Tracy Kobukindo | Global Health Corps

Tracy Kobukindo

Tracy

Co-fellow

Kaila

Kaila Clarke

Placement Country: Uganda
Title: Health Coordinator
If change is to occur, it will be sustained by the communities and will benefit the communities. This is the reason, for all programming. Communities make make countries and countries make continents. Change that begins at community level can potentially, spill over to the rest of the world.

Tracy Kobukindo was born and raised in Uganda. She speaks four languages: German, English, Luganda and Lugwere. In 2010, Tracy was appointed Ambassador of Uganda to Germany for the Salem Africa Day Celebrations. She has also worked with the German-based non-profit organizations, Tukolere Wamu and Salem Uganda Limited. Tracy holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from International Health Sciences University and is currently completing her Master of Public Health from the same university. She completed her nursing internship at Mulago, Uganda’s biggest National Referral Hospital, and held a research supervisory role with the organization International Development Consultants in 2013. Tracy has volunteered with Angels Care School and Orphanage as the Program Coordinator since 2011. She also founded the regionally acclaimed social entrepreneurial venture, “Bottle Project,” which empowers the youth in her community and country. Tracy’s work on this project received national and regional acclaim just three years after it began. Before joining GHC, Tracy was the Program Coordinator at Girl Child Network Uganda. Her main areas of interest in the health sector are community health, child health, education and poverty alleviation.