This past November WiRED International’s Executive Director Gary Selnow, Ph.D., traveled to Kenya to observe our community health workers (CHWs) in action as they provide clinical services and training to thousands
Each month WiRED International’s community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya provide health services to people suffering from disease. They also teach classes on health education that
WiRED International recently asked for your help in donating to the Sister Bernadette Sunshine-Mitzvah Fund, and so far — thanks to your generous support — we have collected more than $2,000!
WiRED International’s board and volunteers wish you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving during a year of particular need and conflict worldwide. This American holiday is about sharing, and this year
In Kisumu, Kenya WiRED International’s community health workers (CHWs) confront a staggering number of challenges every month in order to elevate the health of thousands of people in the region.
Residents in western Kenya, where WiRED International serves, face ongoing poverty, disease and hunger each day, but their lives are especially difficult around the holidays. In response, Sr. Bernadette Nealon
In today’s world, fraught with disease, conflict and the disastrous impact of climate change, everyone’s mental health can suffer — especially for 75% of people with depression who live in low-resource regions
In August WiRED International community health workers (CHWs) in Kisumu, Kenya continued to address local mpox concerns while preventing and spotting endemic diseases such as cholera, malaria and
In mid-August The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox to be a global health emergency after a spreading outbreak in Africa. On August 22 UNICEF reported a surge in mpox cases among children
WiRED International launched our Community Health Worker (CHW) Program in Kisumu, Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The first CHW team of 13 members reached a total of 3,360 people