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| Hussein Macarambon |
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I am currently doing my graduate studies MSc in International Cooperation Policy with an emphasis on Environmental Management and Administration at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Oita Prefecture, Japan. I am writing my thesis on improving the integrated water resource management of Lake Lanao in my hometown, Marawi City, through the use of contingency valuation method via the willingness to pay of water users for the water quantity and quality control of the said water resource.
I am also doing an internship with the United Nations University Press in Tokyo which will end in March of 2005. I have been working on projects such as the feasibility study of creating an institutional repository for the university, and other subjects relevant to my field such eco-friendly paper technologie used by the press.
I graduated from Kyoto University with a BS in International Relations, and American History. Those four years spent in beautiful Kyoto was worth every minute of it and I would go back to and live in that amazing city in a heartbeat.
For my other qualifications, I had been selected as a Goldman Sachs Global Leader in 2002. I had the opportunity to meet young leaders who have been active in civic engagement and we all met in New York City for one of the most rewarding things that has happened in my life.
Also, I was fortunate to participate in the Century Institue Summer Program held at Williams College, Massachusetts where intensive and in-depth lectures and workshops on American Progressivism were offered to many young Americans and a few international students including myself.
Recently I have been overseeing a project on the mitigation of arsenic contaminated water units in the local area of Faridpur, Bangladesh. I was one of the recipients of the Goldman Sachs Social Entrepreneurship Fund. I am currently working with a local NGO in Faridpur, with the supervision of Dr. Jamal Anwar, a German geologist whose expertise is in the same environmental issue.
Last year, I went to India to participate in the World Social Forum in Mumbai which turned out to be a successful event and for me, it was the biggest event I ever attended where a congregation of activists was in unison to voice out their dissatisfaction of the corporate misdeeds happening particularly in the developing world. In contrast, I went to the Global Development Conference in New Delhi where the attendees were mainly from big, rich organizations such as the World Bank, IMF, the UN, and what not. What a contrast it was, but I learned a lot and met interesting people.
I am now busy coordinating an NGO here in Kyoto which tackles the issue of intergenerational dialogue as an important means of engaging the youth. The name of the organization is G21, derived from the original 21 members, aged 1 to 21, hailing from 21 different countries around the world.
I am also a member of PC4Peace, a non-profit group that's working with other NGOs to ship old computers from Japan to Cambodia. I am also a member of the editorial team of Peace as a Global Conference website. check out this site (www.pc4peace.org)
I also play the guitar and sing for a Cuban salsa band. We have played a number of benefit concerts for Afghan and Iraqi refugees. When I'm free, I like to draw(charcoal and watercolor), write poetry and short stories, practice Aikido martial art, read unknown and amateur writers, talk politics and philosophy, dance salsa and samba, walk before sunrise, and sleep all day ( yes, I am a nocturnal animal, especially during school breaks).
I believe that young people only need to be heard in order for them to appreciate the strength and wisdom they possess; and TIG is a very special venue for that purpose.
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