Ahmed Essameldin

Fellowship year

2024 - 2025

Field

Health - Refugees

Placement when a fellow

Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant at the World Food Programme (WFP)

Higher education

Bachelor's Degree in Medicine, Al-Azhar University

Current country of residence

Egypt

Biography

Ahmed is a medical doctor driven by a deep sense of social responsibility. He has a strong passion for developmental work, reflected in his four years of experience in various areas of sustainable development, such as public health, refugee issues, economic empowerment, and youth engagement.

He is currently pursuing the Lazord Fellowship for Responsible Leadership and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo and is also an alumnus of the US-MEPI Student Leaders Program (SLP) at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Ahmed believes that life is all about leaving something good behind, and he would consider his life mission done if he managed to have a positive impact on the access of refugees to quality healthcare services in their host communities.