Rationale

A very happy (belated) birthday to Rationale scholar Piloya Emily! Sunday she celebrated a special birthday along with a great surprise: two jobs! Emily has been hired by the Ministry of Health at a government health facility and, in the month leading to that placement, will work assisting at a pharmacy here in Gulu. Congratulations to Emily and happy birthday!

Thanks to everyone who made it to Rationale End of the Year Fundraising Dinner last night! It was a great success and we had a wonderful evening sharing our latest work with a group of people we are honored to call friends and supporters. Keep a look out for a full update coming soon but for now, our sincerest thanks for your ongoing support for education and research in northern Uganda!

Leading up to our end of the year fundraising event at Ethiopian Diamond in just 9 short days, we'd like to spotlight all of the amazing board members who make Rationale what it is from behind the scenes. And what better person to start with than Aatifa Sadiq, whose birthday is today!

Aatifa currently serves as a program officer for East and Southern Africa at International Medical Corps in Washington, DC, managing a program portfolio for Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan for health interventions and emergency response programming. Prior to her experience, she worked as a program coordinator at Zakat Foundation of America for Africa and Asia and served as a program intern at the International Organization for Adolescence (IOFA). She holds a bachelors in International Studies from DePaul University and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Chicago.

Join us in wishing a very happy birthday to Aatifa!