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Recent Activity
December 2011: Trial Certificate Program in Kenya Advances the
Quiet Work of Prevention
WiRED believes that community health starts with knowledge—and there is no better proof of this than the launch of WiRED's Community Health Information Center (CHIC) Certificate Program in Kisumu, Kenya. Read more >
November 2011: WiRED Volunteers Make Amazon Health
Program Possible
The success of WiRED International's second trip to the isolated Peruvian village of Galilea rests solidly on our team of 14 volunteer translators. These men and women translated 25 of WiRED's Community Health Information (CHI) program modules into Spanish, a task that took several months of dedicated, unpaid work. Read more >
November 2011: WiRED Makes Second Trip to Amazon, Implements
Health Education Program
After nearly two weeks on the road, WiRED's installation team has returned from work in the Amazon headwaters where it provided a range of health education resources for the small village of Galilea, located in a remote jungle region of northern Peru. Read more >
September 2011: WiRED Promotes Life-Saving Oral
Rehydration Therapy (ORT)
One child is dying from dehydration. Someone gives the child badly needed water. The child's body cannot absorb the water and the child dies. Another dehydrated child is given water mixed with a simple formula of sugar and salt. This, the child's body can absorb, and the child lives. Read more >
June 2011: WiRED Begins Ambitious Project in the Amazon
WiRED just took a giant step towards ramping up its Community Health Information (CHI) Center programs in South America with a new project in Peru. WiRED Director Gary Selnow, Ph.D. recently returned from visiting the small village of Galilea, deep in the Amazon jungle. Read more >
June 2011: WiRED Dedicates the Faye F. and Sheldon S. Cohen Community Health Information Center
In a separate event from the latest e-library installation, WiRED dedicated the Faye F. and Sheldon S. Cohen Community Health Information Center (CHIC) in Pandipieri, Kenya, a community services facility where WiRED has operated for the last 10 years bringing health information to more than a quarter of a million people. Read more >
June 2011: WiRED Opens New CHI Center e-Library in Kenya
After a year in the making, WiRED proudly announces the latest installation of the Community Health Information (CHI) e-library in Kisumu, Kenya. This interactive, health training program covers 120 topics or modules critical to public health in developing regions—with a special emphasis on HIV/AIDS as that remains critical to our audiences in Africa. Read more >
April 2011: WiRED Welcomes New Board Member
WiRED's Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Charlotte Ferretti, R.N., Ed.D, has been named as its newest member. Dr. Ferretti brings expertise and experience working in community health care with underserved populations and will serve as a valuable resource for WiRED's health education programs. Read more >
March 2011: Amazing Graces—Blessings to Season Your Meals
All his life the Reverend, Doctor Richard Reynolds Gilbert loved giving mealtime prayers for family and friends. Consequently, in 2001, he published Amazing Graces. Dr. Gilbert said, "To sprinkle light from heaven upon earthly pleasure—good food and fresh talk—is the audacious aim of this slender volume."
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February 2011: WiRED Welcomes New Board Member
The WiRED International Board is pleased to announce Christopher Spirito as its newest board member. Mr. Spirito, currently with The MITRE Corporation, brings valuable expertise in engineering and technology to WiRED International and its global telemedicine outreach programs. Read more >
BioSand Filter February 2011: WiRED Program Addresses Basic Need
for Clean Water
The role of prevention in assuring good health, sadly, is often overlooked. It isn't as glamorous as finding a cure for AIDS or as profitable as the cash that flows in from treatment. Having or not having clean water means the difference between life and death in vulnerable populations the world over. Read more >
January 2011: WiRED mourns the loss of board member,
Dr. Richard Gilbert
WiRED's board and volunteers are deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Richard Gilbert on January 6. Dr. Gilbert was a founding member of WiRED's board and a long-standing supporter of our community health programs abroad. Read more >
December 2010: Wrapping up WiRED's 10th Anniversary Year
In the past decade WiRED's path has twisted and turned across 12 countries on 4 continents. But we have always stayed true to course on key matters: 1) targeting people in need, 2) using tools of technology for medical information, and 3) supporting the belief that people can help themselves if you give them a hand. Read more >
December 2010: WiRED Welcomes New Board Member
Allison Kozicharow is delighted to join WiRED's board after serving as a volunteer since the organization's inception. She first became involved through Richard Gilbert, D.D., her father and board member, and now edits documents and writes articles for WiRED. Read more >
November 2010: A Salute to Robert Ohrenschall
Robert Ohrenschall joined WiRED International as its board's first chair, and has guided the organization from its beginnings in 2000 to its 10th anniversary celebration this year. Although he will remain on the board as a regular member, he passed the baton to new chair Anthony Hodge on October 1, 2010. Read more >
November 2010: WiRED Welcomes New Board Member
Miriam A. Othman, MD, MPH, brings a wealth of medical and international public health experience to WiRED International. Currently, she is Project Coordinator for WiRED International's Community Health Information (CHI) program, developing the texts for the tutorials and study materials offered in WiRED's new training program for grassroots communities. Read more >
October 2010: WiRED Welcomes New Board Member
WiRED is honored to welcome back George Guszcza, a previous volunteer, as its new board member. To say that Mr. Guszcza brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to WiRED International would be an understatement. His impressive resume and vast list of achievements speak for themselves. Read more >
October 2010: WiRED Celebrates First Decade of Service
On October 1, 2010 WiRED International celebrated its 10th anniversary with a luncheon at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. Board members, donors, and volunteers came together on this sunny Friday to celebrate WiRED’s first decade. Read more >
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