Blog
Learn more about WellShare through individual impact stories, posts about our Community Health Workers, outreach, and various community events!
Recent Program Posts
11/24/2121
Thanksgiving from an immigrant perspective
Food, family, and full are words commonly used to describe Thanksgiving by Americans. Yet this holiday is certainly loaded with…
11/24/2121
Home Visiting Early Childhood Specialist – Community Health Worker
Position Summary As a Home Visiting Early Childhood Specialist with the Parents as Teachers team, you will provide home visits…
10/28/2121
Mental Health Resources
WellShare recognizes mental health as foundational to physical health and optimal wellbeing. Mental health issues and interventions are often stigmatized in…
10/22/2121
Paying it forward
Nkwimba Kiyumbi firmly holds a child in each arm while gazing into the camera. The only family she has left in…
10/20/2121
Certified Community Health Worker (hiring bonus offered)
Title: Community Health Worker – CERTIFIED Employment Status: Part Time and Full-time positions available, non-exempt Reports To: Program Manager Compensation: $200 hiring bonus, $18…
09/23/2121
What iPad learning, banking and soap making all have in common
Barriers can be seen as physical obstacles or circumstances preventing movements or access. While many single mothers, divorcees, and widows…
09/23/2121
WellShare expands to greater MN
Whenever there is a call for action, WellShare does not shy away from creating a community where quality health care…
08/26/2121
A Staggering Loss of Human Life
Addiction is an equal opportunity affliction that affects people regardless of race, economic standing, education, and geography. August is Overdose…
08/17/2121
Diary of An Anxious Black Woman Entry #5: It’s Never too Late to ask For Help
In the last entry, I explained the struggles I went through in college and how they pushed me to find…
07/28/2121
Events and Development Internship
Compensation: this is an unpaid internship Location: remote Hours: approximately 10-20 hours per week, with potential for more hours as…
07/20/2121
Community Health Works!
WellShare’s slogan, “Community Health Works!” rings true in all of our programs. In Tanzania, our community health worker (CHW) model…
07/20/2121
Vaping: Creating Awareness and Hoping for a Change
Vaping products have been the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. youth since 2014. This is a result of…
07/13/2121
Administration and Development Intern
Administration and Development Intern In this role, you will provide valuable and critical support to the organization’s Administration and Development…
07/08/2121
Diary of An Anxious Black Woman Entry #3: Your Own Worst Enemy
When struggling with anxiety, it can feel like you are your own worst enemy. This feeling can be overwhelming when…
06/24/2121
Program Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY This Program Coordinator (PC) is responsible for coordinating components of WellShare programs and contracts, primarily related to work…
06/22/2121
Beyond Surviving
Single mothers in Tanzania face many obstacles in obtaining an education, health services, and employment opportunities. In response to this…
06/15/2121
Director of Community Health Worker Hub– Mankato Area
Title Director of Community Health Worker Hub– Mankato Area Classification Full -Time (.80-1.0 FTE) Benefits (3 weeks paid PTO, 401K…
06/15/2121
Community Health Worker (Mankato, Minnesota)
Position: Community Health Worker Reports to: Manager or Director Location: Mankato, Minnesota (Nicolett, LeSueur, Blue Earth, Brown, Waseca and Nobles)…
06/11/2121
Diary of an Anxious Black Woman: The Young Mind
When I was younger, my hands would tremble and become numb when I was nervous about something. It happened right…
05/26/2121
Diary of an Anxious Black Woman: Generational Trauma, let’s talk about it!
As we bring Mental Health Awareness Month to a close, it’s vital to touch on the importance of access to…
05/14/2121
The saving pillar
“When mothers are saved, babies are saved, when babies are saved, families are saved. It’s saving the pillar of their…
04/27/2121
A Ramadan reflection
There’s a reason why I emerge after Ramadan as a better human being; what I get is based on what…
02/15/2121
Who are the Karen?
“Seeing the photos of Karen people running again just breaks our hearts and we feel traumatized” shares Hsa, a WellShare Community…
01/21/2121
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month by Sadia Ahmed
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month and here at Wellshare we would like to continue to spread this awareness. The…
01/08/2121
Tobacco & Our Youth by Sadia Ahmed
Youth tobacco use has been an ongoing phenomenon for quite some time now. Tobacco companies have unfortunately executed many successful,…
12/16/2020
Child Spacing Video – Wellshare x Amin Arts
Written by Sadia Ahmed Family planning and child spacing in the Somali community has historically been a taboo topic of…
11/22/2020
Fostering Wellbeing in Times of Uncertainty
“I can’t think of a better time to use mind-body connection than the times we’re in right now because of…
10/16/2020
Wellshare and the Karen Organization of Minnesota by Sadia Ahmed
Wellshare and the Karen Organization of Minnesota (KOM) first started our partnership in 2013. Although our work has evolved over…
09/24/2020
COVID-19 Response Community Health Worker
Position Summary Join a dynamic team building a new way of community health programming and social change work to address…
09/17/2020
Text Message Support for Smoking Cessation during Ramadan: A Focus Group Study
“Ramadan offers a unique window of opportunity to intervene upon smoking for Somali Muslim immigrant men, for whom rates of…
09/04/2020
COVID-19 Response Program Director
COVID-19 Response Program Director WellShare International Job Announcement Title COVID-19 Response Program Director Classification Full -Time (.80 – 1.0 FTE)…
09/03/2020
Mindfulness in Community Health Work
Deqa Adan Thanks to a Minneapolis Foundation grant, WellShare Community Health Worker Deqa Adan participated in a week long Mind…
08/19/2020
COVID-19 Community Engagement Campaign Results
In late March, Islamic Civic Society of America (ICSA), Open Path Resources (OPR), and Wellshare International joined forces to embark…
08/06/2020
CUHCC Mobile Testing x Wellshare International
Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) and Wellshare International have been collaborating and doing work together for some time now, including…
07/21/2020
Speaking of Family Health on Kaly Radio
Earlier this summer, Abdirahman Mahamud, Program Coordinator, and Adar Kahin, Community Organizer, had the lovely opportunity to sit down with…
07/08/2020
Intern Spotlight: Meet Maegi!
Meet Maegi Yang! Maegi was an Administration and Development Intern at WellShare before she became our Administrative and Data Coordinator….
07/02/2020
Inspired to Lead: Asha’s Story
Asha is a Community Health Worker (CHW), a leader and role model in WellShare’s The Young Achievers (TYA) after school…
06/15/2020
A Survive and Thrive Success: Flora’s Story
Flora grew up in a rural village in Tanzania. At sixteen, she became pregnant. The child’s father fled the village….
06/15/2020
WellShare Update: Racism and COVID-19
WellShare pledges to our community and partner organizations, to create a future in which ALL people have the right to…
05/05/2020
Helping the Fight to Prevent COVID-19: Sungwa’s Story
Sungwa was an 18-year-old single mother in Nkololo, Tanzania. She was forced to drop out of school and was struggling…
04/21/2020
A Community Health Worker’s Impact: Fadhiya’s Story
Fadhiya is a mother of four children between the ages of 7 and 18 years. She and her family immigrated…
04/21/2020
WellShare’s Tanzania COVID-19 Response
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, our staff in Tanzania are preparing themselves and the community in the…
04/16/2020
International Women’s Day and the Importance of Women’s Health
As many of you may know, March 8th was International Women’s Day. It is a day meant to recognize the…
03/19/2020
A Day in the Life of Outreach with Our Community Health Worker – Abdirahman
Community outreach plays a major role in operations here at WellShare. Our Community Health Workers go into the field on…
02/07/2020
Spacing Pregnancies Program for East African and Karen Communities (SPEAK)
Here at WellShare, our Reproductive Health Program, SPEAK, includes both the Somali Child Spacing Program and the Karen Child Spacing…
