Membership News

Olga Ivanova

Membership Committee Chair

Hello to:

Wati Kamayana (Indonesia) was born in Bali, where his husband, Putu also comes from. They have 2 children in boarding secondary school in Australia, and one here in 2nd grade at the AIS,D. After graduating in Office Management at the Takushoku University in Japan in 1980, Wati joined the Bank of Tokyo, Jakarta. In 1983-85 she studied International Banking in New York, and then returned to BOT. In 1989 she moved to Tokai Lippo Bank as Marketing Officer. She resigned in 1991 to accompany Putu to Dhaka, and has since then been a dedicated housewife and mother.
In Dhaka, she was UNWA Treasurer, and with 10 other expat ladies, she taught art, language, hygiene at a street children’s school in Badda. In 1995 Putu joined ADB, Manila where Wati volunteered with Childhope and other NGOs which help mostly street children, and with a telephone crisis counselling center after finishing a training course. Wati was also in the PTA of International School, Manila; with ADB Spouses Association; with the Museum Volunteers, Philippines, until she came back to Dhaka 3 weeks ago. Her interests are reading, travelling, playing tennis, golf, bridge and trying new recipes.

Shirley Randell (Australia) is Project Implementation Specialist for the UNDP/Ministry of Women and Children Affairs Capacity Building for Gender Mainstreaming Project. She is a resident of Vanuatu, who has most recently worked on development assistance projects in Vanuatu, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Niue, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka and has also completed small assignments in six African countries and lived a year in the UK during her PhD program. Her interests are in physical fitness, cinema, singing, her four children’s careers in medicine, rowing and Aboriginal art and six grandchildren.

Goodbye to:

Susan Carter (UK) has been in Bangladesh for four and a half years, with her husband David, the British High Commissioner. They have grown up children in UK and she is looking forward to the challenges of being home for a change. Susan has been very active in the community with the Book Club, Asian Study Group, participating in many activities of the Earthwatch Institute, teaching conversational English at the UN offices, and hosting several of our UNWA events during the years. She will be greatly missed by all who had the opportunity of knowing her. As one of our members, Jean Sack, said, “It’s really sad to see Susan Carter leave - graciously involved but not demanding of others. We will be hoping for newcomers with such concern for the community and the country.”