Global Health Corps

When I started working with the Monitoring and Evaluation Department at Partner’s In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, I asked myself how M&E can contribute to providing a preferential option for the poor in health care, PIH’s mission. I took time to learn more about M&E and reflect on this question. I found that an easy way… Read More…

Many times I have dreamed of running away, running away to a dream land. When I watched movies I saw people living easy lives, owning things that most people in Malawi dream of having, for instance expensive and recent cars, beautiful apartments, good nutrition, and interesting towns with attractive buildings. When I look at the… Read More…

A supply chain is a network of people and processes that will cater to the end user, whom in my case are patients in resource poor settings. I have procured critical components for aircraft and engine systems, to improving the lead time performance of solar modules for retail & municipal entities. When I arrived to… Read More…

World Water Day is held annually on March 22nd to recognize the importance of water in our world and advocate for the sustainable management of water resources. SALTWASH (Saving lives through water sanitation and hygiene) in Nyaruguru district is a project of Health Poverty Action. We celebrated World Water Day at Raranzige cell, Rusenge sector. The… Read More…

“Imagine if blood spilled by women in childbirth, unpaid labor & violence against them collectively mattered like war.” On May 3rd , ‘Women Under Siege’ retweeted this post written by a woman named Lauren Wolfe; she is a perfect stranger to me, but these 140 characters shook me. Maybe, I thought, we were looking at… Read More…

On the first day of the Quarter Three meeting in Uganda, we (fellows) were asked to dream for a minute and share our dreams beginning with perhaps the most consequential and historical line of all time– I have a dream…by Martin Luther King Jr. We all had and shared big dreams. I am an environmentalist… Read More…

Women constitute the largest population of the world. In other words they are the most important component of every society. In most parts of Malawi especially in rural areas, women are the ones that do most of the work to feed their families. They work in gardens and other critical activities such as raising children… Read More…

“I shouldn’t tell you this, but I don’t even know who our safety captain is,” I told a GHC staff member over the phone as I “sheltered in place” in my boyfriend’s room in Cambridge, MA last Friday. At our initial orientation at Yale, we were grouped by our placement countries to discuss emergency plans and… Read More…

One of the good things that this fellowship did is allow me to leave Buja, the main city of Burundi, to go live and work in a rural zone. From a city boy point of view, all I knew about the rural zones of Burundi was what I use to see while going on a… Read More…

  Today was a beautiful day in Kyangwali.   The morning starts with the usual wake up with a cold (but refreshing) bucket shower and instant coffee as I rush for the car at 7:30 AM. At the office power normally doesn’t go on for a while so we chat about the night (last night… Read More…

It was about 10 AM on a bright Saturday morning when I visited Mr. Hussein’s household in a small village in Eastern Uganda. A father of 21 children, Mr. Hussein is a peasant farmer and one of the 3 productive members of his family – the other being his 2 peasant sons. I am certain… Read More…

It is now somewhat clear that individuals venturing into the social entrepreneurship scope are doing so with a legitimate objective and mission to create a better life for others and to also reduce the social injustice and hardship the helpless, oppressed and discriminated against face  every day. In my time as a GHC fellow so… Read More…

“Where do people earn the Per Capita Income? More than one poor starving soul would like to know. In our countries, numbers live better than people. How many people prosper in times of prosperity? How many people find their lives developed by development?”                        … Read More…

“All I know about Uganda is Idi Amin. Anak, be careful,” my uncle said, a month before I left for the fellowship. What I knew about Uganda before I came was very limited as all the single stories I heard from American media included Joseph Kony, Ebola outbreaks, HIV/AIDS, corruption, and gorillas. After 8 months… Read More…

Remember that one time where I cried hysterically into a microphone in front of the vice president of Uganda and 200 or so additional onlookers? I do. It happened last week. My co-Fellow Latifah’s family was hosting a make-up graduation celebration for her and her brother. In any Ugandan event or official occasion, it is… Read More…

As Global Health Corps fellows we are placed in critical roles at our placement site, which can place a huge burden on the mind and body.  Imagine taking overachieving and compassionate people who have mastered every challenge imaginable (the amount of Phi Beta Kappa recipients, college graduates with Latin letters, multiple degree earners, entrepreneurs, athletes,… Read More…

In modern times, the idea of “community” has increasingly been expanded to include not just the place where one lives, but the web of relationships into which one is embedded. Work, school, voluntary associations, computer networks – all are communities, even though the members live quite far apart. On a humid, Sunday, July afternoon, almost… Read More…

I grew up in New York City where “wait” is a four-letter word. Of all the challenges I faced heading into my fellowship year—the language barrier, missing friends and family, not being able to watch the NFL or my beloved Yankees—I knew one of the biggest was going to be learning to be patient when… Read More…

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What if human beings, just like animals, were to live with no affection, with no rationality? Just like animals, we would not fear the future. Our ability to project ourselves into the future allows us to consider the possibility of success or failure. Not being sure of everything, uncertainty and weakness in our lives push… Read More…

As humans, we have a need to feel assured of certain things in our lives. For example, the need to feel that someone cares, the need to feel that we are loved, and the need to be encouraged by someone.  Sometimes we even feel the need to be told we are wrong or right. For… Read More…

I used the title phrase because this is what my co-fellow kept saying when we both got sick and were moved between two hospitals for treatment. After reflecting on my experiences, I believe this now too. To have an impact and fully realize why you are in the global health equity movement, it takes some… Read More…

My title at my GHC placement is the ‘policy assistant.’ I applied to this position because I wanted to see what it would be like to affect change for a large number of people through policy changes, instead of having a smaller, though no less important, reach through on the ground community work. I really… Read More…

Health Poverty Action principally works in Nyaruguru district, a remote and hard-to-reach region of Rwanda much in need of social services and improved infrastructures. In this short video, I present Kibeho, a small town in Nyaruguru district with a fascinating history of war and religion and a promising future.    

Uganda is home to over 10,000 registered NGO’s according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There seems to be an NGO or CBO to cover every imaginable niche in healthcare, and deciding what area to put your energy into is a bit overwhelming. Fortunately GHC tends to nudge us in the right direction, offering opportunities… Read More…

Earlier in the year, some of my colleagues and I began taking an online course on statistical analysis and epidemiology from edX. edX is an online learning platform that provides a plethora of courses from universities throughout the world on various topics, ranging from public health to computer science. I started the course, eager to… Read More…

Imagine knowing a possible solution to some great challenge that you feel is so easy to implement. Would you keep that knowledge to yourself? We all have our passions in global health, and we all know that solutions are in grasp, if only we can overcome barriers such as lack of resources or poor health… Read More…

We recently had our mid year retreat — 3 fabulous days of intense learning, knowledge sharing, cocktail drinking, networking, team building, perfect still harbor style reflection, discernment and introspection and just general global health leadership goodness. All in all, a perfect public healthy type retreat. The theme of this retreat in particular allowed me to… Read More…

A friend recently sent me an article announcing the new field of impact evaluation for development. Five minutes later, another email pops up in my inbox: Evaluation is a top trend for 2013. Every week there are new magazine series, global conferences, books, and nonprofits devoted to measuring impact. Evaluation it is. As a Monitoring… Read More…

Many people in Southern Africa rely on the talents and skills they have learned over the years from their parents and grandparents to thrive and provide a livelihood for themselves and their families. Although having these skills is considered a norm in our African communities, very few people comprehend that such skill-sets are a beneficial necessity for… Read More…

Join us next weekend for a Google+ hangout! Get the inside scoop directly from current fellows on the fellowship experience, application tips and more. Submit your questions now via Twitter @ghcorps using #GHChangout or email info@ghcorps.org with subject line: GHC Hangout! Date and Time TBD.      

One of the things that first attracted me to the Global Health Corps was its partner model in which each fellow is placed with a partner fellow serving in the same organization, creating a fellowship team composed of one international fellow and one in-country fellow. As an American going to work in Malawi, I initially… Read More…

This fellowship is as much about learning as it is about making an impact. For those of us struggling with the prospect of walking away from our year making less of an impact or having fewer deliverables than we expected, it is important to keep in mind those immense lessons we are learning. Even if… Read More…

When I was a little kid, I never imagined that someone other than a person who has been trained in medicine can help patients. I grew up thinking that only doctors were entirely responsible for making sure that patients are taken care of. As time passed I came to realize that I was totally wrong… Read More…

I was four years old and late as usual for my ballet class, hurrying down the steps of the Harbor Club, where the most affluent people of London would meet for their day’s exercise and post-workout cocktails. As I rushed down the steps, I saw before me a beautiful face I would recognize anywhere. Princess… Read More…

Part of integrating into a community is learning the language. Living in the central district of Uganda, Luganda is the local language. A big part of my time is spent working on health outreaches in the more neglected villages, and knowing some Luganda is essential to communicating with our clients. One afternoon, I was practicing… Read More…

   “The more they are suffering, then, the more natural their sufferings appear. Who wants to prevent the fishes in the sea from getting wet? It is terrible that human beings so easily put up with existing conditions, not only with the sufferings of strangers but also with their own. All those who have thought… Read More…

“Stay safe out there! I hear Mother Nature put you guys in the freezer.” I chuckled at my friend’s humor. I couldn’t think of a more spot-on description. I’m trapped in the house because of the much talked about “Boston blizzard.” It’s almost midnight, but outside everything looked eerily bright, illuminated by white, powdery dust… Read More…

When my colleague, whom I will identify as Mr. Phiri, comes into my office, people know it. He dresses better than everyone, he’s incredibly enthusiastic and dedicated to his job, and seems like he is always in three places at once.  He gets things done, and he is highly respected for his intense work ethic…. Read More…

As part of our job at Public Health Solutions, Caitlin and I have the chance to travel around the five boroughs of New York City. This way, we get to know the most different and picturesque neighborhoods, from Chinese/Korean Flushing to South American Corona, from Polish Ridgewood to Russian Coney Island, and from Orthodox Jewish… Read More…

I was thinking of what ode to infectious diseases and health I could write this time around. Instead, I’m going to write about my friend Tina*. I met Tina one evening while working at the Mulago Hospital site of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI). She worked one of the evening cleaning shift. Whenever I saw… Read More…

If I was to ask any one of my colleagues in the states what their priorities are first thing in the morning when they arrive to the office, I can almost guarantee that most Americans, myself included, will answer: “Coffee!!!!!” Or perhaps the extra exclamation marks come from my frightening addiction to the old cup… Read More…

My co-fellow and I work with homeless youth that come through the doors of Covenant House, New Jersey. My main duty is to help these disadvantaged youth access healthcare. So when they first come to Covenant house, as a counselor, my objective is to build a trusting relationship in order for me to be able… Read More…

Nick Kristof recently wrote an article titled ‘Is Delhi so different from Steubenville’, which highlighted the parallelism between the recent horrific rape cases in India and the inaction of the American federal government to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). When I first read this article, I thought it was a bit extreme to… Read More…

“Do men in your country hurt women too?” a survivor of domestic violence turned to me and asked. As we exchanged long gaze, a sword of sadness pierced my heart. The short answer was yes. The long answer requires more than one blog entry, but I will try. The pain in a survivor’s eyes looks… Read More…

I’m able to do the work that I do because I can usually separate what is possible for me to do from what is not possible. Remembering the serenity prayer is useful, “Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things I can; And, the wisdom… Read More…

In my work as Communications and Documentations fellow, it is my job to tell ACODEV’s story and the stories of the people we serve and empower. I observe, take notes and pictures, quite often asking questions and expecting answers.   Recently, however, after distributing scholastic materials to children orphaned by AIDS in three remote villages in… Read More…

The first months of my placement at Children’s Health Fund and the South Bronx Health Center were happily hectic. I launched into a busy schedule of group care at the clinic while familiarizing myself with the organization’s national initiatives. There was even a little glamour thrown in when my co-fellow and I got to participate… Read More…

“We used to hide in holes dug up by warthogs and porcupines to escape from Amin’s bombings and his marauding soldiers,” recounts my grandmother of the tragic days of Idi Amin’s regime in Uganda from 1971-1979. As a young man who came of age in the years following the aftermath of Idi Amin’s dictatorship in… Read More…

Working in a rural part of Uganda, its pretty common to come across traditional healers. I’ve seen their signs on the road, heard their stories, but I never thought I would be one of their patients. My second week in Uganda, I felt like I was getting the hang of things. One evening, I was… Read More…

On an average week I spend eight to ten hours on a bus, commuting between work sites and into the capital city of Kigali. To be honest, I use to dread these bus rides—cramped, sweaty, four or five to a seat, bumping up and down on dirt roads for hours. The other day though, as… Read More…

I live in the small town of Kasese, nearly 300km west of Kampala, not far from the Congo border. The Lonely Planet Guide describes Kasese as a “hot, dusty, and rundown” town. A town to be forgotten, merely a by-way to the beautiful Queen Elizabeth National Park and Rwenzori Mountains. But after living here, I would… Read More…

Today is 2.13.13, which is a special day to me.  It’s Terry Garces Day.  Who or what might that be, you ask?  Well, she is someone very special to me, and it’s her birthday today! This has been one of the most amazing years of my life, living and working in Malawi towards my desired… Read More…

Despite what my family and friends back home might gather from email updates chronicling ‘adventures’ in the field, photos of adorable babies, and tales of baboons or elephants along the roadside, every aspect of public health field work isn’t glamorous, exciting, or inspirational. There are most certainly moments of great frustration, pain, anger, and the… Read More…

FELLOWSHIP (Noun) Friendly association, esp. with people who share one’s interests. A group of people meeting to pursue a shared interest or aim. One of the unique aspects of the GHC fellowship is the co-fellow relationship model. Unlike most fellowships where you go through it alone, GHC adheres to the purest definition of the word… Read More…

I’m supposed to tell you that I’m changing the world. I’m supposed to tell you that I wake up every morning excited to contribute to the movement for global health equity and fall into bed every night exhausted from a deeply psychically satisfying day of doing so. But I’m not going to tell you those… Read More…

One of the reasons that motivated me to apply for the GHC fellowship was the opportunity to serve needy communities, especially the marginalized and underserved. I had realized that the old adage, “it’s better to give than to receive,” is true after all. Everybody, rich and poor, takes from society, and volunteering is one of… Read More…

Post by Breeanna Lorenzen When I was first applying to global health fellowships, I ran into the e-mail sign off  “In Solidarity.” This confused me. I was working in a hospital in Berkeley, CA and this was a director of an NGO serving an impoverished community in Mali. We had never met and we did… Read More…

A year ago I didn’t expect to live in Rwanda and be working in health care, but there I was.  All this happened after I got a Global Health Corps fellowship to work with MASS Design Group. For the past few months I have been helping them oversee the construction of a doctors’ housing project in the country’s northern… Read More…

Access to health services is a crucial aspect of well-being and a key component of social and economic development. Poor health levels can be detrimental to welfare and development. It is therefore clear that the health sectors will play a key role in poverty eradication and development in Uganda. This is the major reason why… Read More…

I remember I was at a dinner party in New York on New Year’s Eve 2012 when I first heard about Global Health Corps. The dinner was hosted by a friend of mine – let’s call him David – who works in the music industry, and our dinner companions were friends of his at the… Read More…

I read my co-fellow Jonathan’s post a few weeks back and thought to myself, “Dang-it! That was what I meant to say!” (Let’s be serious, I most likely did not say ‘dang-it’, but rather some less kosher version thereof. But it was that sentiment). Jon so perfectly conveyed the theory, ethics and emotions behind what… Read More…

My experiences from the last six months as a Global Health Corps fellow and working at the Children’s Health Fund has been both empowering and inspiring. I moved to the United States to pursue a career in public health after practicing medicine for four years in Nigeria. I felt discontent about the declining access to… Read More…

  “Action.” Ayana opens the big red door to reveal Sori dancing in the background. We burst out laughing. “Cut,” I say through my giggles. Even though we have a lot to do, we always have time for a little fun. Ayana and Sori have carved time out of their busy schedules as community health… Read More…

Today, many are inspired to serve in the health and social entrepreneurship sector such as the Global Health Corps. They do so due to various triggers and reasons. They convince themselves they need to serve because of reasons really known to themselves. They decide to go down that road because it is a calling, a… Read More…

Post by: Lauren Marcell I’ll be honest- I didn’t think I had a smidgen of a chance of becoming a Global Health Corps fellow. I had two reactions upon reading the position descriptions and mission statement of GHC. 1) Unprecedented excitement. I knew this was the opportunity I had been looking for, the next step… Read More…

‘When I grow up I want to be a lawyer’, one boy said. ‘I want to be a doctor’, another said. One secondary school student cited a beautiful poem titled, ‘You’ve got Gold’ to his  friends, while others sang songs and showcased their acting talents through drama. There were lessons shared about adherence to ART… Read More…

Six months ago, I declined a well-paying job offer with a renowned global development agency to become a Global Health Corps Fellow. At the time, I had been through several interviews and reached the conclusion that joining a movement of young professionals who possess a fundamental common belief that “healthcare is a human right” was the right… Read More…

You’ve checked the GHC website for the third time today, despite the resolution you made to yourself to restrain from pressing that looming “refresh button” mocking you in the top left-hand corner of your browser. Your eyes are glossed over and itchy. Surely you must’ve missed something: a necessary requirement you do not possess; the… Read More…

In my position with the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Malawi, I focus on how we can make sure that HIV-exposed infants are quickly and accurately diagnosed and, if necessary, initiated on treatment – a process known as Early Infant Diagnosis (EID). That doesn’t sound too hard, eh? Unfortunately, it’s a very complicated process with… Read More…

The Global Health Corps experience, and life in rural Burundi specifically, has strengthened my personal value of the idea of “community.” An email I received from a friend recently that said “may you be surrounded by much protection while outside the reach of enfolding arms” made me realize just how much. I was happy to… Read More…

  “Imihini mishya itera amabavu” is a saying which informs and affirms individuals undergoing new experiences. It promises that whatever their challenges may be, they are just a step in an induction process, preceding new escalations. Such is a close description of my primary experience when I first sat in a weekly team that reviewed… Read More…

Most of the times we forget the role of African women in global health. I have come to believe that they are the solution we need to avert the rampant problems we are facing. In December, 2004, I was diagnosed with Nephritis, pending surgery at one of the major hospitals in Lilongwe district. I was… Read More…

I’m working for Single Stop USA, an amazing organization that connects low income individuals to public benefits that they are entitled to, but may not know about. I haven’t been working on the ground, but instead on the 5th floor in an office building. I have learned a lot of amazing things so far, but… Read More…

Around this time of year, a number of GHC fellows travel home. Regardless of the destination, it’s likely a few phrases we’ve picked up won’t make much sense to the folks at home. Certainly we now know a few sayings in the local language, but what I find even more fascinating are the English phrases… Read More…

Things will go wrong when you leave your comfort zone and move, let’s say, to Africa. Events will not play out as they do in your favorite documentaries and nonfiction books about strife, development, and inequality. It isn’t always (or even often) smiling mothers with babies, community workshops “in the field”, and picturesque landscapes. There… Read More…

A holiday in Malawi is a time for some families to spend quality time together. Sometimes expecting such holidays turns into a process that involves saving and planning special events, intended to make the day special. Some of the holidays include Christmas, Easter and Mother’s day. I come from a family that has never seen… Read More…

*This is an African proverb, made famous by Chinua Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart.” It describes how if one is ready and prepared, he can join the activities. The definition shows that anyone can make positive changes and become successful. I made this the title of the blog because I felt like a little person in a… Read More…

I sat alone in my basement apartment at 5:00 a.m., ears ringing, the silence jolting and invasive. I had spent the previous eight hours on the overnight outreach van with my new employers, the aptly titled “HIPS,” or Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive, and I felt at once desperately fatigued and fretfully manic. The night was… Read More…

Branding! One of the ways for being identified among all the other organizations providing the same service as you. The way you can be recognized by consumers and create credibility for yourself. For example, Coca-Cola can be recognized by billions of people all over the world. In my country, some people know Coca-Cola before even… Read More…

 My name is Jeffrey, and I am the Pharmaceutical and Logistics Coordinator for Partners in Health’s (PiH) Neno/APZU site in the beautiful country of Malawi – the “warm heart of Africa.” My first 4 months in Neno, Malawi have been a whirlwind.  This blog is an attempt to PAUSE and relive the moments myself with… Read More…

Uganda has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world with 38% of infants under 5 years (2,000.000 children) affected. Malnutrition is the underlying cause of 60% of infant mortalities and 25% of mothers especially in the rural parts of the country. These remarks of the Minister of Agriculture, Professor Zerubaberi Nyiira while officiating… Read More…

During the first couple of weeks of returning to my home country after spending eight years abroad, I realized that I had no idea how to get attention from strangers that I met on the streets. There would be moments where a passerby drops their wallet and I wouldn’t know how to call him/her out… Read More…

Having grown up in Kampala,  I didn’t know what to expect when I set foot in Mbarara. Being a GHC fellow gave me an opportunity to have a fellowship placement with the organization Millenium Villages Project in Ruhiira. The village Ruhiira is located in western Uganda near the town Mbarara, famously known as “the land… Read More…

Born and raised in the urban part of my home country, Malawi, somehow meant living in the dark. I was exposed to urban ways of living, which I would describe as something at least good and fair. Never did I know that a number of people in some settings within Malawi are being deprived of… Read More…

Since my childhood, I have lost people due to health negligence, and even heard stories of how some doctors have left hospitals for greener pastures.  I have seen and heard the doctor patient ratio in our main hospital, not to mention the smaller hospitals. I have seen and heard enough what is happening not only… Read More…

Love is to show affection to someone or something. If only we can show Love to each other, several human lives can be saved. Consider the following examples: In 2000, the Ebola hemorrhagic virus struck the Gulu district in Northern Uganda, killing over 250 out of the 425 infected persons. Most of the medical workers… Read More…

Rwanda is described as the land of a thousand hills.  When I walk in the villages of Southern province of Rwanda, I discover that this is indeed true. As you walk through the villages you see coffee and tea plantations, forests with evergreen trees and fields with different types of crops. In this land of… Read More…

At our recent GHC Quarter 1 retreat, all current GHC fellows, alumni, and staff in Uganda got together for a panel discussion on Uganda’s health system. Mr. Obed Kabanda, the Executive Director of ACODEV, one of GHC’s partner organizations, gave an incredible speech on the status of the health system, how we are failing it,… Read More…

New York is a city of strong passions. At least, this is what I always thought as an Italian, fed by the pieces of American culture that reaches every Italian from the day he or she is born. I have felt surprised, though, when I have experienced that passion in unexpected ways since being in… Read More…

I’m no professional with a camera. Yet a few weeks ago I found myself adjusting the shutter speed of a Nikon D200 as I took a portrait of a girl smiling in front of a well for a professional photography assignment. The setting was Cankuzo, a jaw-droppingly scenic province of Burundi six hours from my… Read More…

Returning from a field visit one day with my co-fellow Adeline, our car was stopped to help with an unexpected situation. A boy had jumped into a nearby lake and could not be found. When we arrived, I asked Adeline why no one was in the water looking and she told me that no one… Read More…

Three months ago, when I started my fellowship, I was surprised that the main language spoken at the IDB is Spanish. It’s as if a little piece of Latin America has been transplanted right into the middle of DC. This was a welcome surprise, since I hadn’t worked in a Spanish-speaking setting since high school… Read More…

Reduce maternal mortality. Improve access to health care for the poor and underserved. Eliminate pediatric AIDS. The problems we work on can be daunting – they are big, messy, and complex. There is no clear way forward, no tried and true recipe for what works. Take for example, the elimination of pediatric AIDS, the mission… Read More…

As I stood in the middle of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, I can’t help but be amazed by it all. There I was, right at the heart of what is known as the “medical mecca” of Massachusetts, staring at the very structures famous the world over for innovations in the field… Read More…

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), every year an estimated 210 millions of people use illicit drugs, with almost 200,000 of them dying annually. Drug abuse and drug trafficking are not only a health threat, but also threaten global stability and socio-economic development across the world. The UNODC leads global… Read More…

As I bid goodbye to the Africa-bound American fellows after our orientation at Yale, I have to admit I felt a tinge of jealousy. I thought of the exciting and challenging experiences they would have in a new country, and questioned my decision to stay in Boston, where I had lived for the past four… Read More…

One of the most interesting things I have come to confirm during my fellowship (either through sifting through literature or attending stakemeetings) is that “animal farm” also exists even in public health. It even makes me read “the rage against the machine” article even more. When one hears the words structural violence, one quickly jumps… Read More…

I never thought I would have to adjust to living in New York City. Having grown up in the tri-state area and spent the last year living in South America, I saw my GHC placement in the city as coming home. What did worry me was that aside from a couple of stints as a… Read More…

Of all the things I thought I would be doing in Rwanda, selling condoms was not one. Through my work with Population Services International (PSI), I’ve been engaged at the forefront of condom marketing and sales across the country. As one of its major initiatives, PSI works to fill a crucial gap in the Rwandan… Read More…