GHC Welcomes Its Fifth Class of Fellows!
Today, we officially launched the fifth class of Global Health Corps Fellows at our 2013 Training Institute at Yale University! We’re so excited to welcome this global cohort of emerging leaders and celebrate a major milestone in Global Health Corps’ growth as an organization. Since 2009, Global Health Corps has grown over 450% and placed […]
Eye Opener !
One of my red-letter and eye opening experiences, I encountered during my participation on a Financial Supervision mission with the district’s supervision team at a health center I’ll not mention. On the district’s Pilotage Committee’s recommendation this visit was organized and carried out unannounced due to high suspicion of public fund’s misuse. On arrival the […]
Close to the end, closer to the beginning…
Somehow when I wasn’t paying attention, we have reached the last quarter of our fellowship. And as with any chapter coming to a close in the near future, the little bug called ‘anxiety’ come buzzing in our ear… the ‘NOW WHAT?!?!?’ factor comes creeping in. It’s easy to get caught up in the ‘what next?’ […]
Charity Begins at Home
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines community as “an interacting population of various kinds of individuals in a common location.” I came to appreciate this more when my local placement organization moved offices in October 2012 and became a part of a small and beautiful community of upper Naguru in Kampala. The size of about 4 hectares, […]
Simple Hope
A one and a half hour trip going on four hours Time is ticking Reports are due, proposals to send, meeting delayed Onlookers gaze at the muzungo as she waits for her driver by the road She’s out of place, no other foreigners here Alas, picked up by her friendly chauffeur with a warm smile […]
‘Lest You Forget Why’
One day, my 4 year old nephew asked my sister, ‘why did they call you Stella?’, she replied, ‘I guess because it’s a beautiful name, why did they call you Timothy?’ She asked him in return. In his response, Timothy said, ‘ I don’t know why, but I wish they gave me a different name; […]
Reflecting in Appreciation…
Reflection has made me appreciate my long walks home better than ever before. I go through my day-to-day work schedule in a maze of activities- sometimes the days are quiet, sometimes the days are busy and exciting and yes, some days can pretty be annoying! I know that I am supposed to contribute to improvement of […]
The Sounds of (not)Silence
It’s a few days ago and I awake suddenly from a horrifying dream involving screeching baboons fighting each other in the dense forest. It is 5:34am on a Saturday. I am meant to be sleeping in after a long week spent traveling in the field. As I lie there wide awake contemplating how it came […]