Chelsea Ducharme | Global Health Corps

Chelsea Ducharme

Chelsea

Co-fellow

Peter

Peter Wampaalu Balyawula

Placement Country: Uganda
Title: Fundraising Manager
The notion of a global community is important to me because I believe we are all innately interconnected and responsible for the wellbeing of each other; we are one world.

Before joining GHC, Chelsea was a member of the Strategic Analysis & Partnerships team in the Washington, DC offices of FHI 360, an international development NGO focusing on sustainable, integrated approaches to improving lives around the world. There, she developed organizational partnerships and supported country strategic planning activities. Pursuing her interest in infectious and neglected tropical diseases, Chelsea earned both an Bachelor of Science in Biology and MPH in Global Health at The George Washington University. She has lived in Belgium, Martinique and Dominica, where she supported the development of a pilot surveillance system for emerging infectious diseases in the Caribbean. Previously, Chelsea interned on the US Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation Public Affairs team, worked for an AmeriCorps teaching program, and volunteered for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) online hotline. As a US-Canadian dual citizen, she grew up not far from the border in Essex Junction, Vermont, and loves cooking, traveling, and being outdoors.