Lwala Community Alliance
Partner Details
Partner Since: 07/01/2008
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Website:
https://lwala.org/
Featured Video:
https://youtu.be/vfPm2axP8Ls/
Lwala is a community-based innovator proving that when communities lead, change is drastic and lasting.
Why we love them
They are an innovative organization with the ambition to change the way health is delivered in rural communities across Kenya.
In the News
- Lwala Community Alliance community health worker Millicent Anyango Miruka accepted the Schwab Foundation Award on behalf of CHIC at the World Economic Forum 2025 alongside CHIC executive director Madeleine Ballard.
- Lwala Community Alliance contributed to the research article Optimizing integration of community-based management of possible serious bacterial infection in young infants into primary healthcare systems in Ethiopia and Kenya: successes and challenges.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured in the Medic article Rural women at the centre of providing quality care.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured in The Nation article How a coalition of partners in Kenya is supporting government efforts in deploying primary healthcare and community health.
- Lwala Community Alliance co-CEO Ash Rogers was featured on the 100 Degrees podcast episode Institutional Fundraising and Empowering Your Nonprofit.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured on the Philanthropod episode Breaking the Cycle: From Death to Life in Lwala, Western Kenya.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured on the High Impact Podcast episode Undersupported, Unrecognized, and Vital.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured on the Vital Talks podcast episode Upending the Donor Dynamic.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured in the Kenya News article NASG Project Enhancing Maternal Healthcare In Migori.
- Lwala co-CEO Julius Mbeya was selected as a 2019 Rainer Arnhold Fellow by Mulago.
- Recipient of Segal Family Foundation's 2018 Angel for Africa Award.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured in the BBC StoryWorks film The app powering community care in Kenya | Maureen’s story.
- Lwala Community Alliance is featured in the Bridgespan report Community-Driven Change: Demonstrating Impact in Africa and India.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured in the GE HealthCare article Hope in SoundWaves: GE HealthCare Foundation‘s Mission to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Kenya.
- Lwala Community Alliance was featured in The Standard article Community Health Workers Push for Sustainability.
