Participants
Anders Bruus
Anders is a multi media producer of sorts and has a secret talent of impersonating others. He also has a band in Denmark. Under that wiz kid surface he is a true pop star.
Anna-Maria Mueller
Anna-Maria, or Amy, is a graduate student in peace and conflict studies in Germany. She is a blog, coffee, and chocolate addict. Human rights and her dog share equal space in her heart. Amy also volunteered in a prison for some time.
Beverly Mbu
Beverly, or Bev, is an 18 year old political science student. She has lived on three continents, travelled extensively, hung out with cool people, and eaten a lot of food. This ambitious Catholic girl aspires to become President of Nigeria one day. .
Charlotte Meyers
Charlotte is a whirlwind of crazy ideas and efficiency. This social scientist and activist of sorts has a thing for meetings and organizing. Making cool power point presentations and awsome bulllet point lists are just two of her many talents. Charlotte rocks the world and is all about discussing democracy.
Erick Menezes
Eric Menezes comes from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he studies cinema and works as a freelancer with Canal Futura a Brazilian TV station. Besides being the youngest house member, he is an aspiring writer and hopes to publish his first book before he turns 30. After work, Erick takes off his sneakers and turns the radio on.
Irini Mavroudis
Irini is a Greek Swedish journalist of sorts. She has degrees in political science and journalism, and almost one in film studies. She is a moving image addict and likes to move around her self quite a bit as well. Her sore foot is doing better. It miraculously healed during a four hour hike on Table Mountain. .
John MacFarlane
John has worked as a journalist, a newspaper editor and as an Internet consultant among other things. He has degrees in electrical engineering and journalism. He is pretty fun despite being Canadian, but then he is moving to Australia. That may not help cover up that he is a dork with a fetish for the environment.
Salla Sorri
Salla is currently studying Documentary Film Directing in Finland. She has studied Russian language, communications and folklore (=inherited verbal tradition). SHe is a dream addict and is interested in secrets.
Siyi Zhu
Siyi travelled 30 hours to get here from China. Her undergraduate degree is in bio-engineering, and she will start a masters in Global Leadership soon. This positive Chinese girl has travelled around the world with a global education organization. She also loves food and tasted avocado for the first time here in the Democracy House.
Thembani Mbadlanyana
A 23 years old UCT graduate with two years research experience and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Public Policy. He also has an awsome collection of pastel colored polo shirts and funky black glasses. Don't let his soft spoken appearance fool you, this guy is a jazz tiger inside. .
Varun Mathur
Varun is a film-maker of sorts. He likes to eat kaati and is a champion roti maker. He's been given an edit suite and will hopefully be getting his hands on an hd cam very soon. .
Yudhvir Ranchod
Yudhvir is a native Cape Townian who is finishing his Masters in International Relations. He is keen on getting started with real life and leave university behind. This guy has a thing for the digital divide and claims that technology is not for geeks only. It is rather "the new black".
Yukta Kumar
Yukta is a student of political science at a small town liberal university in the outbacks of the conservative American West. She has energy like no one else. She laughs and the world laughs with her. She also travelled alone through Cambodia, and worked at an orphanage outside Pnohm Penh. . | 
