Blog

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

All blog posts:

• 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