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…
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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…
Watsi is committed to 100% transparency. In light of that, we wanted to share a recent operational challenge that resulted in a breach of our partnership procedures, and outline the…
His mom didn’t give up. She saved her money and brought him 2,000 miles to a hospital that could. Before she arrived, she had no idea how she…
Etsy sellers are now supporting Watsi by donating proceeds of their sales directly to patients. We’re thrilled that these artists are using their talent and creativity to help fund…
> How Watsi donors are unlocking healthcare for Guatemala's indigenous people. Locked Out At three years old, Anibal was diagnosed with a rare type of eye cancer. But…
This is a guest post by Sarah Mwangi, head of the Watsi partnership at African Mission Healthcare Foundation [https://watsi.org/partners/amhf]. David is the only child crying when…
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