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    Jelena Scharnowski

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    29 September 2025

    Jelena has a BA in Theology (Freiburg) and an M.Th. in Missiology (UNISA). She has been Head of Communications at the Christian NGO Tearfund Germany  in Berlin since 2020. Jelena lives in her favourite city Bochum, Germany.  

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