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Hello everyne,

My name is Mandy Yamanis, I am the Global Safeguarding Advisor in GOAL. I was born and breed in Zimbabwe and moved to Cyprus many years ago, where I am currently based. I have been working in the field of Child Protection for over 17 years and love my job. Being part of this group to continue to learn how to protect children and adults is a privilege.

My perfect New Year (which hasen't happened for the last 2 years of Covid!) is to dress up and go to a New Years Eve dinner dance with my whole family. Eating and celebrating waiting for the new year to draw in.

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Hi Everyone,

Nice to connect in this space. My name is Hope Harriet and i am one of the facilitators and currently working as the Empowered Aid consultant based in Uganda. I was the research manager with Empowered Aid Uganda and happy to connect with you as we embark on this journey of learning from each other and together!
My new year's tradition is if i am not doing yoga, I am giving thanks for living to see yet another year and whatever it has to bring.

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Hi Everyone, My name is Nnenna Pauline. I work for Tearfund West Africa and the Gender Advisor. Have been privileged to coordinate many SGBV programs. It is my pleasure to be participate in this Empowered course.

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Hi everyone in Group 1! My name is Liz Hedge, I am a Research Associate at the Global Women's Institute and have worked on the Empowered Aid project for the past 3 years. I am very passionate about creating a world in which women and girls can live free from violence. I am also your administrative and technical support for these discussion groups and the Empowered Aid online course.

My favorite New Years tradition is to be with my family and welcoming the New Year together with a big home cooked meal including lots of desserts that I love to bake, and dance with sparklers (safely!).