Happy Holidays from WiRED International!
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All of us at WiRED International would like to wish happy holidays to the many people who have contributed since we began our work 25 years ago
Tag: 2022
Update from WiRED’s Community Health Workers in Kenya
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The recently expanded team of WiRED-trained community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya, reported another successful month of providing health education to their area residents.
WiRED’s Critical Community Health Worker Training and Continuing Medical Education Programs
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As WiRED’s volunteers continue to celebrate our 25th year, we ask you to join us with your support to sustain and grow the delivery of crucial health education to low-resource regions of the world.
Thanksgiving Message from WiRED International
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WiRED International’s board and volunteers wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. This American holiday is about sharing, and this year that must include the sharing of programs and resources to promote good health and to prevent and treat illness.
Ten Newly Trained Community Health Workers Join the Team in Kenya
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Last June WiRED International trumpeted the graduation of our second community health worker (CHW) class in Kisumu, Kenya. Today we are pleased to announce that 10 CHWs from that class have been deployed in the field, joining the original team
The Sister Bernadette Sunshine-Mitzvah Fund
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As we approach the holidays, people in the western region of Kenya, where WiRED International serves, continue to face hunger as the regional drought and the war in Ukraine make food more expensive. WiRED’s Sister Bernadette Sunshine-Mitzvah Fund
WiRED-Armenia Conducts Online Thyroid Diseases Training
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On October 30, 2022 WiRED-Armenia volunteer Narine Baghdoyan conducted an online training for women in the Nerkin Khndzoresk community in southeastern Armenia on the topic of thyroid diseases, using WiRED’s Thyroid Diseases module.
WiRED Community Health Worker Training Program in Liberia Graduates First Class!
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WiRED International is happy to announce the completion of the first WIRED community health worker (CHW) training to take place in Liberia, West Africa. The project resulted from a partnership between WiRED and the
WiRED Releases First Installment of Comprehensive Web Story Timeline
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Exciting news! WiRED International staff and volunteers are working on a timeline covering all of our stories year by year since the first website postings in 1999. Each year’s timeline will show clickable stories, illustrated by
September Update from WiRED’s Community Health Workers in Kenya
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The September community health worker (CHW) report from Kisumu, Kenya, shows that 12 WiRED International-trained CHWs reached a total of 6,538 people with health services. This monthly number is the highest recorded in 2022!