“The morning of Monday, 03/11/2025, was fresh and filled with quiet anticipation as I made my way to the Dr. Paul Hagrave Memorial Centre in Lira City. The journey itself had given me plenty of time to think about what the next few weeks would hold, but nothing could compare to the feeling of finally arriving. As the centre came into view, standing calm and inviting under the morning sky, a sense of purpose washed over me. This was the beginning of something important. The compound was alive with activity. Trainees moved in small groups from one building to another, their conversations light but focused, carrying the energy of people who had already fallen into the rhythm of the training program…,” writes Odongo

He writes of his first day at the CPAR Youth Media Training, which started last month, November 2025, training youth, such as he, into Media Change Agents who are skilled as behavioral change communicators.

Four weeks of intensive residential training later, from 1st December 2025, he embarks on the second part of his training journey – fieldwork. Applying and practicing lessons learned for the benefit of the community among which he lives.

His exciting human development journey would have not been possible without the generous legacy grant from kin of late Dr. Paul Hargrave via Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR).

CLICK HERE to learn more about our Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre Human Development Project, jointly implemented by CPAR and CPAR Uganda.

Watch this space for up-dates on his learning journey, while at the same time he stimulates positive change for the greater good of the wider community in which he lives in Northern Uganda.