Vestine Musanayire
Rwanda 2015
Vestine Musanayire grew up in a family with nine siblings whose parents were farmers. Apart from her, only two brothers attended university, and the privilege is not lost on her. “After 1994, the entire French educational system in Rwanda changed to an English one,” she says. “I had a secondary school diploma in biochemistry, but I wasn’t selected to attend the University of Rwanda due to the political leadership in place at the time.” In 1998, she was grateful to win a scholarship to study for her bachelor’s degree in Bangalore, India, where she spent four years, and now enjoys her work as a specialist in bacteriology at the RAB in Kigali.
When I arrived, the bacteriology lab had no programs, leaflets, or data about mastitis…I’m proud that we now have data which should be published.
Field of Research
I am delighted to be an AWARD Fellow and I have already learned to be more focused. I hopes to gain leadership and communications skills that will enable me develop a project and present it to stakeholders

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