First, I wish you a happy new year. 2019 started for me in Eswatini with some of my family who visited me, it was awesome 🙂 Months after the first blog, and before going back to GSK Belgium, I’m sharing some memorable experiences. All this time, I’ve enjoyed every moment working with EPI (Expanded Programme on Immunization), CHAI, WHO, […]
Category Archives: Regions
January
11
The residents and staff of the Ann Harding Cheshire Home at the Golen Harvest Parkrun.
posted by kashifyounisVolunteer
Residents and staff of the Ann Harding Cheshire Home visited the Golden Harvest Parkrun on 1 December, as part of their activities for Disability Rights Awareness Month. The objective of the visit was to create awareness for physical disabilities and to support the many runners who participate in this event. The group had a wonderful […]
January
09
Talk to the wall
posted by Kathryn K
This is the third and last in my mini-series of blogs about children in conflict, looking at the immediate and longer term impact of conflict on children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. If you haven’t already, do read my earlier blogs about the situation facing children in Yemen and in Myanmar. **** Mornings in my […]
January
08
Dear Future PULSE Volunteers
posted by lorrainewing
It’s been 162 days since I started my PULSE journey. What have I learned? As my assignment is coming to an end, here are my top 5 tips for those who applied or are thinking about applying to the 2019 cycle. 1. Be adaptable: have an open mind. You will be new to the work pace and […]
December
19
Part 5: Final Stretch…the verdict!
posted by Corinne Jumel
This is my last straight before my return to GSK land! But before that I will leave from 7th to January 13th in Benin in Cotonou to test the training material that I developed! I am both, impatient and anxious about the result ! C’est ma dernière ligne droite avant mon retour chez GSK land, ! […]
December
10
10 Lessons I Learned from My PULSE 10 Experience
posted by Gilbert Guerra
“Hands down! This is the best day I can ever remember…” Pamthunzi is a Chichewa word which means “in the shade” in English. It serves as my home for six months during my PULSE assignment in PIH Malawi. A place where memories are created and lessons are learned. Number 1 : Be brave. The […]
December
04
What we ultimately work for at GSK!
posted by Monika Strengert
Let me start by directly introducing you to this unassuming “grey box”! It is a GeneXpert device located at the Stephen Robert and Pilar Crespi Robert Regional Reference Laboratory in Mirebalais, Haiti where I have spent the past five months on my PULSE assignment. I had already been aware about the GeneXpert technology for HIV […]
November
28
Decisions, Decisions
posted by Kathryn K
Like a kid in a sweet shop, it sometimes doesn’t do to have too many choices put in front of you. Work and life frequently offer an abundance of great ideas or it might be that there are just too many things to try and get done all at once – so you will have […]
November
28
New Beginnings
posted by loriannbono_pulse2018
I enjoy very much being in a foreign country, in a new country, new place. And I also enjoy beginning a new book. It’s like being someone else. J.M.G. Le Clezio I arrived in Lesotho on a Thursday, and once I was somewhat settled in to my hotel, it was off to work the next […]
November
26
Expansion plans: The Family Success Model
posted by Renu Jain
I am excited to be writing about the rollout and my contributions to the new way of working and expansion at East Durham Children’s Initiative (EDCI) in Durham North Carolina- called the Family Success Model. It has also been great to be building upon the previous work done by Jennifer and Megan who were GSK […]
November
26
See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil
posted by Manjit Kaur Marbaha
My daughter Armany and I share an obsession for ‘Lord of the Rings’. We have been known to watch the complete trilogy in one sitting, cuddled up on a sofa with a blanket, shouting out the dialogue before the characters’ lips move! At Heathrow Airport, 02 July 2018 before I left for my assignment with […]
November
21
PAB#2: Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable!
posted by ajalfabete
When I was in primary school, I am used to the arrangement where my Mom would give me my total 5-day allowance at the start of the week. And it was up to me how to spend it – whether I want to live a “grand” life, from a kid’s point of view of course, […]
November
21
Puerto Rico se levanta – About Hurricane Maria
posted by MichelaGallo_Pulse10
On 20th September 2017 Puerto Rico kept its breath while the hurricane was hammering the island. Fear, anxiety, anger, hope, faith, all mixed up for all the Portoricans, the time stopped in a big Hurricane Maria hit the Caribbean, and it was particularly strong here in Puerto Rico. It was a category 5 Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson […]
November
21
Halfway trough, feeling more confident
posted by MichelaGallo_Pulse10
The end of my second month of PULSE assignment and the third one were not easy, I found myself a bit in the middle of small internal changes which impacted somehow my assignment as well. The main challenge was to find a correct way to help the American Red Cross of Puerto Rico to understand more the spirit […]
