Blog
Learn more about WellShare through individual impact stories, posts about our Community Health Workers, outreach, and various community events!
Recent Program Posts
Welcome, Jackie! Our newest CHW
In 2019, Jackie became the first male Certified Community Health Worker in the Twin Cities-based Karen community. He completed WellShare’s CHW Stewardship Program, a program supported by the Minnesota Department…
You’re invited to WellShare’s Mini-Documentary Premiere!
Join WellShare as we premiere a mini-documentary highlighting the story of one of our Community Health Worker’s and his father’s journey to health following a devastating diabetes diagnosis. THURSDAY, JUNE…
All blog posts:
- 6/19/19 – Welcome, Jackie! Our newest CHW
- 6/18/19 – You’re invited to WellShare’s Mini-Documentary Premiere!
- 5/31/2019 – Ugandan women plan for healthy families
- 5/8/2019 – WellShare International Announces Leadership Change
- 4/10/2019 – A new and convenient Way for Ugandan Women to to Control their Fertility
- 4/3/2019 – WellShare’s The Young Achievers celebrate Kick Butts Day!
- 4/1/2019 – Health Workers Are the Heart of Health For All!
- 3/14/2019 – Successful End to Tobacco Education Project for the Karen Community
- 3/7/2019 – Meet Esteria – VICOBA member in Tanzania
- 2/27/2019 – On the Road with Sharon & Rick- How WellShare empowers women in Tanzania
- 2/21/2019 – On the Road with Sharon & Rick- How WellShare improves maternal health in Tanzania
- 2/6/2019 – International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
- 12/11/2018 – JUUL is taking over your childrens’ lives
- 12/05/2018 – WellShare Hosts Health Coach Training for MN CHW Peer Network members
- 11/29/2018 – WellShare Youth Urge Friends and Family to Quit Smoking
- 11/07/2018 – Meet Phoebe!
- 10/31/2018 – Somali Cooking at Home – Rice with Raisins
- 10/19/2018 – Photos from 2018 Bridge to Health Luncheon
- 09/26/2018 – Together for Health
- 09/19/2018 – More than 20 Organizations join Karen Health Resource Fair
- 08/29/2018 – Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Annie!
- 08/22/2018 – On the Road with Dr. Chuck Oberg
- 08/15/2018 – Somali Youth learn about Relationships and Reproductive Wellness
- 08/08/2018 – Join us at the first Karen Health Resource Fair!
- 08/01/2018 – Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Khadra!
- 07/25/2018 – Healthy Food = Healthy Communities
- 07/17/2018 – “Tobacco is the Enemy of my Dreams”
- 07/13/2018 – The Benefits of Breastfeeding
- 06/27/2018 – Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Hira!
- 06/13/2018 – Helping Somali Men Understand Contraception
- 06/06/2018 – Students use Photography to Speak Out Against Tobacco
- 05/31/2018 – Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Linda!
- 05/21/2018 – Join us in celebrating Community Health Worker Week!
- 05/15/2018 – Supporting Somali Couple Communication
- 05/03/2018 – Congratulations to our latest Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Graduates!
- 04/25/2018 – Have you volunteered with us in the past? We want to hear from you!
- 04/17/2018 – Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Jessica!
- 04/12/2018 – National Public Health Week 2018
- 04/11/2018 – New Karen Child Spacing Booklet
- 04/06/2018 – Day 5 of National Public Health Week: Ensuring the Right to Health
- 04/05/2018 – Day 4 of National Public Health Week: Injury Prevention
- 04/04/2018 – Day 3 of National Public Health Week: Environmental Health
- 04/03/2018 – Day 2 of National Public Health Week: Communicable Diseases
- 04/02/2018 – Day 1 of National Public Health Week: Behavioral Health
- 04/01/2018 – It’s World Health Worker Week
- 03/29/2018 – Our Youth Kicked Some (Cigarette) Butt
- 03/21/2018 – Volunteer Spotlight – Meet Huoda!
- 03/14/2018 – East African Youth Find Safety and Support through The Young Achievers
- 03/08/2018 – Celebrating International Women’s Day!
- 02/28/2018 – Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Jared!
- 02/21/2018 – WellShare at the 2018 Minneapolis Community Connections Conference
- 02/07/2018 – FDA Panel Questions Premise of Phillip Morris’ Heat-Not-Burn Cigarette
- 01/31/2018 – Learn how to reduce your risk factors for heart disease
- 01/16/2018 – Meet our new staff members: Abdirahman and Zahra!
- 01/11/2018 – WellShare at the Communities Eliminating Tobacco Inequities Event
- 01/09/2018- Big tobacco ads follow up
- 12/20/2017 – Are the new tobacco ads reaching the youth?
- 12/5/2017 – Photos from 2017 Bridge to Health Luncheon
- 11/28/2017 – Observing Lung Cancer Awareness Month with news of WellShare progress
- 11/14/2017 – WellShare at the First European-American Migration Health Workshop in Budapest
- 11/09/2017 – Watch our latest video of our Survive and Thrive Groups in Tanzania
- 10/12/2017 – St. Catherine University partners with WellShare!
- 10/03/2017 – Medical Volunteers needed in Tanzania
- 09/26/2017 – Tobacco Education & Outreach in the Umatul Islam Duksi
- 09/22/2017 – Somali Americans Support Economic Vitality: An Analysis of Reports
- 09/19/2017 – It is pronounced kah-REN
- 09/05/2017 – WellShare won the #GreaterGood contest!
- 08/29/2017 – WellShare made the news!
- 08/23/2017 – Your DAILY VOTE can help us win $1,000!
- 08/08/2017 – 5 Differences between Practicing Medicine and Practicing Public Health
- 08/01/2017 – Tai Ji Quan
- 07/19/2017 – WellShare at the Somali Festival Week
- 07/11/2017 – Meet Caroline Ikoba – Village Health Team Member in Uganda
- 06/30/2017 – WellShare earns Gold GuideStar Nonprofit Participation Level
- 06/28/2017 – Health Impacts of Climate Change in Minnesota
- 06/15/2017 – Celebrating the Role of Fathers
- 06/06/2017 – Reducing barriers to health equity
- 05/31/2017 – Today is World ‘No Tobacco Day’
- 05/23/2017 – Meet Mailee – Program Coordinator at WellShare International
- 05/12/2017 – Supporting Healthy Mothers
- 05/03/2017 – Community Health Workers learn about intergenerational approaches to building healthy communities
- 04/25/2017 – Uganda Child named after WellShare International
- 04/13/2017 – WellShare Signs Letter on African Famine
- 04/07/2017 – WellShare Program Manager participates in Panel Discussion on Refugee Health
- 04/03/2017 – Saida works to reduce health disparities
- 03/22/2017 – Meet our new staff members!
- 03/06/2017 – We are hiring: College Health Corps VISTA position
- 03/06/2017 – WellShare staff presents at International Symposium in Kampala, Uganda
- 02/03/2017 – We Can. I Can – World Cancer Day
- 02/03/2017 – VIDEOS – Cancer 101 and Lung Cancer: Smoking Prevention Screening
- 02/02/2017 – WellShare’s Executive Director visits WellShare’s offices in East Africa
- 12/13/2016 – VIDEO – East African Smoke Free Program Highlights Slideshow
- 12/1/2016 – Today is World AIDS Day!
- 11/15/2016 – VIDEO: Engaging the Somali Community in Smoking Cessation Efforts
- 9/27/2016 – Somali Child Spacing Event
- 8/8/2016 – Neighborhood Night Out at Seward Plaza East
- 8/3/2016 – August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month
- 7/15/2016 – Somali-American Festival Week
- 6/23/2016 – World Refugee Day 2016
- 6/16/2016 – Experiencing Twin Cities World Refugee Day
- 6/7/2016 – Engaging Young Karen Mothers in Health and Well-Being
- 5/25/16 – Karen Tobacco-Free Program Graduates Its First Students
- 4/22/16 – Partnering to Share Knowledge and Resources About Reproductive Health and Health Care Access in the U.S.
- 4/5/16 – Who are the Karen?
- 3/24/16 – Ooh Se Bya Testimonial Video – Karen Tobacco-Free Program
- 3/18/16 – Educating on the Harms of Tobacco via Somali Radio
- 3/8/16 – International Women’s Day – Brenda’s Story
- 3/2/16 – Photos from Fall 2015 Luncheon
- 1/20/16 – HIV Counseling and Testing Outreach in Uganda
- 1/5/16 – Tanzania Women’s Empowerment Groups
- 11/15/15 – UMN School of Public Health Community Partner Award
- 10/12/15 – International Day of the Girl Child
- 10/7/15 – Seward Towers Go Smoke Free
- 9/17/15 – Fatima’s Story
- 7/30/15 – Somali and Karen Youth Programs
- 7/23/15 – Ramadan Soccer Tournament
- 7/13/15 – Somali Independence Day Festival
- 6/10/15 – The Path to a Tobacco-Free Lifestyle
- 4/23/15 – Devota’s Story
- 3/02/15 – Nutrition Tool Project – Eliminating Health Disparities
- 2/24/15 – UMN – Community Health Initiative
- 1/24/15 – Dangers of Hookah Media Campaign
