Updates
Updates on our work to establish “one standard” in the treatment of epilepsy and associated psychiatric disorders around the world.
February 8, 2018
Our first grant of Roweepra is going to the Loreto Health Services Center in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Almost 95% of people with epilepsy in this West African country are NOT on medication. This medication grant is done in partnership with The Healey International Relief Foundation.
August 23, 2017
A recent article by the Center for Disease Control (CDC)* on the prevalence of epilepsy noted that in 2015 approximately 3 million U.S. adults and 470,000 children had active epilepsy. This 3.47 million represents 1.2% of the population and is...
August 7, 2017
At their May 2017 meeting the ROW Foundation Board of Directors voted unanimously to expand the foundation’s charitable purpose, allowing it to fund services for more people in more comprehensive ways, and to work cooperatively with...
March 2, 2017
Situations in which “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts” are always thrilling to see. Sometimes they reveal the power of “compassionate collaboration,” and the benefit provided to persons living with epilepsy in under-resourced areas can be powerful!
January 30, 2017
Every nonprofit leader will tell you the greatest asset in any organization is people, with people in leadership positions being first and foremost. The ROW Foundation has been blessed from its beginning with leaders full of...