National University of Rwanda
Faculty of Medicine
Butare,
N/A
Rwanda
30
Email:
herka7@gmail.com
Biographical Sketch:
I am a rwandan citizen and I was born on the 7th of April in 1982 in Butare, a small city in the South of Rwanda. I have done secondary studies in the Minor Seminar of Karubanda (PSVF) in the science option that I finished in 2002 with a secondary school certificate. After my secondary schools I got interested in computers where I have accomplished training in computer basics and in computer and network maintenance. And I have worked as computer trainer for one year and as a maintenance agent for several companies in Butare town.
Since 2004 I entered the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Rwanda and I am actually doing my fourth year. I got also interest in extra curricular activities and have accomplished several activities and combined them with my medical studies with success.
I have worked as a volunteer peer educator for the Medical Students’ Association of Rwanda (MEDSAR) from 2004-2007. I have been involved in the Rwanda Village Concept Project (RVCP) as volunteer peer educator in its Micro Projects of HIV/AIDS Awareness and of Hygiene Promotion from 2005-2006 and in 2006 I was elected the General Secretary of RVCP (www.rwanda-vcp.org). I have also worked as Volunteer Peer Educator of a short term project for HIV/AIDS Fighting initiated by cooperation between MEDSAR and EGP (Edinburgh Global Partners) in schooling and non-schooling youth and in prostitutes living in Butare town. I also work as volunteer eye health educator for the Unite For Sight International – Rwanda Chapter.
I am also highly interested by research activities and I am an active member of the Standing Committee on Research Exchange (SCORE) within MEDSAR in which I have participated in many research activities mainly on Diabetes and HIV/AIDS.
In 2007 I have been elected the General Secretary of MEDSAR and I am also the Division Officer of the New Technology Support Division in MEDSAR for which I worked also as a volunteer in designing its website (www.medsar.org) and I am web editor.
I have so far accomplished an online course on project management and monitoring provided by Global Youth Coalition against AIDS (GYCA) and I am planning to initiate a project aiming at HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness in prostitutes working in Butare City and in the National University students who are likely to visit those prostitutes.
I have been invited and attended the 34th Global Health Council International Conference in Washington, and presented a paper on “Students contribution to sustainable improvement of health conditions in villages of Rwanda”.
I am interested in Global Health leading issues, humanitarian activities and biomedical research and aspire and dream to become a well-known medical practitioner with an excellent career in international health care.