11 years with T1D. Finance Graduate. He knows exactly what things cost ,in every sense of the word.
There's a specific kind of stress that only a T1D in Uganda truly understands.
It's the mental arithmetic that never stops. The moment you realise your strips are running low and payday is still two weeks away. The quiet shame of skipping a meal not because you forgot ,but because the right meal costs money you don't have. The impossible calculation of choosing between insulin and everything else life demands of you.
Bernard has lived every version of that calculation. Eleven years of managing T1D hasn't just taught him about blood sugar , it's taught him about the brutal, unglamorous financial reality of staying alive with this condition in a system that was never designed with you in mind.
That's precisely why he sits where he sits at D1fy.
As a finance management graduate, Bernard doesn't just track numbers , he treats every shilling as a responsibility. He knows that behind every budget line is a young person who needs a test strip, a community member who needs access, a family that has already sacrificed too much.
So when resources are limited ,and they often are , Bernard makes sure that what we have reaches as far as humanly possible. No waste. No excess. Maximum impact for the people who need it most.
Because at D1fy, we understand that financial barriers are not personal failures. They are systemic ones. And we are building something that refuses to leave you behind because of them
