Featured Story
I waited for someone to come to my school and talk about epilepsy, like they did for TB or HIV. That person never came. So I became her.
I have always believed we must acknowledge our differences - not to divide us, but to understand and uplift one another. My name is Nina Mago, and this is my story, raw and real, about living with epilepsy, finding purpose, and creating change through the Purple Bench Initiative.
It sounds absurd, until you understand the brilliance behind it.
Vivian Arinaitwe, a 24-year-old biomedical engineer from Bushenyi, Western Uganda, is reimagining neonatal care for rural communities. Her journey began with her own birth. Her mother was carried on a sand truck to a primary birth attendant,where she born in her amniotic sac, and nearly left behind because no one knew what to do.