Tanzania Medical Student Scholarship

Johnstone Kayandabila

The Mission Commission asked Ingrid and Dr. Ron Eggert, long-time PCOTW members who have spent many years as volunteer missionaries in Tanzania, about possible projects PCOTW could support in Africa. Ron is a physician and Director of Medical Education at the Selian Lutheran Hospital in Arusha. Ingrid is a volunteer English and Art teacher in a preschool-kindergarten near Ron's hospital. They suggested several possibilities and felt strongly that education should be supported.

After prayerful consideration, the PCOTW Mission Commission decided to support the full five-year education of a Tanzanian medical student. The student was chosen from a group of several candidates who are 'clinical officers—like nurse practitioners in the US—at Selian Lutheran Hospital. The scholarship recipient is Johnstone Kayandabila, who began his studies at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College in August 2005.