“I shouldn’t tell you this, but I don’t even know who our safety captain is,” I told a GHC staff member over the phone as I “sheltered in place” in my boyfriend’s room in Cambridge, MA last Friday. At our initial orientation at Yale, we were grouped by our placement countries to discuss emergency plans and identify safety captains. Fellows based in Africa diligently discussed contingency plans for civil strife, riots, and natural disasters, already planning where they would hide $100 USD in a safe place should evacuation be necessary. In the US group, I wasn’t the only one checking my phone under the table, feeling like I didn’t have much to worry about it.

Continue reading:

What to expect when you’re not expecting: Reflections from Boston

I used the title phrase because this is what my co-fellow kept saying when we both got sick and were moved between two hospitals for treatment. After reflecting on my experiences, I believe this now too. To have an impact and fully realize why you are in the global health equity movement, it takes some tough personal experiences sometimes to help one gain that constant drive towards social justice and health service equality in all communities of the world. A few months ago, in wee hours of the night – I witnessed my cousin lose her new born baby due to suffocation in her womb at a small public hospital under simple circumstances that could have been prevented. I was about to lose her too from accumulated air in her stomach if not for the arrival of a second nurse, just in time

Originally posted here: 

This is Why We Do This Work

Link:

Role Reversal

Link to article -

Why Better Health is a Paramount Need in Southern Africa

Original post -

Royal Inspiration

See the original post here:
Global Health Corps Training Global Health Leaders Of The Future

Today, many are inspired to serve in the health and social entrepreneurship sector such as the Global Health Corps. They do so due to various triggers and reasons. They convince themselves they need to serve because of reasons really known to themselves. They decide to go down that road because it is a calling, a necessity, a good thing to do, to explore various scenarios, or for personal gain.

Credit: 

Empathy and Sympathy: Combinatory attributes needed to serve in a social…

Post by: Lauren Marcell I’ll be honest- I didn’t think I had a smidgen of a chance of becoming a Global Health Corps fellow. I had two reactions upon reading the position descriptions and mission statement of GHC. 1) Unprecedented excitement. I knew this was the opportunity I had been looking for, the next step in my career and the chance to actually apply my college education and internship experience into the real world of public health – basically my dream.

Link: 

“Lauren, I will disown you if you don’t apply!”- my 92 year-old…

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 decision for me. As a child who had lost not just one but six members of my family to preventable diseases in rural Western Uganda, joining Global Health Corps would introduce me to a network of young and compassionate leaders who would only approach families such as my own, not as a number but as a community worth fighting for. Through this movement, I have had the opportunity to meet fellows, professionals, leaders, innovators, and most importantly my heroes and heroines, whose wisdom and guidance will be influential in my personal, professional, and future leadership decisions. I once heard that “no great leader has a monopoly on ideas”, and those who ought to lead well must stand on the “shoulders of giants.” In my six months with Global Health Corps and Single Stop USA, I have been able to work with an incredible team that dedicates their lives to serving low-income families and individuals, both on the programmatic and structural levels.

Visit source: 

When Serving Others is Service to Self

‘When I grow up I want to be a lawyer’, one boy said. ‘I want to be a doctor’, another said. One secondary school student cited a beautiful poem titled, ‘You’ve got Gold’ to his  friends, while others sang songs and showcased their acting talents through drama. There were lessons shared about adherence to ART treatment; some kids shared challenges they face in trying to adhere to treatment, while others offered possible solutions. One of the mentors gave a talk on the importance of adhering to treatment and how the kids in various situations/settings can manage to adhere to treatment.  After the lessons I was reminded of how old I am getting when we played sports, and I couldn’t keep up with these kids

Read this article - 

I have a dream

Most of the times we forget the role of African women in global health. I have come to believe that they are the solution we need to avert the rampant problems we are facing. In December, 2004, I was diagnosed with Nephritis, pending surgery at one of the major hospitals in Lilongwe district. I was admitted for the operation. Although it was during exam week in my first semester at college, I was advised to forget about school and focus on recovery.

More here: 

Power of African Mothers

Having grown up in Kampala,  I didn’t know what to expect when I set foot in Mbarara. Being a GHC fellow gave me an opportunity to have a fellowship placement with the organization Millenium Villages Project in Ruhiira. The village Ruhiira is located in western Uganda near the town Mbarara, famously known as “the land of milk and honey.” When someone hears the land of milk and honey, what comes to mind is milk and honey everywhere. At least, that is what I expected.

View original article: 

A Day in the Land of “Milk and Honey”.

Go here to see the original:
Global Health Corps Accepting New Applicants

Read more from the original source:
In Choosing To Act, Global Community Can End ‘Needless Death, Suffering’