These pictures are highlights of the once in a lifetime reunion held July 28th - 31st  2007 in Columbus, Ohio.

Former CIP participants from 1970 - 2007  were in attendance.  The attendees included 41 former participants living oversees and 19 former participants now living in the United States.

They represented over 40 countries and 5 continents.

A wonderful time was had by all.

 
 
 

All former participants in attendance along with Ruth Schildhouse, Executive Director of The Columbus International Program from 1971-1999.

            Former Participants and friends enjoy the community picnic which was one of the highlights of the reunion.

        Another highlight included the role call of nations after everyone enjoyed a wonderful lunch.

Everyone enjoyed looking at the scrapbooks on display during the picnic which brought back many memories.

Participants from 1971 -Masamichi Sakamoto (Japan), Klara Zugelder (Germany) and Gerhard Schmidt(Germany)

Participants from 1972- Eloa Araujo (Brazil), Kari Sjoholm (Finland), Majid Saheli (Iran), Kurt Kletzer (Austria), Christine Lenz(Germany)

Participants from 1974 - Derek Thomas (South Africa), Sunwha Moon (Korea)

1975 Participant - Nilda Madrid Chandler (Peru)

1976 Participant - Jan-Ake Dinesson (Sweden)

1977 Participant - Mubeccel Turker Caner (Turkey)

1979 Participant - Jan Igefjord (Sweden)

1980 Participant - Norma Howe (Jamaica)

More 1980 participants - Abdus Samad and wife Monowara seated on the left (Bangladesh)

Participants from 1985- Tito Amao (Peru), Raquel Calma Cajudo (Phillippines), Anita Aburto Blandieres(Mexico)

Participants from 1986 - Cristina Miletich (Peru) and Yiqun Jiang (China)

1987 Participant - Evelyn Gourzong (Costa Rica)

1988 Participant - Lily Shen Wagoner (China) and her five year old daughter Rachael

Participants from 1989 - Yan Xu King (China), Jennifer Watson (Barbados), YiQin Chen Sun(China), Pat Narainsamy (South Africa), Victoria Moore (Sierra Leone), Carmen Ferrua (Peru)

Participants from 1990 - Raimunda Teles (Brazil), Meselu Kebede (Ethiopia), Huda Sallam(West Bank)

Participants from 1991- Maria Banfalvy (Hungary), Mario Ramos (Brazil), 1992 participants also in attendance but not in photos were German Ardila (Columbia) and wife Adriana and Giles Noel(France) and wife Catherine

1993 Participant - Delia Angeles Woodward (Peru)

Participants from 1994- Cristian Petrescu (Romania)

Participants from 1995 - Maria Stenchlakova (Slovakia), Francois Dakri (Ivory Coast), Marcel Monoreanu (Romania)

1997 Participant - Lora Tokhsirova Swayne (Kazakhstan), Milan Moncol (Slovakia) attended but was not in photo

 

            Participants from 1998 - Marcia Cirigliano (Brazil), Angie Ayala (Mexico)

Participants from 1999 - Betty Zarate(Peru), Kenneth Sealey (Tobago)

2000 Participant - Igor Kochergin (Russia), also in attendance from 2001 but not in photograph were Luminita Burtic (Romania) and Frida Muabe (Cameroon)

2003 Participants - Michael Hermann (Germany) and Sabine Lampe (Germany)

Participants from 2000 and 2004 - Miriam Munsel Roberts (Germany), Beverly Joseph Kinney (Tobago)

 

 

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