Not a bad place to see ourselves in print for the first time! Read the full article here. [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/business/watsi-a-crowdfunding-site-offers-help-with-medical-care.html]…
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We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Burma Children Medical Fund [http://www.burmachildren.net/] to fund healthcare for people on the Thai-Burma border. Burma is the…
This post was featured on HuffPo! [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grace-garey/connecting-people-social-change_b_3033236.html?utm_hp_ref=impact] What would you do, if someone came up to you in…
Happy World Health Day! Photo courtesy of Wuqu’ Kawoq [http://wuqukawoq.org/] in Guatemala. Photo credit to Rob Tinworth [http://robtinworth.zenfolio.com/guatemala/].…
Chase talks to The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/2013/04/06/catching-up-with-watsi-y-combinators-first-non-profit-graduate/] about what it’s like to be YC’s first non-profit.…
Last month, an awesome underground tech/design magazine called Offscreen Magazine [http://www.offscreenmag.com/] pledged 50% of its profits to Watsi. The results are in [http://blog.offscreenmag.com/…
More than 2 years since we first imagined a global crowdfunding platform for healthcare [https://watsi.org/], we pitched Watsi to a room full of the biggest investors in the…
Join us in welcoming Lavender - whose safe delivery [https://watsi.org/profile/eb72c47a3024-alice] at Lwala Hospital [http://lwalacommunityalliance.org/] was funded by Watsi donors - to the world! Lavender’…
Donor Spotlight: Riel How did you first hear about Watsi? I first heard about Watsi on Facebook through a great college friend of mine. 2. What made you donate on…
When they said it was boot camp for startups. In January, Jesse [https://blog.watsi.org/post/21043338728/meet-jesse], Grace, and I [https://blog.watsi.org/post/21043545556/meet-chase] quit…
Vuthai [https://watsi.org/profile/a2079eb435dd-vuthai], the 18-year-old monk in Cambodia whose medical treatment was funded by donors on Watsi, received surgery to remove a lump from his neck so…
On her 5th birthday, she handed out donations to Pemphero [https://watsi.org/profile/a6d438767006-pemphero], a 2-year-old girl in Malawi, as party favors. It’s never too early to start…
I’m Charlotte. I’m 35 years old, a teacher and a mother of four, living in North Carolina. I discovered Watsi from my team message board on Kiva, where…
As global citizens of the 21st century, we’re part of a community that’s been remarkably catalyzed by women. And yet, of the 1.2 billion people living in…
If you’re into tech, design, people, and photography, you’re going to love Offscreen Magazine [http://www.offscreenmag.com/]. We loved it the first time we laid eyes on…
At Watsi, we’re just starting to get our feet wet with email marketing. And unlike other organizations, we don’t have any strategy to speak of. Instead of debating…
What made you donate on Watsi versus another donation platform/charity? The chance to go through a patient’s profile and choosing who needs my donation the most. Also, 100%…
When Watsi.org first launched, we asked Medical Partners to delay providing medical care to patients until their profiles were fully funded on Watsi and the funds were transferred to…