University of Helsinki
EEC Experience by Joseph Ogola
ECC program is a well-thought-out idea that gave me a chance to interact with my fellow mentees and mentors from different disciplines. Through this interaction, my network grew and I was able to learn on their career trajectories from early school years. These experiences were motivation to me and offers the much-needed synergy as I define my future path after completion of my PhD studies. 
My greatest lesson learnt in this program is having a clear vision and being committed in following the path leading to the vision irrespective of the challenges. The one on one interaction with my mentors also offered me a chance of bringing clarity to my career path post PhD. The visit to Helsinki was fan having spent 1.5 years at the university of Helsinki before and during Covid-19 pandemic. I had a chance to reunite with my friends but it also offered opportunity to visit different research groups and to learn the One Health researches and different collaborations across geographical range.