A few months ago, we detected an increase in no-show patients at one of the hospitals that provides healthcare to Watsi patients in Kenya. The patients who failed to show…
Read more
In honor of Mother's Day, we asked mothers in Cambodia and the U.S. what advice they give their children. No two answers were the same, but they…
In 1997, University of Oregon professor Paul Slovic sat at his desk in Oregon, but his mind was 8,000 miles away in Rwanda. It was just three years after…
> Join us for a live chat on Reddit with Dominga, a patient who was locked out of the Guatemalan healthcare system, and Peter, the doctor who made sure she…
> In Guatemala, the biggest obstacle to accessing healthcare isn’t always money. Francisca has had severe diabetes since she was six years old. When she got pregnant last year,…
San Francisco’s LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com] office hosted a St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser yesterday for Watsi. LinkedIn’s four business lines — sales, marketing, talent, and Lynda — raced to…
Some patients and their families wait years for healthcare. When they finally have the opportunity to receive treatment, what do they say? When a patient seeks care, a doctor interviews…
Meet Emily, Nisha, Aditi, and Saba - the four board members of Watsi's chapter at UC Davis. The Watsi chapter at UC Davis organizes fundraisers and events to…
When Christopher J.L. Murray was 10 years old, he ran a pharmacy. His parents moved his family from Minnesota to England, bought two Land Rovers, drove across the Sahara…
> Meet three women from Guatemala whose New Year's resolutions hinge on health When a healthy baby would have been gaining weight and bursting with energy, Estela'…
Three years ago, we launched Watsi to make healthcare a reality for everyone. This year, we started seeing double. We just released an interactive report [https://watsi.org/2015?utm_…
> From fish paste to stinging nettles, here are 5 hospital meals fueling life-changing healthcare > Patients come to Kenya’s Kijabe Hospital to receive care for serious conditions, ranging…
> 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.…
> 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…