Loving and Serving the Community
Global Health Corps is a leadership and professional development fellowship program for emerging global health leaders. It works to improve the lives of people in communities by ensuring social justice and health equity for all. ACODEV-Uganda, my placement organization, works to improve the lives of people in the community, especially the hard to reach […]
Find It. Share It. Solve It.
In my first 6 months of the Global Health Corp Fellowship, while placed with Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I have gotten immersed in programs about the eradication of HIV/AIDS. I am now working closely with a group of young people, known as Ariel Ambassadors, and it’s a great honor to understand what it means […]
No Problem Exists in a Vacuum
A colleague made a fascinating comment during a meeting the other day. Deep in my post-Taco Thursday food coma, I did not process his words until long after. “Under staffing is protective in one sense: [they] do not have the resources to pay everyone if the facility was fully staffed.” This blew me away (once […]
ABC, ART, and HIV
Unlike many developing nations struggling with a high burden of HIV, Uganda is failing to reduce its prevalence. Despite over 750 million dollars in aid money each year from the United States government, which focuses largely on infectious disease, the spread of HIV continues to plague vulnerable communities throughout the country. The virus truly does […]
The Journey to Genuine Social Justice
My vision is to see myself in a place where I am able to make an impact on more people’s lives. Let’s all aim at being in a position where we are able to freely express ourselves and see ourselves really taking part in what we are supposed to be doing! Never be a “ghost” […]
GHC Celebrates World Human Rights Day!
GHC Celebrates World Human Rights Day from Global Health Corps
Conversation and Networking: My New Treasured Friends
My first two months as a GHC fellow have been an exceptional experience. While at training at Yale University, I realized how important it was to make conversation and create networks. This experience was rather overwhelming and challenging but later I found it quite stimulating. Such networks and conversations initially appeared like preparing for a […]
Some women are still under siege
Growing up in a rural part of the country for my childhood, I had a chance to witness what seems normal in most of our rural communities but has continuously left a trail of despair among women out there. Negotiating sex is not their right. In fact, girls, as a way of preparing them to […]
She falls down, but she gets up.
Have you ever heard the song “We fall down, but we get up” by Donnie McClurkin? Maybe not, but if you were born before the 90’s or have a taste for rhythm and blues, then I am sure you have heard “I will get there” by Boyz II Men. These two songs came alive for […]
Finding The Balance
Before coming to Uganda, I had a very clear vision of what my life would be like living in a rural community. This included becoming close friends with all of my neighbors and holding lengthy conversations in Luganda (the local language) while learning to cook Matooke and groundnut sauce (the region’s staple dish). I would […]