Teboho Sefuthi (graduated 2017)
Teboho is a determined and highly gifted individual, and one of the top students of the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) from Lesotho. He has exhibited high levels of dedication to his academics and is a natural thinker and problem solver. Teboho has been able to apply his interest in chemistry to increase awareness of […]
Alfred Acheampong
Alfred is a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Growing up in one of the remote villages of Ghana, he experienced first-hand the effects of resource degradation and the need to conserve natural forest and water resources. This experience influenced Alfred to undertake an undergraduate degree in Forest Resource Technology […]
Jonathan Awineboma Abagre
Faculty: Forestry Program: Master of Sustainable Forest Management Year: 2014 Country: Ghana Jonathan has been dedicated to natural resources management since he was a child. Hard working and forward-thinking, he went above and beyond to finish high school and develop a strong foundation for his academic career. To fund his post-secondary education, he worked in […]
Priscilla Boadi
Priscilla is aspiring for a lecturing and consultancy career, and believes that the Master in International Forestry program will provide her with the platform she needs to study and acquire valuable skills. Having understood the importance of healthy forest ecosystems in the protection and conservation of biodiversity, Priscilla has decided to direct her interest to […]
Maureen Gitata
Maureen grew up along with her siblings on a small farm in Nyahururu, Kenya. Based on her academic success, she was admitted to the Alliance Girls’ High School, a boarding school 20 km outside of Nairobi. She later received the Kenyan Scholar Award to attend St Lawrence University in New York, where she earned a degree in […]
Isaac Jonas
Isaac is a MasterCard Foundation Scholar pursuing a Master’s Degree in Food and Resource Economics at the University of British Columbia. He holds bachelor of Science Honors degree in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe. Before coming to UBC, Isaac worked for Youth Career Development Zimbabwe as Programs Manager where he worked with disadvantaged youth through […]
Patrice Meteunou
Patrice holds a professional Masters degree in Forest Sciences with a specialization in Auditing and Forest Certification from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon. He has worked as a Program Director in a non-profit organization called APECAM focused on forest and environmental programs and projects. He has also worked with Cameroon Red Cross for ten years […]
Monica Nabaasa
As a child, Monica was fascinated by nature and understood the fact that forests play a crucial role in the earth’s survival and existence; as a result, it became Monica’s dream to engage in forestry conservation in Uganda. Her undergraduate research project was on the population dynamics of the invasive paper mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, […]
Alesia Ofori
Alesia is a highly motivated, committed and enthusiastic young lady from Ghana. Being a firm believer in giving back to her society, Alesia devoted herself to community service by joining the Jesse-Rhodes Foundation in creating awareness on hygiene and sanitation, teenage pregnancies, family planning and HIV/AIDS in rural communities in Ghana after completing High School. […]
Aboubakar (Ally) Sekora
Ally is the youngest of three brothers and one sister, and has overcome many challenges in his life, including the 1994 Rwandan genocide, to be here. Ally holds a BSc (with honours) in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness from the National University of Rwanda. In 2010, Ally founded the Rwanda Agricultural University Students Union (RWAUSU) with […]