Our Team

President / Director

Mr. Mariano Descalzi (USA)
President LCI Language Centers
CEO, Free Thinkers of the World

Director / International Coordinator

Mr. Shadi Barazi
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Director, New World Karate-Do Association
International Coach

Team Europe

Mr. Imad Zein Abedin
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering
Many years of experience in refugee camps operation
Business and construction
Sports management
Coaching and International competition

Ms. Effie Panagopoulou
Bachelor Degree in chemistry. A former police instructor of self-defense and more than ten years of experience in training people with special needs.

Mr. Ibrahim Al-Hussein
Athlete Ambassador-Coach
Paralympian
Champion swimmer
Professional wheelchair basketball player
Athlete/Coach/Motivator

Team Japan

Sho Saito
CEO Electric Wheelchair Company.
Shinya Takahashi
Engineer at Sho Saito’s Wheelchair Company
Mariko Iino
Arabic Interpreter, Journalist, Former producer of Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
Produced a documentary “Refugee Heroes: The Road to Tokyo” describing Ibrahim’s story.
Junko Utsumi
Part-time lecturer at University. Program Manager to Syria Projects, Sub-manager to Middle East Region at Peace Winds Japan.
Takayoshi Ishihara
Professional Soccer coach and supervisor, Corporate training Instructor
Ken Imaya
Founder and CEO BLUETAG Inc.
Daisuke Hashimoto
CEO Co-innovation Laboratory (Sports for people with disabilities)
Hiroki Kano
Works at trading company in sales. Coordinator of this Japan Team

Advisors and Volunteers

Dr. Mahmoud Barazi (USA)
Doctor in Medicine, Nephrology
Syrian Advocate

Dr. Azad Hamoto (Germany)
PHD Archeology, Germany, author, lecturer
History in sport competition

Mr. Joshua Hime (Japan)
Universal Studio, Osaka
Performer

Mr. Alan Mitten (London England)
Retired squash coach
Spent years in the Middle East