Welcome, Joseph Fatinyan Jarbah!

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

My country Liberia had under went fourteen years of senseless civil war and I believe that there is a dying need to help the country through conflict resolution and reconciliation. Furthermore, having seen the too many deadly situations around the world nowadays,and because of my personal experienced of the crisis in Ivory Coast and my home Country, Liberia, I have been encouraged and motivated to engage in the formation of my NGO so as to help the world's children, the most vulnerable and frigile population of all nations.
In this regard, I have currently established a non profit Organization to help the youth and children in Liberia and then later D.R. Congo.Children's Welfare International (CWI) has been incorporated here in Washington and in Liberia as a NGO working to improve the lives of children.We currently have 3 volunteers in Monrovia. For more information about CWI ,visit us at www.thecwi.org.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

I am a Liberian and a father of four kids. Lived in a refugee camp for 14yrs in the Ivory Coast. I have had five years of working with street children and early child development.
After all these years of refuge in the Ivory Coast, with an associate degree in Mechanical engineering here in Washington, while at the same time running my nonprofit organization.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

USA,Ivory Coast, Ghana and Liberia

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

Washington State, USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Mechanical Engineering and founder of Children's Welfare International

How many years professional experience do you have ?

6-10

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.thecwi.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.thecwi.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.thecwi.org

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Conflict Resolution, Culture, Human Rights, Psychosocial, Refugees

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Advocacy, Capacity Building, Program Administration, Program Implemenation

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

NGO management

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

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