A Lesson From a 90 Year-Old Veteran of Normandy

“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 […]

When Serving Others is Service to Self

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 […]