> Juan used to make a living as a bus driver. He transported tourists to and from Guatemala's airport. Despite language barriers, his sense of humor translated well.…
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> Two years ago, we raised a seed round of donations to support our operations with one goal — to prove the Watsi concept. We built our dream team and started…
Want a head start on your New Year’s Resolution? This November, Fit3D [http://www.fit3d.com/] and Sports Basement [http://www.fit3d.com/] are supporting Watsi patients through their…
This is Jen, a junior at Olin College, and a summer engineering intern at Lever [http://lever.co/]. Jen initially chose to intern at Lever because they’re reinventing company…
I spent a day with our medical partner, Wuqu’ Kawoq, visiting the homes of malnourished children in the mountains of indigenous Guatemala. It’s 8:00 AM and we’re…
As of this week, Watsi donors have contributed $5 million to fund healthcare for 5,000 patients! Nearly 14,000 donors have helped patients in 20 countries receive 170 different…
Guest post by Victoria Rainbolt, a Watsi volunteer This summer I had the pleasure of sharing the stories of 104 patients from 13 countries as a Watsi volunteer writer. Watsi…
This past April, Lizzy and Haley of Within Biking Distance [http://withinbikingdistance.com/] took off on a cross-country bike trip to support patients on Watsi [http://www.watsi.org]. Lizzy,…
Tencent [http://www.tencent.com/en-us/index.shtml], one of the world’s largest Internet companies based in China, launched China’s first ever online Giving Day today. Tencent is…
Guest post by Carlyn Kerney, a Watsi volunteer alum This summer, while doing development work in Tanzania, I had the opportunity to visit Watsi's Tanzania medical partner, Arusha…
We’re excited to share that we’ve partnered with GlobeIn [https://globein.com/], a platform that connects remarkable, remote artisans with mindful customers around the world for their September…
Doctors weren’t sure Lynn would make it after a poisonous snake bit her in the middle of the night. Last year, four-year-old Lynn [https://watsi.org/profile/1a0ddff4f01d-lynn] awoke…
Guest post by Jen Ehrlich, a summer intern at Watsi “The most important thing I did yesterday was publish a story to help fund a child’s heart defect.” “The…
> “We believe this little girl has a lot of potential.” “She is small, I know, but so are all of my children,” her mother said. “I never knew that…
Since Watsi partnered with Tencent [http://tencent.com/zh-cn/index.shtml] last year, the Tencent community has raised over $100,000 to fund healthcare for 100 patients around the world!…
We talked with First Round [http://firstround.com/review/] about how thoughtful branding, user testing, and happiness-driven marketing made for the successful launch of our Universal Fund [https://watsi.org/…
This post first appeared in the Stanford Social Innovation Review [http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/why_fundraising_in_rounds_works]. It’s hard to raise money. But philanthropic funding…
The Watsi team recently visited Kijabe Hospital, a Watsi partner hospital in Kenya, located about 65 kilometers northwest of Nairobi. In Kenya, there are about 1.7 physicians for every…