speech about your life in Ukraine as medical student

Good evening everyone! My name is Windana DEKPAHOMA aka Justin Adrenalinovich, I am from Togo and actually am a Medical doctor at Lome Campus Hospital. Speaking from Accra, Ghana. I'm here as a graduate of

VNMU

to talk about my experience as a medical student in

Ukraine

at Vinnitsya. I spent 6 years studying medicine at

VNMU

and obtained a Diploma of Doctor of Medicine

as well as

a lot of knowledge and insight into the

Ukrainian

healthcare system. I studied in

Ukrainian

language

medium with national and foreign students as group mates. I spent my first 6 months in

Ukraine

at

VNMU

language

preparatory faculty learning the

Ukrainian

language

. It was difficult but enjoyable, the

language

help me to appreciate

Ukraine

's culture and lifestyle. I was

also

a member of

VNMU

's international committee and took part in student conferences and

VNMU

activities

such

as the "Я люблю медицину", the "Surgery show", and the "Фармашоу".  Apart from my studies, I was actively involved in volunteer work with the "

Ukrainian

Family Foundation" NGO. We organized international and kids' culture camps that enabled me to explore different cultures and interact with people from different countries. During my time in

Ukraine

, I

also

travelled to cities across the country to immerse myself in its culture, speaking with locals so I could speak more proficiently their

language

.

Apart from

this

, During my time in

Ukraine

, I

also

fell in love with a fellow medical student and decided to ask her to marry me on our graduation day, 26th June 2021. Today, we are happily married with a son. I was supposed to come back to

Ukraine

to continue my Residenship in Surgery in august 2022 but the war in

Ukraine

changed everything as it's difficult now to get a visa to travel to

Ukraine

.

However

, life wasn't like roses in

Ukraine

. I faced some problems with some

teachers

,

for instance

, some

teachers

automatically give

foreigners

lower marks simply because they believe that a foreigner can get a higher mark than national students. Some even use to tell us straight that you are

foreigners

and we can't give you a good mark.

Also

sometimes after doing group work with

Ukrainian

students

foreigners

use to get lower marks just because they are

foreigners

.

Therefore

some

teachers

were there to support our effort and encourage us.

Finally

, I would like to thank our

teachers

for everything they've done for us.

Also

a big thanks to

Ukraine

for everything - for the beautiful memories, for the lessons, and most of all, for giving me a wife and family.  An outstanding thank to ЗСУ for protecting

Ukrainian

against the immoral war that the

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army started 366 days ago. I will keep praying for

this

war to finish ASAP with

Ukraine

regaining its territorial integrity as recognized by the UN. Thank you. Слава ЗСУ! Слава Україні!