Rachel Gefferie

Experience

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  Womens business group Suriname

  Aug 2000 - Aug 2005

  Program Coordinator

  Coordination of the program Uma Kraka - a funding program for women with a business idea

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  Stichting Projecten Suriname

  Aug 2007 - Jul 2009

  Program Coordinator

  Development and implementation of the culture-education program “This is me with my own culture”. Implemented and coordinated this program at 6 primary schools

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  Vocational Business School

  Oct 2008 - Jul 2010

  Teacher personal development

  Taught subject related to career development and supervised Belgium University students

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  Amazone international Suriname

  Apr 2010 - Jul 2010

  Project Supervisor

  Supervised 3 primary schools in finalising a project related to preserving the indigenous culture in the interior of Suriname

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  Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Sint Maarten

  Oct 2010 - Aug 2016

  Social Worker

  Assisting clients in their social-economic-housing concerns

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  CATS Education

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2020

  Teacher TOK
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  UNESCO

  Dec 2019 - now

  Newly appointed Editor in Chief for the #HeritageAlive ICH publication. Following in the footsteps of Eivind Falk Representing the Surinamese NGO NAKS in the UNESCO ICH Forum. Also member of the Editorial board for the HeritageAlive UNESCO ICH magazine

  • Editor in Chief HeritageAlive ICH Magazine

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Representative Suriname @UNESCO ICH Forum

    Dec 2019 - now
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  University of Kent

  Dec 2020 - Sept 2024

  Diversity Mark Officer