WiRED’s Community Health Education Initiative
WiRED launched an initiative honoring the late Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens in the fall of 2015. This program enables WiRED to provide its entire training library, computer and display hardware and train-the-trainer programs to doctors and organizations in developing areas of the world. The objective of this effort is to deliver the highest quality health education programs to doctors and grassroots communities in the world’s lowest-resource regions.
Ambassador Stevens believed in community engagement and public diplomacy — a philosophy which corresponds with WiRED’s longstanding approach to programs and practices. WiRED’s initiative honors Ambassador Stevens by addressing low-income populations for which he had an abiding concern. Advancing good health through education honors the Ambassador’s memory and allows WiRED to fulfil a mission championed by its board members and volunteers.
WiRED has issued a request for proposals in developing countries inviting clinics, medical schools, schools of public health and local health-focused NGOs to participate in this program. We encourage all eligible organizations to examine this program and consider submitting a proposal.
Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens
Ambassador Stevens earned a B.A. in history in 1982 at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1983 to 1985, he taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. In 1989, he graduated with a J.D. degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and in 2010 he received an M.S. degree from the National War College in Washington, D.C.
Ambassador Stevens joined the United States Foreign Service in 1991. His early overseas assignments included posts in Jerusalem, Damascus, Cairo and Riyadh. In Washington, D.C., he acted as Director of the Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs. He served as Ambassador to Libya until his death in 2012. |