Blog

Learn more about WellShare through individual impact stories, posts about our Community Health Workers, outreach, and various community events!

All blog posts:

• 8/14/19 – Catching Up with Sarah Sevcik, Public Health Instructor and Former WellShare International Intern
• 7/30/19 – A Successful Conclusion to the Summer 2019 Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
• 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