Dear Watsi Friends, I’ve just gotten off the phone with one of our medical partners and wanted to share an update to last week’s note with our Watsi…
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Dear Watsi Community, We hope our message finds you healthy in your corner of the world. Together our community is made up of more than 20,000 patients and families…
Ten years ago, I was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica when a woman boarded a bus I was on and asked for donations to pay for…
Mackinnon is Watsi’s Executive Director. She has a passion for helping people and organizations come together to tackle complex challenges and create measurable, sustainable impact. As a global health…
G is an engineer at Watsi and is excited to be contributing software for social good. Prior to Watsi, she co-founded a medical software startup for scheduling medical residents. She…
Each morning, Watsi’s operations team scans our credit card transaction record for donations from a certain user, ready to block any new attempted payments. Over the past two years, someone—let’s just call this person Sharon—has attempted to make over 700 fraudulent donations.…
When Myint was two months old, his fingertips turned blue. Born with two heart defects, he eventually underwent life-changing heart surgery, but only after a journey to health that many of us cannot imagine.…
How do you get someone in San Francisco to donate to healthcare for someone like Willy, who lives almost ten thousand miles away in Kenya? Stories.…
Stripped of reliable electricity, WiFi, and communication channels back home, our team immersed themselves in the local environment for twelve weeks while they built a platform that could succeed in this challenging setting.…
We’re excited to announce that we’re expanding Watsi to provide health coverage! Together, Watsi Crowdfunding and Watsi Coverage will help create a world where everyone has access to care––whether that’s by raising money through crowdfunding or enrolling in health coverage.…
Mosonik, a two-year-old from Tanzania, doesn’t have a pediatrician. Her healthcare is based on an informal and intricate network of people and knowledge.…
For one week last month, our friends at Tencent offered to 10x match any new donation to the Universal Fund and any increase in existing donations. This was a new…
“A delivery? Do you have a donation to deliver?” Sarah asked with her phone pressed between her shoulder and ear, shifting gears with her left hand and steering her Jeep…
Watsi fellow Elizabeth Sherwin chronicles a day in her first week at Wuqu' Kawoq, Watsi's medical partner in Guatemala. “Doña Emiliana!” Estelita’s voice sings through the trees, the echo…
What do street art, an auction, and a Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet have in common? And what could they have to do with saving lives across the globe? Normally,…
You’re a busy a doctor. You have few minutes to spare and just received a survey about a prescription medication. You know that the data you submit will eventually…
At most conferences, attendees leave company booths with business cards, pamphlets, or free trials. But this year, at the Annual National Institute of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, attendees who…
Last year, I gave my dad a Watsi gift card for his birthday. I watched him go on the homepage and read the patients' stories. I was curious who he’…