About Yoga Fusion Founder

LINDA GERMANIS

• Certified Yoga Teacher, Arhanta Yoga Teacher Training India
• MA in Conflict, Reconstruction & Human Security, International Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands
• MSc in Economics and Management of Public and International Institutions, Bocconi, Italy & Science Po Paris, France

4 years Yoga Practicioner, & Certified Yoga Teacher

8 years experience in the Development Sector: historical reconciliation, economic & social cohesion

4 years experience in the UN system – UNV, UNDP, UNESCO –

5 years experience in Asia & the Pacific

Founder of Volunteer Projects 

• Yap Fusion, innovative food security NGO
  • The project was included as good practice in the Newsletter of UNV Fiji, Multi Country Office.

• At First Sight, community photography for development in action
  • The project was awarded the Outstanding Volunteer Award 2009 by the Thai Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, the ICV Photo Contest 2009, the 2^nd prize UNV IVD competition, and it was included in the UNV Global Report 2009.

Publications & Web

• Germanis, L., 2014, “Exploring Militarization, Aid and Independence in Small Island States: Impacts and Current Implications in the State of Yap”, In H. Ware, B. Jenkins, M. Branagan and DB Subedi (Eds). Cultivating Peace: Contexts, Practices and Multidimensional Models, New Castel, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pages 154-175.
• Germanis, L., 2014, “MDG1: Volunteer intervention in the eradication of poverty and hunger in Micronesia”, In UN Volunteers (Eds.). Voices from the Pacific: Volunteering for the Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 agenda.
• UNV Newsletter articles &  UN Reports articles (2011-2013).
• UMass Conference, Boston 2012, “Exploring Militarization, Aid and Independence in Small Island States: Impacts and Current Implications in the State of Yap” (UMass, 2012).
• UNE Peace-building Conference, 2012, “Exploring Militarization, Aid and Independence in Small Island States: Impacts and Current Implications in the State of Yap” (UNE, 2012).
• ISS Research Paper: “Militarization, Aid and Economic Independence in Micronesia: Impacts and Current Implications in the State of Yap” (ISS, 2012).
• “Sacred Sites in the Holy Land: Historical and Religious Perspectives” (IHJR, 2011) – graphic design-.
  
• “At First Sight, Community Photography for Development in Action” (UNV, UNESCO, 2009).
• “UNESCO Publications in Asia and Pacific 2009” (UNESCO Bangkok, 2009).
• Articles for UNESCO Voices and UNV Voices (UNESCO, UNV, 2009).
• Geopolitical analysis for the Asia work area (Equilibri.net, 2007): “South Asia: SAARC and a new multilateral security” (April 2007): Italian; Spanish. “Burma/Myanmar: a new nuclear proliferation” (May 2007): Italian. “China: a Food Security Façade” (June 2007): Italian; Spanish.