Former Windle Students

Lona’s Story

Lona Kani is one of the displaced women supported by the Trust. She was awarded a degree with distinction, specialising in nutrition, from Ahfad University for Women in Khartoum. She immediately worked as a volunteer on income generating projects for displaced women in Khartoum.

Lona is now employed as a project supervisor for the Irish development organisation, GOAL, working on an emergency feeding project for displaced communities in south Darfur, Western Sudan. Lona supervises work in the feeding centres of four camps, selecting and training staff for supplementary feeding programmes for severely malnourished children and mothers as well as overseeing primary health care activities. With the Trust’s assistance Lona has been able to use her knowledge and leadership skills to directly benefit disadvantaged communities in Sudan.

Anyieth’s Dream

With her degree is law and a postgraduate qualification in Human Rights, Anyieth is overseeing the protection of the many thousands of people returning to Southern Sudan following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. She dreams of the day when hope and peace will return to the whole of Sudan and the people be able to live normal lives. Anyieth is helping this dream to become a reality.

Dr. Clement's Story

Dr Clement passed his Masters in Public Health from the University of Leeds with merit. He went directly to Liberia to work as country medical coordinator for Merlin. His main responsibilities include technical support to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health at local level, especially in primary health services. Merlin currently manages more than forty primary health care facilities and four referral hospitals in the country. Dr Clement hopes to gain experience of working and planning for a sustainable health care delivery system within the context of chronic emergencies. He believes that the lessons he is learning will be applicable in the situation in his own country of Sudan.

He finds the job encouraging because he can apply “all the principles gained from the Masters programme”. He further points out, “The useful skills, knowledge and qualifications obtained from UK institutions adequately meet the challenges posed by modern ideas and technology while at the same time promoting relevant skills for our localities”.

John Bosco's Story

John Bosco worked as a volunteer medical assistant in Ngara Refugee Camp. He has now qualified as a doctor and is preparing to return home to Burundi, a country recovering from decades of internal conflict.

Manasseh's Story

Following his studies in Aberdeen University Manasseh worked as a senior academic in the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Kenya. However as the situation in his own country of Rwanda has settled down he has been able to return home and he is using his skills in the role of a Government Minister to promote Rwanda’s recovery from conflict.

Amdissa's Story

Amdissa’s specialist skills as an expert in distance education are being put to valuable use in advising the Ethiopian Government on the training of teachers.