{"id":8003,"date":"2024-12-06T14:06:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T11:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=8003"},"modified":"2025-06-25T11:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:02:00","slug":"an-international-students-experience-of-a-community-based-approach-to-service-provision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=8003","title":{"rendered":"An international student\u2019s experience of a community-based approach to service provision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0d55a3;\">An international student\u2019s experience of a community-based approach to service provision<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture33-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture33-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture33.jpg 1396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kassim Elmi Ibrahim is a medical student at the University of Waterloo Canada. He shares his experience of serving the less privileged members of the community through an exchange program between Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative and the University of Waterloo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I was a refugee in Kenya and living there I was well versed with the most pressing challenges people in humble backgrounds suffer from. This is the reason I came to ROM to serve people in disadvantaged communities<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe exposure and experience I have acquired from the counselling section to laboratory and community is unlimited and I am determined to apply it at medical school back in Canada,\u201d<\/em> Kassim added.<\/p>\n<p>It is at ROM that Kassim learnt a life lesson\u2026Small or much, any kind of helm matters if it can change a life.<\/p>\n<p>Kassim\u2019s most interesting experience at ROM is the inclusive organization culture that embraces staff from all social classes. <em>\u201cI have been inspired by the love and care exhibited by the Community and TB Treatment Supporters who easily connect with patients thereby reducing HIV related stigma both at the facility and in communities.\u201d<\/em> He added.<\/p>\n<p>The wishful \u00a0medical doctor is set to utilise the knowledge he has acquired at ROM to transform lives of vulnerable people wherever he will serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international student\u2019s experience of a community-based approach to service provision Kassim Elmi Ibrahim is a medical student at the University of Waterloo Canada. He shares his experience of serving the less privileged members of the community through an exchange program between Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative and the University of Waterloo. \u201cI was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-8003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-issues","tag-rom-bulletin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8048,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8003\/revisions\/8048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}