Audette Exel
@audetteexel.bsky.social
Founder of the Adara Group - www.adaragroup.org. Privileged to work with women & children living remotely in faraway places. Bridging worlds is my gig.
Reposted by Audette Exel
We recently kicked off our new Baby Ubuntu Facilitators’ Training – aimed at enhancing the quality of support offered to children with #neurodisabilities & their caregivers.
It was great to see trainees’ skills grow.
Stronger facilitators mean stronger support for families.
It was great to see trainees’ skills grow.
Stronger facilitators mean stronger support for families.
June 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
We recently kicked off our new Baby Ubuntu Facilitators’ Training – aimed at enhancing the quality of support offered to children with #neurodisabilities & their caregivers.
It was great to see trainees’ skills grow.
Stronger facilitators mean stronger support for families.
It was great to see trainees’ skills grow.
Stronger facilitators mean stronger support for families.
Reposted by Audette Exel
Great to see our Founder and Chair, @audetteexel.bsky.social, featured in Philanthropy Australia's Giving News.
Audette shares her thoughts on the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social's plan to spend down $200 billion and close by 2045.
Read her full statement: www.philanthropy.org.au/news-and-sto...
Audette shares her thoughts on the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social's plan to spend down $200 billion and close by 2045.
Read her full statement: www.philanthropy.org.au/news-and-sto...
May 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Great to see our Founder and Chair, @audetteexel.bsky.social, featured in Philanthropy Australia's Giving News.
Audette shares her thoughts on the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social's plan to spend down $200 billion and close by 2045.
Read her full statement: www.philanthropy.org.au/news-and-sto...
Audette shares her thoughts on the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social's plan to spend down $200 billion and close by 2045.
Read her full statement: www.philanthropy.org.au/news-and-sto...
A call to action for the ages. Bravo. Critical leadership at a time of massive need in our world. 👏 👏
“I hope other wealthy people consider how much they can accelerate progress for the world’s poorest if they increased the pace and scale of their giving…”
www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...
“I hope other wealthy people consider how much they can accelerate progress for the world’s poorest if they increased the pace and scale of their giving…”
www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...
My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth
During the first 25 years of the Gates Foundation, we gave away more than $100 billion. Over the next two decades, we will double our giving.
www.gatesfoundation.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A call to action for the ages. Bravo. Critical leadership at a time of massive need in our world. 👏 👏
“I hope other wealthy people consider how much they can accelerate progress for the world’s poorest if they increased the pace and scale of their giving…”
www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...
“I hope other wealthy people consider how much they can accelerate progress for the world’s poorest if they increased the pace and scale of their giving…”
www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...
Reposted by Audette Exel
On this sunny #ElectionDay, as every Aussie casts their vote, I remember & honour the suffragettes who chained themselves to the steps of parliament to get me, and all other women, the vote. As we watch the unraveling of democracy in the USA, may we never take ours for granted. #ausvotes
May 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
On this sunny #ElectionDay, as every Aussie casts their vote, I remember & honour the suffragettes who chained themselves to the steps of parliament to get me, and all other women, the vote. As we watch the unraveling of democracy in the USA, may we never take ours for granted. #ausvotes
On this sunny #ElectionDay, as every Aussie casts their vote, I remember & honour the suffragettes who chained themselves to the steps of parliament to get me, and all other women, the vote. As we watch the unraveling of democracy in the USA, may we never take ours for granted. #ausvotes
May 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
On this sunny #ElectionDay, as every Aussie casts their vote, I remember & honour the suffragettes who chained themselves to the steps of parliament to get me, and all other women, the vote. As we watch the unraveling of democracy in the USA, may we never take ours for granted. #ausvotes
It is monstrous. Tens of millions of our neighbours in faraway places are likely to die this year as the impact of the #USAID & #PEPFAR shutdown bites. My thoughts from Uganda. @nickkristof.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/last-w...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/last-w...
The last word goes to the newborn
*Sarah was born five days ago, too soon. She is the first baby for her Mum and Dad.
www.linkedin.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It is monstrous. Tens of millions of our neighbours in faraway places are likely to die this year as the impact of the #USAID & #PEPFAR shutdown bites. My thoughts from Uganda. @nickkristof.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/last-w...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/last-w...
I am in remote Uganda - speechless & heartbroken as I read this. Millions more will die. This is monstrous. Who will stand up for our neighbours in faraway places? Raise. Your. Voice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am in remote Uganda - speechless & heartbroken as I read this. Millions more will die. This is monstrous. Who will stand up for our neighbours in faraway places? Raise. Your. Voice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
Reposted by Audette Exel
🎥 How does the Adara Youth Community Centre (AYCC) support young people to lead happy and healthy lives?
Our Founder and Chair, @audetteexel.bsky.social, visited the AYCC yesterday and spoke to Social Worker, Margaret Nabaweesi, about the Centre's work.
⬇️ Watch to learn more!
#YouthWork #Youth
Our Founder and Chair, @audetteexel.bsky.social, visited the AYCC yesterday and spoke to Social Worker, Margaret Nabaweesi, about the Centre's work.
⬇️ Watch to learn more!
#YouthWork #Youth
March 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
🎥 How does the Adara Youth Community Centre (AYCC) support young people to lead happy and healthy lives?
Our Founder and Chair, @audetteexel.bsky.social, visited the AYCC yesterday and spoke to Social Worker, Margaret Nabaweesi, about the Centre's work.
⬇️ Watch to learn more!
#YouthWork #Youth
Our Founder and Chair, @audetteexel.bsky.social, visited the AYCC yesterday and spoke to Social Worker, Margaret Nabaweesi, about the Centre's work.
⬇️ Watch to learn more!
#YouthWork #Youth
Reposted by Audette Exel
Writing from the ground in Uganda, our Founder and Chair, @audetteexel.bsky.social, shares a powerful reflection on the devastating impact of the USAID funding cuts, and the urgent need for action.
She calls on us all to step up.
Read Audette's powerful blog👇🏾
www.adaragroup.org/stories/2025...
She calls on us all to step up.
Read Audette's powerful blog👇🏾
www.adaragroup.org/stories/2025...
Nothing is enough. Everything is enough – by Audette Exel
Writing from the ground in Uganda, our Founder and Chair Audette Exel AO shares a powerful reflection on the devastating impact of USAID cuts
www.adaragroup.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Writing from the ground in Uganda, our Founder and Chair, @audetteexel.bsky.social, shares a powerful reflection on the devastating impact of the USAID funding cuts, and the urgent need for action.
She calls on us all to step up.
Read Audette's powerful blog👇🏾
www.adaragroup.org/stories/2025...
She calls on us all to step up.
Read Audette's powerful blog👇🏾
www.adaragroup.org/stories/2025...
Hard to believe there is even a debate about this. Vaccines work.
https:/www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00850-X/fulltext
https:/www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00850-X/fulltext
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Hard to believe there is even a debate about this. Vaccines work.
https:/www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00850-X/fulltext
https:/www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00850-X/fulltext
Reposted by Audette Exel
Did you catch our Founder & Chair @audetteexel.bsky.social in the Sydney Morning Herald over the weekend?
In a special #IWD article, Audette shared her journey of breaking barriers & what’s possible when passionate people come together to create change.
edition.smh.com.au/shortcode/SY...
In a special #IWD article, Audette shared her journey of breaking barriers & what’s possible when passionate people come together to create change.
edition.smh.com.au/shortcode/SY...
March 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Did you catch our Founder & Chair @audetteexel.bsky.social in the Sydney Morning Herald over the weekend?
In a special #IWD article, Audette shared her journey of breaking barriers & what’s possible when passionate people come together to create change.
edition.smh.com.au/shortcode/SY...
In a special #IWD article, Audette shared her journey of breaking barriers & what’s possible when passionate people come together to create change.
edition.smh.com.au/shortcode/SY...
Reposted by Audette Exel
In need of an uplifting blast?! Watch this video :) And never forget - Girls. Can. Do. Anything. @adaragroup.bsky.social
#IWD youtube.com/watch?v=8n8H...
#IWD youtube.com/watch?v=8n8H...
International Women's Day
YouTube video by Adara Group
youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
In need of an uplifting blast?! Watch this video :) And never forget - Girls. Can. Do. Anything. @adaragroup.bsky.social
#IWD youtube.com/watch?v=8n8H...
#IWD youtube.com/watch?v=8n8H...
In need of an uplifting blast?! Watch this video :) And never forget - Girls. Can. Do. Anything. @adaragroup.bsky.social
#IWD youtube.com/watch?v=8n8H...
#IWD youtube.com/watch?v=8n8H...
International Women's Day
YouTube video by Adara Group
youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
In need of an uplifting blast?! Watch this video :) And never forget - Girls. Can. Do. Anything. @adaragroup.bsky.social
#IWD youtube.com/watch?v=8n8H...
#IWD youtube.com/watch?v=8n8H...
We are living in a time of extraordinary geo-political shift.It is hard to keep up. But we must.
The freezing of c. US$68 bn & dismantling of USAID is hitting hard in low-income countries. We must double down, not back down. @adaragroup.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...
The freezing of c. US$68 bn & dismantling of USAID is hitting hard in low-income countries. We must double down, not back down. @adaragroup.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...
Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling
The Trump administration appears to be flouting a judge’s order pausing the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We are living in a time of extraordinary geo-political shift.It is hard to keep up. But we must.
The freezing of c. US$68 bn & dismantling of USAID is hitting hard in low-income countries. We must double down, not back down. @adaragroup.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...
The freezing of c. US$68 bn & dismantling of USAID is hitting hard in low-income countries. We must double down, not back down. @adaragroup.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...
Reposted by Audette Exel
Social justice is key to a fair, peaceful world. Yet, 700M+ people still live in #extremepoverty worldwide.
We believe justice means access to essential services for all. That’s why we deliver quality #health & #education services to those in some of the most remote places.
#SocialJusticeDay
We believe justice means access to essential services for all. That’s why we deliver quality #health & #education services to those in some of the most remote places.
#SocialJusticeDay
February 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Social justice is key to a fair, peaceful world. Yet, 700M+ people still live in #extremepoverty worldwide.
We believe justice means access to essential services for all. That’s why we deliver quality #health & #education services to those in some of the most remote places.
#SocialJusticeDay
We believe justice means access to essential services for all. That’s why we deliver quality #health & #education services to those in some of the most remote places.
#SocialJusticeDay
Reposted by Audette Exel
Adara is excited to be on BlueSky! We’re here to share updates, stories & insights about our work & mission.
We believe that each & every person deserves access to quality health, education & other essential services, no matter where they live.
Visit our website to learn more: www.adaragroup.org
We believe that each & every person deserves access to quality health, education & other essential services, no matter where they live.
Visit our website to learn more: www.adaragroup.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Adara is excited to be on BlueSky! We’re here to share updates, stories & insights about our work & mission.
We believe that each & every person deserves access to quality health, education & other essential services, no matter where they live.
Visit our website to learn more: www.adaragroup.org
We believe that each & every person deserves access to quality health, education & other essential services, no matter where they live.
Visit our website to learn more: www.adaragroup.org
Reposted by Audette Exel
Our Hospital to Home (H2H) Outcomes Paper has been published!
The study demonstrated that our H2H follow-up programme is feasible, acceptable and positively impacted #InfantHealth practices in a rural #Ugandan setting.
🔗 Learn more: www.adaragroup.org/press-releas...
#Research #NewbornCare
The study demonstrated that our H2H follow-up programme is feasible, acceptable and positively impacted #InfantHealth practices in a rural #Ugandan setting.
🔗 Learn more: www.adaragroup.org/press-releas...
#Research #NewbornCare
February 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Our Hospital to Home (H2H) Outcomes Paper has been published!
The study demonstrated that our H2H follow-up programme is feasible, acceptable and positively impacted #InfantHealth practices in a rural #Ugandan setting.
🔗 Learn more: www.adaragroup.org/press-releas...
#Research #NewbornCare
The study demonstrated that our H2H follow-up programme is feasible, acceptable and positively impacted #InfantHealth practices in a rural #Ugandan setting.
🔗 Learn more: www.adaragroup.org/press-releas...
#Research #NewbornCare
Reposted by Audette Exel
Mentorship is key to continuous learning & building strong #healthsystems. That’s why it’s a core focus of #AdaraNewborn.
As part of ongoing #mentorship, #NICU staff at Luwero Hospital staff received support last week on clear documentation – maintaining #qualitycare.
As part of ongoing #mentorship, #NICU staff at Luwero Hospital staff received support last week on clear documentation – maintaining #qualitycare.
February 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Mentorship is key to continuous learning & building strong #healthsystems. That’s why it’s a core focus of #AdaraNewborn.
As part of ongoing #mentorship, #NICU staff at Luwero Hospital staff received support last week on clear documentation – maintaining #qualitycare.
As part of ongoing #mentorship, #NICU staff at Luwero Hospital staff received support last week on clear documentation – maintaining #qualitycare.
Events in the USA are impacting tens of millions of the most marginalised people on our planet, and shifting global dynamics at speed. The whole world is watching. We must stand up for our neighbours in faraway places. #EveryMotherEveryChild
www.afr.com/world/pacifi...
www.afr.com/world/pacifi...
Trump’s assault on aid costs lives and ‘opens the door to China’
The US president’s attack on foreign aid has already led to deaths and is an invitation to Beijing to win hearts and minds in the Pacific and across our region.
www.afr.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Events in the USA are impacting tens of millions of the most marginalised people on our planet, and shifting global dynamics at speed. The whole world is watching. We must stand up for our neighbours in faraway places. #EveryMotherEveryChild
www.afr.com/world/pacifi...
www.afr.com/world/pacifi...
Do not look away.Time to step up.
“After one week 900,000+ women and girls will have been denied reproductive care, [growing to] 11.7 million over 90 days… 4.2 million girls and women will [have] unintended pregnancies, & 8,340 will die.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/h...
“After one week 900,000+ women and girls will have been denied reproductive care, [growing to] 11.7 million over 90 days… 4.2 million girls and women will [have] unintended pregnancies, & 8,340 will die.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/h...
With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions
Shock and grief rippled through the health community as lifelines for care were abruptly severed.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Do not look away.Time to step up.
“After one week 900,000+ women and girls will have been denied reproductive care, [growing to] 11.7 million over 90 days… 4.2 million girls and women will [have] unintended pregnancies, & 8,340 will die.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/h...
“After one week 900,000+ women and girls will have been denied reproductive care, [growing to] 11.7 million over 90 days… 4.2 million girls and women will [have] unintended pregnancies, & 8,340 will die.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/h...
Step up - our neighbours in faraway places are in crisis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
The collapse of U.S.A.I.D. at the hands of President Trump and Elon Musk is already leaving gaping holes in vital health care and other services that millions of Africans rely on for their survival.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Step up - our neighbours in faraway places are in crisis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
At the stroke of a political pen, hundreds of millions of people living in poverty are at risk. We must step up.
@nickkristof.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/step-u...
@nickkristof.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/step-u...
STEP UP - LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF BACKLASH
There are moments in my life working across the worlds of the business and not-for-profit sectors where it truly feels like I am operating on two completely different planets – and this week has been ...
www.linkedin.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
At the stroke of a political pen, hundreds of millions of people living in poverty are at risk. We must step up.
@nickkristof.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/step-u...
@nickkristof.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/step-u...
Our world is full of greatness.
Congrats to Dr Peter Waiswa - for the Senior Career Award from #Makarere for exemplary contributions to knowledge through scholarly publication. Peter’s wisdom is invaluable to #AdaraNewborn. His dedication to #newborn lives is inspiring. @waiswap.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr Peter Waiswa - for the Senior Career Award from #Makarere for exemplary contributions to knowledge through scholarly publication. Peter’s wisdom is invaluable to #AdaraNewborn. His dedication to #newborn lives is inspiring. @waiswap.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Our world is full of greatness.
Congrats to Dr Peter Waiswa - for the Senior Career Award from #Makarere for exemplary contributions to knowledge through scholarly publication. Peter’s wisdom is invaluable to #AdaraNewborn. His dedication to #newborn lives is inspiring. @waiswap.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr Peter Waiswa - for the Senior Career Award from #Makarere for exemplary contributions to knowledge through scholarly publication. Peter’s wisdom is invaluable to #AdaraNewborn. His dedication to #newborn lives is inspiring. @waiswap.bsky.social