JGI Uganda - Staff Profile

Tom comes from the West Nile Region in Uganda. He is of the Lugbara Tribe. Tom has been working for our organisation over the past number of years as a casual fill in when someone was on leave or sick. In 2007, we employed  Tom as a fulltime employee to in charge of Maintenance &  Security for the office.  Luckily for  Tom during this time he was fortunate enough to secure a  scholarship to continue with his studies at Nkumba University. This scholarship is being sponsored by the staff of Disney Animal Kingdom.  Tom hopes to complete a degree in environmental management in the next 3 years and then move into a field position helping to protect Uganda’s fragile environment.  Due to these studies, Tom now covers the weekend and holiday roster for us at the office, taking care of the yard, security and maintenance amongst other things.