Experience

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  Published author

  • Coromandel Valley

  • Writer and Editor

    • Jun 2009 - Present
    • Coromandel Valley

    My challenge now is how to market my book ''Night Journey' . It's on Amazon hard copy and e-book/Kindle and Ark House Press, but I am looking for opportunities to speak at meetings, churches, community groups etc.I am currently editing the manuscript of an exceptional writer. We have achieved 40,000 words since April 2016. She is Greek, living in England and sending me chapters as she completes the first draft.

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  Night Journeys

  • Adelaide, Australia

  • Author

    • Apr 2005 - Jan 2015
    • Adelaide, Australia

    Raylene Pearce has written and directed plays, authored magazine articles and worked as a 'mission mobilzer' for twelve years.In 1994 she was called out by God to work in Christian media in the Middle East for ten years. During that time she was a guest speaker on four continents. In 2008 she obtained a Degree in Creative Writing at Flinders University, Adelaide. Raylene Pearce now lives with her husband Greg in Coromandel Valley, South Australia. Her book 'Night Journeys' third edition is expected to be available on-line or stores in Sept, 2016.

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  Middle East Media: Magazine

  • Egypt

  • English language Editor.

    • Jun 1999 - Dec 2004
    • Egypt

    I worked with a team of local professional people in the production of the biggest youth magazine in the Middle East. I mentored women colleagues, I was learning the language, I wrote articles for western audiences as well as translated articles for the people of the Middle East particularly women.I saw the transition to digital media through working on web sites. I also mentored the western workers in the wider company.

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  Middle East Media

  • Middle East

  • Personnel Director

    • Jun 1994 - Dec 2004
    • Middle East

    For 10 years I worked with this Christian Media company recruiting people from all over the world to live and work in the volatile Middl East. Once on board my work included their overall care for the duration of their appointment.

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  Interserve Australia

  • Adelaide, Australia

  • State Director

    • May 1983 - Jun 1994
    • Adelaide, Australia

    My work included the overall office work, recruiting of people, facilitating their application and appointment and pastoral care. I was also a public speaker to raise awareness of the needs of the poor in developing countries through Asia to North Africa.

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  Angau Hospital

  • Lae. Papua New Guinea

  • Volunteer over-seer of hospital school 2 days a week.

    • Jan 1981 - Jan 1983
    • Lae. Papua New Guinea

    The hospital refused to employ Australian nurses because of the terrible conditions of the wards. For two years I never saw any disinfectant any proper nursing care. By going twice weekly to over-see the children's ward school and students from Bulae Teachers College it gave me access to the patients.

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  Austral-Asian Womens Association

  • Croydon, South Australia

  • Volunteer teacher of English and culture to Vietnamese refugees

    • Feb 1979 - Jan 1981
    • Croydon, South Australia

    The work involved teaching English and Australian culture to the women of a family of six children. Two children went to school and four young women, altho University trained in Vietnam, worked at Clipsal until their language allowed them to re-train. The father was lonely for friends, so most of the family moved to Randwick in NSW in 1981. Mother wouldn't participate in the programme.

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  Elcho Island Methodist Mission

  • Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

  • Nursing Sister

    • Jan 1967 - Jan 1968
    • Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

    I was the third Nursing Sister in the hospital. There was no doctor. He flew out four times a year from Darwin. The island had 1,000 plus Yolngu. Endemic: Tuberculosis and Leprosy. An amazing experience.

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  Methodist Women's Welfare Dept.

  • Adelaide, Australia

  • Assistant office manager

    • Jan 1960 - Dec 1962
    • Adelaide, Australia

    This was my first job between leaving school and the beginning of Nursing Training. I did all manner of office work as well as promoting the work at events etc.