{"id":3916,"date":"2022-10-13T09:40:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T07:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/?page_id=3916"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:53:01","slug":"international-employees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/was-wir-tun\/internationale-mitarbeitende\/","title":{"rendered":"International employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/csm_header_news_d521d70e38.jpeg\" alt=\"csm header news d521d70e38\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"688\" width=\"1680\" title=\"csm_Header_News_d521d70e38\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n\t<div class=\"fl-builder-content fl-builder-content-3660 fl-builder-template fl-builder-module-template fl-builder-global-templates-locked\" data-post-id=\"3660\"><div class=\"fl-module fl-module-pp-toc fl-node-xrvkwe8ihtn6 toc\" data-node=\"xrvkwe8ihtn6\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"pp-toc-container\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"pp-toc-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"pp-toc-list-wrapper pp-toc-list-icon\"><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"uabb-js-breakpoint\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/donate\/\" title=\"Donations\" target=\"_self\"   role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Donations\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDonations\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/csm_heat-icon_b1dbd40167.png\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\t\t Africa \t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/csm_koordinatoren_lumumba_mukong_6de4e26293.jpg\" alt=\"csm coordinators lumumba mukong 6de4e26293\" title=\"csm_Coordinators_Lumumba_Mukong_6de4e26293\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Lumumba Togho Mukong, Cameroon, Coordinator<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Since April 2016, all projects supported by Mission 21 in Cameroon are supervised by the coordinator Lumumba Mukong. He completed his Master's degree in agricultural economics in England and subsequently worked for various NGOs in Cameroon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/csm_koordinatoren_yakubu_joseph_1b3f85847b.jpg\" alt=\"csm coordinators yakubu joseph 1b3f85847b\" title=\"csm_Coordinators_Yakubu_Joseph_1b3f85847b\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Yakubu Joseph, Nigeria, Coordinator<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Since October 2015, Dr. Yakubu Joseph has been working as coordinator for Mission 21 in Nigeria. He holds a PhD in Geography and was a research assistant at the Department of Geography at the University of T\u00fcbingen. He also holds an MA in International Peace Studies and an MSC in Sociology. Yakubu Joseph accompanies partner organizations, is responsible for quality assurance in the field and advises partner organizations in Africa in the field of peacebuilding and security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mg_9086-4-1.jpg\" alt=\" mg 9086 4\" title=\"_MG_9086-4\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Adrienne Sweetman, Tanzania, Coordinator<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Anthropologist and health expert Adrienne Sweetman has headed Mission 21's coordination office in Tanzania since January 2019. One of her main tasks is organizational and staff development in the partner organizations. Canadian Adrienne Sweetman has already worked in the health sector in Namibia. She has been living and working in Tanzania since 2012. She is married to a Tanzanian and is particularly involved in HIV prevention.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/csm_florence_hakim__2_-3_0b1791bb9d.jpg\" alt=\"csm florence hakim 2 3 0b1791bb9d\" title=\"csm_Florence_Hakim__2_-3_0b1791bb9d\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Guliba Florence Hakim, South Sudan, Coordinator<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Guliba Florence Hakim has been coordinating Mission 21 projects in South Sudan since July 2021, after assisting the country coordinator for three years. With over seven years of experience in civil society and church work in her home country, she is very well connected in the South Sudanese NGO and church landscape. As a trained mediator and negotiator, she brings a wealth of expertise in peacebuilding and, thanks to her previous involvement, is familiar with ecumenical relations, women's participation and youth engagement.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\t Asia \t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/karmila_selection.jpg\" alt=\"karmila selection\" title=\"karmila_selection\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Karmila Jusup, Asia, Coordinator<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Pastor Karmila Jusup founded the Indonesian crisis center for women in 2013. <em>Pasundan Durebang<\/em> in West Java to support victims of domestic violence. The center has also become a safe haven for Indonesian migrant workers returning from Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia. Since July 2023, Karmila Jusup has been coordinating the project work with the partner organizations in Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia from the capital Jakarta and also manages a team of around a dozen employees.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/csm_imas_tobias_brandner_e2f382cbd6.jpg\" alt=\"csm imas tobias brandner e2f382cbd6\" title=\"csm_IMAS_Tobias_Brandner_e2f382cbd6\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Tobias Brandner, Hong Kong, Lecturer<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Tobias Brandner works as Associate Professor of Theology at the Chinese University in Hong Kong. He works part-time in Hong Kong for Mission 21 as a prison chaplain. Tobias Brandner, born in 1965, studied theology and earned his doctorate at the University of Zurich. He has been on mission in Hong Kong with his wife Gabi Baumgartner since 1996. They have three children.<\/p>\n<p><em>SRF broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srf.ch\/sendungen\/perspektiven\/pfarrer-tobias-brandner-auf-du-und-du-mit-schwerverbrechern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Perspectives\"<\/a> about Tobias Brandner's work as a prison chaplain in Hong Kong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uy56K7VKrVs&amp;feature=share&amp;fbclid=IwAR3YD1hipCpsI3TYs8O1GCYZuVmOXRa-iVHbVd-yGhQp5T8AMdMiHSezEvE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video portrait<\/a> about the work of Tobias Brandner (YouTube, Chinese, English UT).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/what-we-do\/international-inserts\/international-employees\/newsletters-tobias-brandner\/\">\u25ba on the newsletters until mid-2021<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Newsletters from 2022 <a href=\"mailto:material@mission-21.org\">here<\/a> order.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/csm_imas_daniel_gloor_2ef77627e0.jpg\" alt=\"csm imas daniel gloor 2ef77627e0\" title=\"csm_IMAS_Daniel_Gloor_2ef77627e0\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Daniel Gloor, Malaysia, Lecturer<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Daniel Gloor is a primary school teacher and holds a doctorate in theology. He has been working on behalf of Mission 21 as a lecturer at Sabah Theological Seminary (STS) in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, since 2005. From 2009 to 2013, he taught at the Universidad B\u00edblica Latinoamericana (UBL) in Costa Rica, after which he returned to STS. He brings his pedagogical and theological skills as well as his broad intercultural and interreligious background to his work with students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/what-we-do\/international-inserts\/international-employees\/newsletters-daniel-gloor\/\">\u25ba to the newsletters<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/csm_imas_ueli_knecht_b60743bd12.jpg\" alt=\"csm imas ueli knecht b60743bd12\" title=\"csm_IMAS_Ueli_Knecht_b60743bd12\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Ueli Knecht, Indonesia\/Malaysia, Fair Trade Expert<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Ueli Knecht regularly travels to Borneo on short assignments, where he works as a consultant for Mission 21, mainly on the project \"Income for women producers of handicraft products\". Before that, the work teacher and graphic designer lived for twenty years mainly in Cameroon and three years in Indonesia, working in the field of fair trade. His responsibilities included leading workshops for women producers, assisting with product development, and providing organizational and financial advice to Fair Trade projects.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\t Latest newsletters from our international employees \t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/gracias-y-adios-solveig-schrickels-last-newsletter-from-chile\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\u00a1Gracias y adi\u00f3s! Solveig Schrickel&#039;s last newsletter from Chile\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bild-1-rundbrief-15_heilkraeuterarbeit-900x675.jpeg\" alt=\"picture 1 newsletter 16 medicinal herb work\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/gracias-y-adios-solveig-schrickels-last-newsletter-from-chile\/\" title=\"\u00a1Gracias y adi\u00f3s! Solveig Schrickel&#039;s last newsletter from Chile\">\u00a1Gracias y adi\u00f3s! Solveig Schrickel's last newsletter from Chile<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\tDecember 19, 2024\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/koran-studies-in-cairo-and-a-semester-course-on-satan-in-sabah\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Quran studies in Cairo and a semester course on S\u00e2t\u00e2n in Sabah\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bild-6_dscn0020-scaled-e1724161187210-900x677.jpg\" alt=\"picture 6 dscn0020\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/koran-studies-in-cairo-and-a-semester-course-on-satan-in-sabah\/\" title=\"Quran studies in Cairo and a semester course on S\u00e2t\u00e2n in Sabah\">Quran studies in Cairo and a semester course on S\u00e2t\u00e2n in Sabah<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\tAugust 20, 2024\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/daniel-gloor-in-malaysia-christmas-and-thoughts-on-anti-semitism-3\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Solveig Schrickel in Chile: chocolate and politics\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bild-2-die-heilkraeuterkurse-sind-weiterhin-beliebt-scaled-e1712053759211-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"People at one table\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/daniel-gloor-in-malaysia-christmas-and-thoughts-on-anti-semitism-3\/\" title=\"Solveig Schrickel in Chile: chocolate and politics\">Solveig Schrickel in Chile: chocolate and politics<\/a>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\tApril 2, 2024\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spenden Afrika Lumumba Togho Mukong, Kamerun, Koordinator Seit April 2016 werden alle von Mission 21 unterst\u00fctzten Projekte in Kamerun durch den Koordinator Lumumba Mukong betreut. Er hat in England seinen Master in Agrar\u00f6konomie gemacht und anschliessend f\u00fcr verschiedene NGOs in Kamerun gearbeitet. Yakubu Joseph, Nigeria, Koordinator Seit Oktober 2015 arbeitet Dr. Yakubu Joseph als Koordinator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16568,"parent":205,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":1122,"footnotes":""},"hf_cat_page":[300],"class_list":["post-3916","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3916"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19866,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3916\/revisions\/19866"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}