In September 2009 I attended the AWARD mentoring orientation workshop (MOW) in Mombasa. This was the beginning of my journey with AWARD and particularly my mentoring relationship with Dr. De Kock. She is my role model, and I have learned a lot from her professional experience. Her guidance has made a great impact on my life in terms of decision making and addressing challenges. At the MOW she helped me to develop clear goals to be able to have an impact in the Rwandan community. My life goal is to address food- and nutrition-related problems in Rwanda through training and research. We came up with specific objectives to help me achieve this goal. It has to start with me because you can’t give what you don’t have. The objectives focused on development of my scientific, leadership, and management skills.
Seven months after setting the objectives, I have evaluated myself and confirm my progress in the development of my scientific, leadership, and management skills.
University Students Get Fresh Perspective on Food Science
Date: March 30, 2020
AWARD Fellow Eugenie Kayitesi took the opportunity to influence 45 students during a role-modelling event in the food science department at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.