By: Liz Jarman, Living Goods Kenya Country Director In July 2015, our first class of Living Goods Kenya Community Health Promoters–known as community health volunteers (CHVs) in Kenya–graduated in Busia County, brimming with pride. If you could be a fly on the wall at a Living Goods graduation, you would see how inspiring and joyous […]

  As we look back on the past year and ahead to 2017, we’re humbled by the progress that has been made thanks to our partners, funders, team, and supporters. Our vision is ambitious: to provide every mother and child with a trained, stocked, and motivated community health worker. But we know that it is […]

Living Goods Community Health Promoter Rita visits Susan and her three young children.  On International Women’s Day, we’re taking a moment to celebrate our dedicated and compassionate Community Health Promoters, and the mothers and children they serve. Amid tightening global health budgets and damaging policies that may restrict women’s access to critical services such as family […]

A little over a decade ago, Living Good launched an innovative model that seeks to transform the way community health is delivered. Community health workers are often the first and only link to health services and care for millions of families. Unfortunately, many community health systems across the globe face challenges that severely thwart their […]

We’re very excited to share that Living Goods been awarded $5 million from the Development Innovations Ventures (DIV) program at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand our growth in Kenya—providing more families with affordable, high-quality health care and services. Read more in this USAID press release issued on Thursday. “We are proud […]

This week, Living Goods Founder Chuck Slaughter joined an impressive group of global health leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting to announce the launch of the Financing Alliance for Health. The new alliance is an innovative partnership between governments, organizations, and agencies to help governments design and fund effective community health programs in […]

Earlier today the Skoll Foundation announced it is awarding Living Goods and Chuck Slaughter a 2016 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In the words of the foundation “The Skoll Awards distinguish transformative leaders whose organizations are disrupting the status quo, driving large-scale equilibrium change, and are poised to create even greater impact on the world.” Past awardees include Kiva, […]

A message from the founder: In May of this year Living Goods will turn 10 years old. Living Goods now stands on its strongest footing since our founding. We have clear proof our model saves lives. On the strength of that evidence in 2016 we are rapidly growing to serve 5 million people – a […]

Last month, leaders from seven countries gathered at Wilton Park with their partners around a common vision: achieving universal access to healthcare and transforming maternal-child health through national scale-up of Community Health Workers (CHWs). These efforts hold the potential to transform the lives of millions and set a convergent course toward global health equity. However, […]

Living Goods Uganda Health Trainer Anita Owakunda has been featured on a new radio program, narrated by the Oscar-winning actor Hilary Swank. Anita’s story is part of the Global Superheroes radio series, which brings attention to the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. This program “tells the stories of 5 young superheroes who have dedicated their […]