Rutendo Ngwena
Rutendo Ngwena is a young Zimbabwean woman who is passionate about youth development and building sustainable communities. She is the founder of The Flow initiative Zimbabwe, which is tackling challenges related to sexual reproductive health for young girls and women in Zimbabwe. This initiative provides free education and information on reproductive health issues, creates pathways […]
Zawadi Healthcare Services
Gift Kiti is launching Zawadi Healthcare Services in Kashani, Kenya (near Mombasa) to enhance the quality of life for residents by constructing a borehole that will provide safe and clean water to the local Zawadi Healthcare clinic, while also providing a water source to a town that is currently facing water rationing. Gift aims to […]
Gift Kiti
Gift Kiti, MPH is a public health specialist who currently serves as a Senior Analyst at the Evidence Measurement and Evaluation department of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation in London. Previously, was as a Program Manager and Research Analyst at the Institute of Global Health Sciences at UCSF. She served as the lead coordinator in […]
Safer Hands
Roland Oluwapelumi Ojo is launching Safer Hands in Lagos, Nigeria. Safer Hands is creating a team of medical students to work in communities to train traditional birth attendants to improve pregnancy outcomes. They will also distribute basic sterile delivery kits to aid in hygienic deliveries and reduce maternal and infant mortality rates.
Roland Oluwapelumi Ojo
Ojo Roland Oluwapelumi grew up in Ado-Ekiti,Ekiti state, Nigeria. He is currently a final year Medicine and Surgery Student of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is an active member of the International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA) and a previous executive of the Nigeria Medical Student Association..he leads and volunteers actively in health […]
Global Health Fund
In response to the high incidence of heart disease and death from cardiac arrest in India, Jasmit will work in Bangalore to train community members in CPR, raise awareness about preventive measures, and increase access to AEDs in slow EMS-response zones.
Jasmit Heera
Jasmit is currently a first year medical student at the American University of Antigua, and previously attended the University of Ottawa, where she pursued a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. Additionally, she completed the Canadian Disaster and Humanitarian Response Training Program at McGill University, and in the future she aims to pursue a career in Humanitarian Aid and […]
Michael Gwede
Michael is a Rice University graduate with a degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and is a member of Team Bebevoros, creators of the Babymetrix device. As a first generation African-American, he would often witness health care disparities in the developing worlds while visiting extended family. However, it was only after taking an introductory global […]
Swetha Kotamraju
Swetha Kotamraju is currently a student at Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she is studying biochemistry & cell biology and history. She has always been dedicated to utilizing the resources she has to help others reach their full potential. This commitment and her interest in tropical medicine led her to take the global health […]
Pablo Henning
Pablo Henning was born in Caracas, Venezuela but has been living in Houston, Texas since 2001, and is currently studying bioengineering there at Rice University. Having his origins in a developing country, he has been always conscious of the great difference of life in a developed country versus a developing one. Following his interests in […]
