My name is Dr. Tombek Lino Maringgaba. I am one of the 2021 GC graduate of Hawassa University (HU) from the college of Medicine and Health sciences.

It is a big pleasure to me to give my testimony about Hawassa University as its former international student from South Sudan. Generally, Ethiopia has graduated many South Sudanese doctors trained in different fields of specialties and Hawassa University alone which is one of the best universities in the nation has different graduate residents in OBS/GYN and General Surgery and they have reached home and currently serving with great distinction.

During my stay in Hawassa University, I presented about the relation between South Sudan and Ethiopia. In addition, I shared about South Sudanese student’s life experience in Hawassa University, Ethiopia. I stated that Ethiopia is a second home for me and Hawassa University is well known to South Sudan students. I would like to emphasize that the Republic of South Sudan and her people will always be indebted to Ethiopian brothers and sisters.

Thanks to the dedicated and disciplined professors of the department and the courses streamed in my academic life and helped me to achieve the goals of my professional career.

As a final say, I would like to exert my appreciation to International Relations and Alumni Affairs Directorate of Hawassa University for establishing this in this short space of the alumni post to share my experience at Hawassa University.