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Author: Jean Michel Maniragaba

Jean Michel is from Kigali, Rwanda. He completed his undergraduate studies at Nihon University, College of Engineering, majoring in Architecture. After he returned to his hometown, he first worked at the newly established Embassy of Japan in Rwanda, helping to draft contracts with Rwandan firms and other daily tasks. A year later, he joined the architecture field, where he worked at Workforce Development Authority (WDA) as the Physical Planning and Design Specialist, mainly designing for public technical secondary schools and vocational centers. His major contribution to the team has been environmental sustainability awareness in the design process. The beautiful Butaro Hospital designed by MASS Design Group together with the impact the hospital has on the local populations, was his major motivation to join GHC.

Thank you for a “co-fellow”

I hereby want to share yet another reason why GHC will always succeed: sending us out by twos! Of course, the point is not just having a “co-fellow,” but rather, what kind of co-fellow we have, we are. Better yet, “what made us GHC’s”. I, personally, haven’t had many occasions to gather with all the […]

Lesson I learned from the community!

So, I always thought of my fellowship with MASS Design Group as a means for me to fulfill my desire to contribute to Global Health, because… well, we build hospitals! And who doesn’t see how hospitals contribute to the well being of communities, especially in countries like Rwanda? However, this one morning, while I was […]

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