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Unlocking the potential of communities to advance their own comprehensive wellbeing. We believe that when communities lead, change is lasting.

12/06/2026

𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮!

The launch of Kenya's Every Woman Every Newborn (EWENE) Agenda and Acceleration Plan 2026–2028 is an important step toward ensuring that every mother and baby can access the care they need.

Making that vision a reality takes more than national policies. It requires communities to be part of the solution.

In Migori, Homa Bay, and Baringo Counties, community health committees are bringing together community members, health workers, facility staff, and local leaders to identify challenges and find practical ways to improve care. Their work helps ensure that health services reflect the needs and priorities of the people they serve.

When communities have a seat at the table, health systems work better for everyone.

Read more here:
https://lwala.org/community-accountability-the-backbone-of-responsive-health-systems/

07/06/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞.

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝟏𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 $𝟕𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Whether you give today, become a monthly donor, or plan a legacy gift, you are helping build something designed to last.

Support the Lwala Community Hospital Endowment: lwala.org/endowment

30/05/2026

Across Kenya, communities and health workers are continuing to shape more trusted, responsive health systems.🌟

This edition of our insider report highlights how community health committees are driving accountability and improving access to care, while Lwala Community Hospital continues to raise standards for compassionate, high-quality care.

We also share progress in strengthening maternal and newborn health, advancing digital health systems, supporting CHW professionalization, and expanding community-led health to new counties.

Together, these stories reflect what’s possible when communities are trusted as leaders in building stronger health systems.

🔗 Read the full report at this link:https://lwala.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Q1-2026-Insider-Report.pdf

29/05/2026

What does high-quality, community-led health care actually look like?

At Lwala Community Hospital, it looks like mothers receiving respectful maternity care. It looks like community members shaping hospital decisions. It looks like clinicians and neighbors working side-by-side to raise the standard of care for everyone.

Our latest blog post shares how a hospital built by neighbors became a model for community-led health in Kenya. Now, through our hospital’s endowment, we’re working to secure this care for generations to come.

Read the story: https://lwala.org/lwala-community-hospital-raising-the-standard-of-care/

Learn more about the endowment: https://lwala.org/endowment

26/05/2026

The future of global health isn’t top-down.
A lot was said in Geneva last week — here’s what stood out to us at .

25/05/2026

𝐀 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬—even in the face of global funding cuts, shifting donor priorities, and economic uncertainty.

Unlike time-bound, restricted funding, an endowment is designed to grow over time and generate returns that sustain the hospital indefinitely.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 --> lwala.org/endowment

22/05/2026

𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥. 𝐀 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬.

In 2007, brothers Milton and Fred Ochieng’ returned home to Lwala with a vision: build a hospital alongside their community that would serve generations to come.

Today, Lwala Community Hospital sees 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟖𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 and stands at the center of a growing movement for community-led health in Kenya.

Through the Lwala Community Hospital Endowment, we are working to secure care well beyond our lifetimes, for as long as our community needs it.

This spring we invite you to be a part of lasting impact. lwala.org/endowment

22/05/2026

For years, global health conversations have focused on expansion: more programs, more interventions, more initiatives to close urgent gaps.

This was the focus of the side event organized by Community Health Units For Universal Health Coverage (CHU4UHC platform) at , where participants reflected on how to build stronger, more resilient, country-led health systems. Throughout the discussion there was a broad consensus that lasting progress requires coordinated action rooted in national systems and communities.

We reflected on the fragmentation that still shapes much of global health financing and implementation. When partners, donors, and programs operate in silos, countries are often left managing parallel systems that are difficult to coordinate and sustain.

The conversation highlighted the need for integrated planning, aligned investment, and long-term support for public health systems that are rooted in communities.

It was encouraging to see how much the conversation has evolved. The value of community health is well established, and attention is now shifting toward how global health actors can better support country-led models that are financially sustainable, embedded within public systems, and designed to endure beyond funding cycles.

22/05/2026

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲.
At Lwala Community Alliance, we believe communities should play a leading role in the research process, as they are best positioned to identify challenges and solutions that are relevant to their context.

Through the Centres for Exchange initiative, supported by @/Wellcome Trust, Lwala is joining seven other organisations across India, Kenya, and South Africa to explore more equitable and reciprocal approaches to knowledge exchange in health research.
Across the initiative, partners are testing what shifts when communities move from being subjects of research to active participants in shaping it.

As part of this project, we're engaging community members, marginalized groups, researchers, Lwala staff, and government officials throughout the Lwala Household Survey process in Migori County — from design and implementation to analysis and knowledge sharing.

One lesson emerging from this work is that when communities are meaningfully involved in health research, trust grows, learning becomes more collaborative, and communities feel a stronger sense of agency and ownership.

The Centres for Exchange website has launched as a living learning resource, featuring emerging insights from across the programme, including quarterly learning packages.
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: www.centresforexchange.org

We are grateful for our partners in this work: Pivot Collective, Development Dynamics, Health Equity Action Lab, The George Institute, Southern Hemisphere and teams across all eight organisations.
A big shoutout to the team supporting this project from Lwala: Sandra Mudhune, Jane Wamae, Richard Wamai, Felix Owino, and Sylvia Otieno.

19/05/2026

“A pair of glasses can actually change that.”

At a side event hosted by Livelihood Impact Fund during , Lwala Co-CEO Julius Mbeya shared why integrating vision care into primary health care systems matters for communities AND the health workers serving them every day. 👓

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