Meet a few of the amazing interns we have working in Uganda right now!
Corrinne Sanger is from Wayne State University in the heart of the
Motorcity: Detroit, Michigan. There she studied anthropology and French
and offered her musical abilities in double bass performance to the
local orchestras and music ensembles, all while working towards applying
to medical school! When she’s not thumbing through MCAT flash cards,
practicing excerpts from Beethoven symphonies, or keeping up with the
latest anthropological research, she enjoys riding her horses, taking
her dog on walks in the city, working in the anesthesia research
department, and entertaining her family with fun songs on her ukulele.
“I am so excited to work with SAFE this summer,” she says, “because I
know that this is an opportunity with an organization that will really
bring about the kind of change and development that I, as an
anthropologist and future physician, want to see in the world and have
always hoped to be apart of. Being sensitive to and embracing the rich
culture of the people of Uganda, all while integrating and implementing
the life-saving and life-sustaining techniques and educational programs
that SAFE stands for is what makes me proud to be apart of such an
amazing group of people!”
Caryn Turner just finished the first year of her Masters in Public
Health at the University of Texas where she is a global health major.
When she is not writing papers for school she loves to take her dogs out
to the park or for a walk around the neighborhood. She also loves
spending her weekends with her nephews and niece (Cullen, Jackson and
Tybee). She comes from a military family and, as a result, loves
traveling. She finds herself with itchy feet quite often, which will be
cured very soon when she heads out to Uganda! “I can’t wait to work with
SAFE,” she says, “because all I’ve done so far in my masters is learn
in the classroom and SAFE has given me the opportunity to actually DO
something to initiate a long-lasting positive change in a community.
This really gives me the opportunity to do what I’ve wanted to do my
whole life, which is work in an international community and help solve a
real problem that has been plaguing the people that live there. I could
not be more excited to work with SAFE this summer!”
Katie Morrison is currently a Master’s in Public Health candidate at
Boston University, concentrating in maternal and child health. She had
the privilege of traveling to Tanzania, Africa in 2010 with an
organization called
One Heart Source to help fight the
generational cycle of HIV/AIDS and poverty. That experience left her not
only inspired to help those left most vulnerable by a weak and unstable
political system, but also opened her eyes to what it truly means to be
human. “I am beyond excited to continue my journey to further ignite
growth and change working with Safe Mothers, Safe Babies this summer,”
she says. “I am thrilled to support SAFE in their mission to improve
maternal and neonatal health through sustainable and participatory means
and cannot wait to partner with communities to ensure all mothers and
their babies have the basic right to life.” Apart from her passion for
public health she enjoys the outdoors, playing soccer, swimming, baking,
and the company of good friends and family.
