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Guerra Freitas is a former elementary
school teacher and philanthropic organizations
worker, concerned about social and economic
problems of countries either currently in conflict
or emerging from conflict. In addition to working
for SHAREcircle (SHARE) for the last 5 |
years, he spent 11 years of his life
working for Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) in
Angola, Africa, that dealt with orphans of war, children
handicapped by land mines, mine awareness programs,
de-mining projects, relief projects for refugees and
internally displaced people, infrastructures and economic
rehabilitation projects.
Freitas holds a B.A.
from East-West University and he was named the valedictorian
of his class. He expects to earn his Master’s degree
on Public Policy and Administration at Northwestern
University, this summer, and begin his Ph.D. program
in Human Development and Social Policy, also at Northwestern
University, in the fall of 2006. Freitas is the founder
and current CEO of SHARE (www.sharecircle.org), which
focuses on orphans and widows of war, single mothers,
internally displaced people, and refugees in countries
emerging from conflict and civil strife.
In 2003 - 2006, Freitas accepted the
position of Assistant Director for Systems Engineering
with the Center for Functional Genomics at Northwestern
University.
Freitas resigned from CARE International
in Angola, involved in relief and assistance of Refugees
and Internally Displaced People, in 1998 after four
years as Assistant Regional Administrator. He has
attended various short-term courses in Management,
Psychology and Philosophy in Germany and Holland,
and in Conflict Resolution in Sierra Leone. In 1997,
he traveled to South Africa in order to make presentations
on the effects of land mines in Angola. In the same
year, he delivered an address before the Inter-Action
Forum, an association of NGOs based in Washington
D. C., giving an update on CARE’s activities in Angola.
Moreover, he had the privilege of speaking before
the U. S. House of Representatives, on the topic of
land mines in African nations emerging from conflicts.
In addition, he made a presentation before representatives
of the World Bank and offered his recommendations
for resolving the political conflicts that continued
to destabilize Angola at that point in time.
In 1993-94, he worked as the Vice-National
Secretary for an Angolan Non-Government Organization
called A.N.E.I.M., the Portuguese acronym for National
Association for Support, Education and Instruction
of the Under Age Forsaken and Disabled Children.
In 1992-93, unemployed because of
the war in Angola, he founded a human rights organization,
C.R.J.I.B., the Portuguese acronym for Representative
Commission for Intellectual Young People. The purpose
of this Non-Government Organization was to work side-by-side
with the government of Bié province in particular,
and with the government of Angola in general, in creating
educational opportunities for the youth who lost their
early years of education as a consequence of the war
impact on their lives, families and country.
In his search for social peace-building,
Guerra Freitas has met in total with seven Southern
Africa countries Presidents. Moreover, Freitas carried
out many advocacy campaigns for many diplomats: ambassadors,
ministers and prime ministers from different parts
of the world. In 1997, he was honored with an invitation
to speak at the White House concerning the impact
of land mines on civilian population in war-torn African
countries. To his deep disappointment, his flight
from Johannesburg to New York was delayed and he missed
the opportunity to meet with President Clinton.
Guerra Freitas has been interviewed
extensively by the media, including Voice of America,
National Public Radio (NPR)/WBEZ – Worldview, 848
(Chicago), WNUR 89.3 FM, Chicago Tribune, Afriscope
Radio, RNA (Angolan National Radio), Radio Bié
and several websites.
Guerra Freitas is a songwriter, recording,
and performing artist. He lives in Evanston with his
wife, Rosa Freitas, and two children, Elyzandra and
Izequiel Freitas.
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