A Toast to the Twenty-First Century Leaders
Leadership is a widely written and studied concept that I still struggle to define and explain exhaustively. The concept of leadership has evolved and is still evolving. I recall an era when leaders were defined primarily by outward traits. People were inevitably ushered into leadership roles if they portrayed traits of courage, intelligence, confidence, innovation […]
Beginning of a New Story
I served this year as a guidance and counseling officer for a Christian organization that looked after orphaned and vulnerable children. Serving in that role gave me an opportunity to see firsthand the deep hurt and devastation that fatherlessness brings to a child’s life. I had the greatest chance and opportunity to read and hear […]
Training Institute 2014 – The Power of Collective Impact
At Global Health Corps, we know that the scope and complexity of global health challenges means we need to engage talented people across boundaries, borders, skill sets, organizations, industries, and perspectives to effect social change. As our sixth annual Training Institute ends and our 128 new fellows head off to their respective placement organizations for […]
Diversity: A Blessing or Curse?
A number of reasons may be given to explain why people differ in opinions, ideologies, attitudes or behaviors. It seems natural that people’s attitudes at one point or the other will always be different. This may be due to varied reasons such as different backgrounds in which different people are brought up, different personalities or […]
Measuring the Moments
We speak so often of metrics, key performance indicators, and monitoring improvement, but I continue to search for ways to conceptualize and measure progress. How does one capture those moments that add up to results that are certainly desired though not quantifiable, such as momentum and collaboration? How does one know if attitudes are changing, […]
The wolf, the horse, the frog and the whale
How do you fit a frog, a humpback whale, a wolf, and a horse in a last floor apartment of Harlem, New York City? This is not a funny riddle (I guess it could be), but the actual question that we just formulated in our living room, after conducting a very intense discussion on totem […]
A Dream Becomes a Reality
Under the mango tree they used to gather to find health solutions. These were HIV/AIDS affected and infected women of Lukojjo in Nama sub county Mukono district in Uganda. These peasants then came up with a community based organization called Mpoma Community HIV/AIDS initiative in the year 1999. The main aim of the organization was […]
The Coffin Road
They say “words create and words destroy.” What was just a name then, has turned into a reality that has manifested itself by being the first place that people think of when the death calls one of us. We destroyed a long-held fear of death by creating acceptance that death is a hopeless situation that […]
Ideal Interventions – A Self reflection
A well functioning health care system encompasses a wide range of factors with a balance between prevention strategies and treatment. However, it is not clear at what point the two balance in the right measure. I have been involved in a demand generation campaign for improving treatment practice in the management of diarrhea. As a […]
Out of Bounds
GHC has been an amazing experience, both professionally and personally, although not free of challenges. Prior to moving to Zambia, I had never been to Africa, let alone spent a whole lot of time outside of America, so getting used to how things are done here took a while. As I do not own a […]