World Wide Hearing

World Wide Hearing Chosen as 2013 Star in Global Health by Grand Challenges Canada

2012-12-10T15:31:52+00:00

We are excited to announce that World Wide Hearing has been awarded a grant for over $100,000 from Grand Challenges Canada. Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, is dedicated to supporting "bold ideas with big impact" in global health. We look forward to using this funding to launch the Hearing Express project in Jordan. World Wide Hearing would especially like to thank Gunnar Grass and Daniella Polar for their help throughout the grant application process. You can view our application video here. A big "thank you" to all those who helped promote our application video—every one of your votes made a difference!

New Partnership with ESW - Stanford

2012-11-22T16:00:17+00:00

World Wide Hearing and Engineers for a Sustainable World - Stanford are pleased to announce their collaboration on a sustainable development project in 2013. Students from the faculty of civil & environmental engineering at Stanford University will work together with World Wide Hearing to create a new mobile platform for its Hearing Express project to provide hearing aids to children & youth in developing countries.

Illustrate the Invisible Contest Deadline Extended!

2012-07-31T13:23:56+00:00

We have decided to extend the deadline to enter the 2012 Illustrate the Invisible Contest. Artists and designers now have until September 30th to submit their entries for a chance to win $250 and have their work featured in a World Wide Hearing awareness campaign. Visit the official contest page for more details.

Photos from the 2012 Dobson Cup Award Ceremony

2012-06-19T18:49:48+00:00

Audra Renyi and Stephen Potyondi receive first prize from Gregory Vit, director of McGill University's Dobson School for Entrepreneurial Studies.

Audra and Stephen interviewed after receiving their prize.

Hearing Express Wins First Prize at the McGill Dobson Cup

2012-06-15T18:27:18+00:00

World Wide Hearing is please to announce that Hearing Express—our model for providing affordable hearing aids to children in developing countries—has been awarded first place in the not-for-profit category of the Dobson Cup, a business plan competition organized by the Dobson centre for Entrepreneurial Studies at McGill University. Hearing Express was chosen for best demonstrating innovation, viability, and growth potential among all non-profit ideas presented.

The Dobson Cup is an annual opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to showcase their business ideas and not-for-profit startups. We wish to thank the organizations of the competition for their support, feedback, and recognition. The prize money will allow us to continue funding our hearing projects in developing countries.

World Wide Hearing Announces the ILLUSTRATE THE INVISIBLE Design Contest

2012-06-01T15:18:44+00:00

Are you an illustrator, photographer, graphic designer, artist, or visual storyteller? World Wide Hearing wants you to submit an image that best expresses the experience of hearing loss among children. Winners will receive a cash prize and have their work featured in our next awareness-raising campaign.

To learn more and participate, please visit our official contest page.

WWHearing Annual General Meeting

2011-04-29T03:22:39+00:00

MILL NECK, NEW YORK - WWHearing holds its Annual General Meeting in Mill Neck, New York. This event is hosted by the Mill Neck Family of Organizations / Lutheran Friends of the Deaf, a major philanthropic organization providing services for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing as well as individuals with communication disorders and other disabilities in the New York area. It has nation-wide and world-wide outreach and has been involved with WWHearing since 2007. WWHearing members, hearing impairment experts, and special guests meet in this scenic coastal town in a series of highly productive meetings to discuss the development of the organization and the implementation of WWHearing's global strategic plan AUDIO 20/20 as well as its new service model, Hearing Express.

WWHearing Foundations Established in Canada and the U.S.

2011-03-20T02:08:25+00:00

QUEBEC, WASHINGTON D.C. - As part of the establishment of World Wide Hearing Canada, USA and International, WWHearing USA has received IRS charitable status. The Canada and International foundations are both in the process of obtaining their charitable status. As part of this process, WWHearing International has hired its first Executive Director, Ms Audra Rényi. Audra brings experience from the private sector and the non-profit world. She holds a business & finance degree from the Wharton School, as well as a degree in International Studies, both from the University of Pennsylvania. In the private sector, she has worked as an Investment Banker on Wall Street dealing with private equity firms. On the non-profit side, Audra has worked with Doctors Without Borders running the finances and H&R for a refugee hospital in Chad, served as the CFO of a non-profit agricultural organization in Western Rwanda, acted as Business Consultant for a microfinance organization in Kenya, and more recently, as Director of Development/Fundraising at Canada World Youth, a leading volunteer exchange organization that has sent 34,000 young Canadian volunteers to over 60 developing countries.

Claudio Bussandri Joins WWHearing’s Executive Committee

2010-11-24T15:04:46+00:00

LONDON - Claudio Bussandri, a successful Canadian businessman, joins the Executive Committee of WWHearing. With his extensive experience in humanitarian work in Canada, Claudio will be assisting in the effort to establish World Wide Hearing Foundations in Canada, their southern neighbor, the United States, and elsewhere. It should be noted that Claudio has a severe hearing impairment himself (as a result of an ear infection in infancy) and has been assisted since childhood in his education and business career by the use of hearing aids in both ears.

World Wide Hearing, World Health Organization Collaboration Agreement Renewed

2010-10-20T17:10:54+00:00

GENEVA - World Wide Hearing and the World Health Organization renewed their collaboration agreement for a second, four year term. The original collaboration agreement signed in 2006 was extended until the year 2014.