Wi RED International

Wi RED International

WiRED International is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization based in the USA, whose mission “is to provide medical and healthcare information, education and communications in developing and war-affected regions.” WiRED provides equipment, coordination and contacts to bring health information to underdeveloped regions in 12 countries on four continents. WiRED has opened facilities in Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, El Salvador, Honduras, Iraq, Kenya, Kosovo, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Serbia and Sierra Leone. The organization serves some places so remote that solar panels are required to run computers.

In 2009, the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health awarded WiRED its Organizational Public Health Hero Award. The organization earned the award “for its achievements in using information technology to provide up-to-date health education and medical information in developing, post-conflict, and isolated regions of the world.”