With our expanded partnerships, HTWF is supporting 12 projects across 9 countries in Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Latin America.
We’re excited to welcome our newest partners, Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital and Clinton Health Access Initiative in Kenya and Ayati National Centre for Children with Disabilities in Sri Lanka. In addition, we’re proud to continue our support for Sonrisas Que Eschuchan in Guatemala, Sense International Kenya, Jordan University Hospital, and the Jordan University of Science of Technology.
New projects
Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) and Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) – Nairobi, Kenya: This is a multidisciplinary partnership with CHAI, KUTRRH and Global Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. CHAI is an international NGO, working in Kenya since 2005, supporting the government to develop scalable solutions to deliver health services. KUTRRH, established in 2019, is a national tertiary facility advancing specialized healthcare. The goal of the project is to establish and implement a scalable universal newborn hearing screening across a pilot hub (KUTRRH) and a spoke facility (Kiambu County Referral Hospital) and generate implementation research evidence on feasibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness to inform national policy by engaging with policymakers and Ministry of Health.
Ayati National Centre for Children with Disabilities- Ragama, Sri Lanka: Ayati is Sri Lanka’s first National Centre for Children with Disabilities and part of the University of Kelaniya. It offers free services to children with physical and mental health challenges. The Ayati Centre houses a full audiology unit where it already provides clinical services. One of the project’s goals is to achieve 80% hearing screening program coverage for all school aged children in Ja Ela Divisional Secretariat.
Renewed support:
Jordan University Hospital (JUH) / Jordan: JUH is a leading public academic hospital providing tertiary care and professional training. JUH plays a central role in national newborn and pediatric hearing services and works closely with the Ministry of Health to strengthen early detection, referral, and intervention pathways across Jordan. JUH will continue to expand and strengthen universal newborn hearing screening nationwide, a strong initiative of the project in collaboration with the Jordanian Ministry of Health.
Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) / Jordan: The Speech and Hearing Clinic at JUST is a university-based educational clinic providing audiological services, professional training, and community outreach. The clinic has over 20 years of experience and plays a key role in training audiology professionals while delivering services to underserved children and families. Working in tandem with the Jordanian Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education, JUST will continue to work toward establishing a structured school-age children hearing screening model anchored through public health centers.
Fundacion Sonrisas Que Eschuchan (SQE) / Guatemala: SQE is a NPO in Guatemala City, founded by the only audiologist in Guatemala, in 2009. SQE has a strong neonatal screening program in public hospitals, for which it secured partial funding by government. It has been active in providing training to increase the number of skilled workforce. SQE has so far screened 176,000 children and provided 6,800 hearing aid across 18 departments. A key goal for SQE will be to increase the in-country workforce through collaboration with the National Association of Colombia. The project aims to continue expanding newborn and school screenings and increase in-country workforce by developing certification in audiology.
Sense International Kenya (SIK)/ Kenya: SIK is an NGO established in 2005 to support people with deafblindness, hearing loss and complex disabilities. SIK works in 12 counties, implementing programs in health, inclusive education, livelihoods, and advocacy. SIK is working to establish the Msambweni audiology unit as a training and internship hub for Kenya Medical Training College and University of Nairobi as part of their project.