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GCI Sends off International Intern, Recieves one other
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GCI Sends off International Intern, Recieves one other
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GCI Sends off International Intern, Recieves one other Member of the Global Conscience family on Saturday 29 March 2008 sent off international intern, Niamh Browne, and at the same time received international Journalist, Caroline Thomas from the United Kingdom. A sendoff and welcome party took place at the terrace of the Maxi-M Snack Bar opposite BICEC bank in Kumba. Niamh Browne is going back to Ireland after having spent three months on field placement with the Global Conscience Initiative. She worked in the Global Conscience office where she received complaints on abuses of human rights, wrote petitions and letters, recruited interns and volunteers, conducted a survey of the Kumba prisons and organised a workshop on "Prisoner's Rights", amongst various other responsibilities. Miss Niamh was Global Consciences first international intern. She holds an MA in Peace and Development Studies from the University of Limerick in Ireland. Niamh generated so much warmth in the GCI office with a contagious laughter. She is full of fun, outward, yet a very dexterous and committed worker. She is also very courageous and lived through the horrors of the anti government protests in Cameroon. She recorded every details of the strikes and took pictures of the destroyed government buildings and other property in Kumba. Ms. Niamh also worked in the Ikiliwindi and Bai Panya villages where negotiated and resolved conflicts. She is missed by these communities, and she would miss their love and care as well. Meanwhile, Journalist Caroline Thomas arrived Cameroon on Friday 28 March 2008 for a brief professional attachment with Global Conscience Initiative. She plans to spend ten days only with GCI. Caroline Thomas is a journalist and photographer from the UK. She recently worked as a UN Correspondent, based at UN headquarters in New York. She previously worked for a variety of print and online publications including the International Herald Tribune and the South China Morning Post. She focuses on human rights and justice, and has reported from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania.
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