Archive for the 'Ambassadors in the news' Category

Friendship Force of Lincoln member honored with Peace Corps Award

May 30, 2007

At age 60, Shirley Maly had not spoken a word of Spanish or been outside the United States before she started training for the Peace Corps.

Shirley Maly, 74, of Lincoln has won a national honor from the Peace Corps.
Now, at 74, she has traveled to 11 Spanish-speaking countries.
Earlier this month, Maly, of Lincoln, made a [...]

Friendship Force of Bogota Member Honored

May 14, 2007

Dear  friends :
We  want to share with all of  the  FF clubs of the world a wonderful new that  made us very  happy . Our dear member  PAULA MARCELA MORENO , was designated  MINISTER OF THE CULTURE , by President of  Colombia , Alvaro Uribe.
She and her mother  Zenide Zapata  has been member of  FF  [...]

Friendship Force’s Rose Schultz on the Front Page

March 29, 2007

Friendship Force ambassador Rose Schultz from Ottumwa, Iowa was profiled in the Ottumwa Courier for her work with AARP and FFI, not to mention her incredible gardening skills.
Given Rose’s active background as a physical education teacher and a master gardener makes her a perfect fit for FFI exchanges. She also understands that FFI is more [...]

Ambassador Nina Fountain Shines in North Carolina, USA

March 28, 2007

On March 27, 2007 The News and Observer newspaper in North Carolina, USA listed Nina Fountain of Tarboro, North Carolina as one of the newspaper’s “women who shine.”
Nina was a Friendship Force Ambassador in 1981 on a trip to West Berlin and has given much of her life to her community. She was president [...]