Lucy Kaomba

Second Year

Lucy is the last of three children. Lucy is interested in Paediatrics, but is unsure of what she wants to do for her ultimate career.

Isaac Mbingwani

Second Year

Isaac comes from Blantyre and a family of five children.He has found Anatomy fascinating, but would like to pursue his dream of being a cardiologist, with Lecturer in Anatomy a close second.

Peter Makosa

Second Year

Peter comes from the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, but went to boarding school in Dzenza. It was here that he first started thinking of becoming a doctor.

Peter is enjoying medical school, despite the demanding nature of the work. He hopes to become a general surgeon in the future.

Lawrence Nazimera

Third Year

Lawrence comes from the Zomba district of Malawi, where his mother is a nurse technician and his father has just retired as a primary school teacher. Lawrence was not able to find money for many of the daily expenses of medical school.

Lawrence was inspired by his mother, who is admired by many of her patients. He would like to become a cardiothoracic surgeon.

Socrates Kambalame

Third Year

Socrates originally comes from the Kasungu district, but now lives in Lilongwe.

Socrates was inspired to do medicine as the medical services in his home district were so limited that he saw a lot of patients dying from treatable conditions. He would like to specialise in neurosurgery, as there is only one neurosurgeon in Malawi.

Godwin Ulaya

Fourth Year

Godwin is from the Mchinji district near the Zambian border.

Godwin has received several credits in his exams so far at medical school. He would like to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology, as the maternal mortality rate in Malawi is very high.

Andrew Matchado

Fifth Year

Andrew was born in the Mulanje district of Malawi. Before Medic to Medic selected him for a scholarship, he was relying on government loans to get him through medical school.

Andrew is currently Student President. He was Best Biochemistry Student in 2005 and past winner of the Kamwaza Design Partnership Award. He hopes to become a general surgeon, and would be “a happy man” if he could lecture in surgery at Malawi College of Medicine one day.

Charles Mtibo

Fifth Year

Charles is from the Mwanza district and a family of seven children. He is supported by his brother, who is a primary school teacher, and used government loans to pay for equipment at medical school.

Charles passed his first two years at medical school with very good grades. He would like to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology in the future.