World Wide Hearing

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.

Audio 20/20 Launched in Pakistan

2010-02-12T15:10:44+00:00

ISLAMABAD - World Wide Hearing's global initiative to combat hearing impairment was inaugurated in Pakistan with the help of several local partners. Collaborating with WWHearing on this initiative are Pakistan's Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education, the Pakistan Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngologists, CBM, the Comprehensive Health and Education Forum (CHEF), and the Pakistan office of the World Health Organization.