER's assistance to programs in over 40 countries
this year. Working along side local agencies and
international networks, he helps build capacity and
sustainability by teaching sound business, project and
fundraising management strategies and execution. |
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Dr Judith Ennew has been an activist
and researcher in children's rights since 1979, specialising
in issues concerning child workers, 'street children' and
child sexual exploitation, with respect to both research and
programme planning and working with international agencies
in the field, such as UNICEF, WHO and ILO. She has worked
in Latin America, Africa, South and South-East Asia and
Eastern Europe on children's rights issues, and is currently largely-based in
Bangkok working in Southeast and East Asian countries.
Judith holds a Bachelor degree in education and a PhD in
social anthropology. |
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Arlynn Contreras is a trainer
focused on developing people. She works with Christian
Mission Service, Philippines and Norwegian Mission Alliance,
Philippines in human resource development and holistic child
development. A psychology graduate, Arlynn has consulted and
trained extensively across the Philippines, Thailand,
Myanmar, Bangladesh and others. She was one of the
inititators of ‘Understanding God’s Heart for Children’.
Arlynn is active in the Philippines Children’s Ministries
Network in the steering group and through leadership of the
Child Participation project. She is married with 2 children
and is recently a grandmother. |
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