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Author: Frank Atukunda

Frank was born in the Rukungiri district and grew up in the Kabale district in Uganda. During his Senior Six vacation, he teamed up with other youth to form the Kabale Youth Humanitarian Association, where he worked to mobilize local Kabale youth to reach a greater level of humanitarian awareness and participation in their own communities. Frank went on to complete his undergraduate degree in Information Technology at Makerere University Kampala. While at university, he participated in a civil-servant leadership course under the Compassion International Leadership Development Program, expanding upon his own leadership experience as a founding member of the KYHA. Prior to joining GHC, Frank worked at Ubongosoft Ltd. as an Analyst Programmer.

The Role of the Community in Reducing Vulnerability Among Children

It has been six months now since I started my quality improvement work with URC USAID-ASSIST project Uganda. I joined the project in August 2013 as a Global Health Corps fellow working under the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) program. The USAID –ASSIST OVC program aims to improve the quality of services offered to OVC […]

My First 60 Days

It has been 8 weeks since I started my work with the USAID-ASSIST project here in Uganda. When I entered the gates of this good-looking building with a pool that we never use, I didn’t know what to expect despite all the information I had read about the project. To be honest, 60% of the […]

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