Faith For Our Planet and Duke University’s
Meet Our Youth Ambassadors
Fellows of 2023
Dr Emilia Bellew
Northern Ireland, British
Children’s Development Officer in Northern Ireland, Radio Presenter
Murshad Habib
United Kingdom
Sustainability Corporate Reporting Manager at EasyJet; Former Assistant at UNHCR in Egypt
Tiffany Lourdraj
Germany
Software Deployment Engineer at General Motors Innovation Facility
Akumtoshi Lkr
India
District team leader for Nagaland Forest Management Project, funded by JICA
Yanan Rahim Melo
Philippines
Writer for Sojourners’- an online magazine that covers faith, environment, and politics
Zahra Al Hilaly
Australia
Journalist focusing on writing stories about social justice-related issues
Hersh Thaker
United Kingdom
Senior Product Manager at EV Charging, Shell; Founding member of Hindu Climate Action
Kemal Gaitnazarov
Turkmenistan
Communications Consultant at UNICEF Cambodia
Savanna Sullivan
United States
Program Executive for Youth, Lutheran World Federation
Rubby Haji Naif
Germany
Project Assistant for policy, research, and foresight with The Solferino Academy
Cogie Cogan
Canada
Works for a Quaker anti-poverty charity; Climate Change Analyst at Royal Bank of Canada
Dr. Yehuda Silverman
United States
Instructor at Northwestern University – Civic Education Project
Katherine Mei Hasnain
United States
Yale Environmental Fellow for the NorthLight Foundation
Wietske Merison
The Netherlands
Author on ‘inclusive sustainability’ for a Dutch online platform called ‘Nieuw Wij’
Anesa Colakovic
Kosovo
Advisor in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Human Rights
Brian Jason Delos Santos
Philippines
Information Officer at Climate Change Commission
Isabella Tello
Columbia
Climate Justice and Gender Equality Activist; Member of UNICEF Colombia
Haris Murtaza
New Zealand
Energy Engineer, working on Decarbonisation and Energy-Efficiency
Shamir Shehab
Bangladesh
Co-founder the Catalyzing Sustainable Transformation (CaST) Network
Joanna Spencer
United Kingdom
Associated with Totnes Transition Town, Sadhana Forest, Dharmananda
Emilia Miki
Cameroon
Founder and CEO of Denis Miki Foundation and Efeti Ventures
Maria Virginia
Argentina
Co-founder, The Farm of Francesco; Project Development Educator, Scholas Ocurrentes
Bashir Kishk
Ghana
PhD scholar in Islamic Law and Politics – Entente International University in Niger
Sougourounoma Henri
Burkina Faso
Former Peacebuilding Advisor with Oxfam in Burkina Faso; Founder of Religions for Peace
Abdoulie Ceesay
The Gambia
Deputy Majority Leader of Gambia’s National Assembly
Braden Hammond
United States
Assistant to the Director of Polis: Center for Politics at Duke University
Sarah E Seibert
United States
Director of Christian Education at Hillyer Memorial Christian Church