It is graduation season for our WMF Scholars in East African nations! Mayom Mabuong Marek of South Sudan graduated from the Ugandan Christian University with his degree in Community Health this week! Mayom poetically reflects, “The first storm has ended, the sea was so rough but the Boat [Mayom Mabuong] and Sailors [Wells Mountain Foundation, […]
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University Mentorship in South Sudan
Samuel Dumba (center), a 2012 WMF Scholar from South Sudan has already begun passing the gift of education forward by assisting with the graduation ceremony for Kajo Keji Student Association graduates at the University of Bahrel Ghazal. The Kajo Keji student group works to create strong bonds between first year students and continuing students and […]
South Sudanese Scholar Nears Graduation!
Mayom Mabuong Marek will be a graduate of the Uganda Christian University with a degree in Community Health this October! Mayom is from South Sudan and travels to Uganda for his studies. This past week he has been doing practical field work with the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment. Mayom is a natural born […]
One Month Volunteer Teacher in South Sudan
Leju Benjamin Modi is a WMF Scholar from South Sudan studying Medicine and Surgery in Kenya. He recently spent his February vacation volunteering as a teacher to students of the Jalimo Secondary School in Kajo-Keji Country, Center Equatoria State – Juba. The Head Teacher praised Leju for improving the science department and the students’ attitudes towards […]
Mayom Mabuong Marek: South Sudan
Mayom Mabuong Marek is a 2011 South Sudanese WMF Scholar studying in Uganda. Mayom studies Community Health at the Uganda Christian University. Mayom is preparing to graduate in November 2014. He passionately reports on his three months community service project in his home community in South Sudan. Mayom Mabuong Marek works within his office space […]
Teaching in Gendrassa Refugee Camps
Abe Manasi Lori, a 2013 WMF Scholar studying Medicine at the University of Juba in South Sudan recently taught a basic education course to mothers living in the Gendrassa Refugee Camps on Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF). Abe joined the International Medical Corps to perform these classes. The training focused on childhood malnutrition and the […]
