Rationale's 2016 in Review

(L-R): Founder/Director Matthew, Scholar Piloya Emily, Scholar Aryemo Janet Hope, Scholar Endriko Bosco, and Mentor Okello Lwanga.

Rationale has a lot to be thankful for in 2016. After another successful end-of-year fundraising dinner at Ethiopian Diamond earlier this month, we're feeling especially grateful as we look back on all that has happened in the last twelve months. Every year we offer a year in review, and this year is no exception.

This year, we...
 

• Launched our brand new website with detailed bios of staff, students, and board members, full descriptions of our programs, and more! Be sure to check it out here if you haven't already.
• Supported two new students as they entered their first year of study. Aryemo Janet Hope joined university at the end of last year and transitioned into the second year of her studies in Science Education. Endriko Bosco completed his first year of S5 (second to last year of secondary school) and passed his final exams just last week. He will begin S6, his final year of secondary school, in February.
• Watched as Aciro Gloria, one of our very first students, excelled at her first post-graduation full-time position as a nurse. Rationale will continue to collaborate with Gloria as she decides on the next step of her educational career.
• Supported Piloya Emily during the second year of her diploma in midwifery program. Emily is doing extraordinarily well and will begin the final year of her program in early 2017.
• Acquired four laptops to be used by our advanced university students as they enter the research phase of their programs. These laptops were generously donated by HealthScape Advisors and Piloya Emily is already benefiting from having access to one as she completes her final thesis.
• Continued to build cross-student support networks to encourage peer mentorship.
• Set the foundation for next year's collaborative research projects.

Next year we will continue to support our four scholars as well as launch our first collaborative research projects with Ugandan youth. Our founder and director, Matthew, will also be based in Uganda beginning in mid-2017, opening up new possibilities for seeing long-term collaborations come to fruition in new and exciting ways!

Your support has meant the world to us. Will you consider contributing to our 2017 fund as part of your year-end giving?

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