Lwala Community Alliance

Lwala Community Alliance is a nonprofit organization delivering services to 20,000 people in western Kenya. The Lwala Community Hospital provides primary care, maternity services, and HIV treatment and has over 3000 patient visits per month. The Kenyan-founded organization also runs community development programs in education and economic empowerment to support people in the region more comprehensively. For example, Lwala trains hundreds of youth each year in organic agriculture and income generation.

The work has been featured by the Clinton Global Initiative, Apple, NPR, ABC World News, CNN, and in the documentary 'Sons of Lwala.' In the U.S. the organization is closely affiliated with Vanderbilt University. For more information, visit LwalaCommunityAlliance.org

For media and press releases:

Apple documentary featuring Lwala's maternal and child outreach, June 2013: http://www.apple.com/ios/videos/#developers

Clinton Global Initiative blog features Lwala for Mother's Day, 2013: 'Transforming Maternal Health in Western Kenya' http:// www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/blog/?title=transforming-maternal-health-in-western-kenya

ONE spotlight on Lwala for Electrify Africa: 'Delivering Babies in the Dark' http://www.one.org/us/2013/08/06/delivering-babies-in-the-dark/

Girls' Globe features Lwala's participation in the International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa: '3 Lessons for Kenya from the International Conference on Family Planning' http://girlsglobe.org/2013/11/23/3-lessons-for-kenya-from-the-international-conference-on- family-planning/

Health eVillages highlights Lwala in video: 'Move the Needle on Global Health Now' http://www.healthevillages.org/move-the-needle-on-global-health-now/#.UugBq3fnY_U