BACKGROUND

I grew up in a family of ten members in Eastern Uganda were my dad was a primary school teacher who retired in 2015 and my mother is a peasant. I studied my primary in a government school where I got a first grade. Because of this, I was given a half bursary to study lower secondary and later another half bursary after getting a first grade for my upper secondary. I failed to join university for medicine on the government merit and was given this coarse on private. Despite being the fourth born, I am the only person who has reached a university level education in my family. My three elder siblings dropped out of school and married while my three of my younger siblings are still in school.

Through learning first aid during my scouting training where I could at least save some lives with little medical knowledge, I was motivated to study medicine so that I can expand knowledge in medicine and save more people with different medical conditions. The other inspirational reason is the fact that most people who visit a government hospital in Uganda rarely have a chance to be seen by a doctor in a rural setting. I was challenged to study medicine and impact change in these rural areas. My dream job is working in a self founded hospital in a rural setting with team based care to keep the population in good health. It should be organized and purposeful where all staff must be moving towards a common goal. The hospital should also have good diagnostic and treatment equipment to effectively diagnose and treat people at affordable prices to reduce expenses on their medical care.

INTERESTS

I like playing with children, teaching my community about good health practices and swimming.