Blog
Learn more about WellShare through individual impact stories, posts about our Community Health Workers, outreach, and various community events!
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Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Keri!
Keri Schneider EDUCATION/BACKGROUND I have my undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After working for a number of years in the public sector, I moved to Minneapolis for graduate…
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…
All blog posts:
- 7/3/19 – Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Keri!
- 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
