Where Hope Begins: The Save One Life Podcast
In honor of Save One Life’s 25th Anniversary, audiences will be invited to hear the remarkable story of how the organization grew from a passion to help those without access to essential medications and treatment into a global lifeline for individuals with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. What began with a single visit to a humble home in Pakistan—and a father’s plea for $20 so his son could attend school—sparked a movement that has now transformed thousands of lives across continents. This anniversary program will highlight Save One Life’s extraordinary global impact, sharing deeply human stories of courage...
From a Family’s Fight to a Nation’s Future: Agnes Kisakye on Founding the Hemophilia Foundation of Uganda
In this episode of Where Hope Begins: The Save One Life Podcast, host Kai Sorensen sits down with Agnes Kisakye, founder of the Hemophilia Foundation of Uganda (HFU) and recipient of the 2025 NNHF Community Award. Agnes traces her journey from a terrifying family mystery in 2004—her four-year-old nephew Jovan bleeding uncontrollably with no explanation—through a diagnostic odyssey that required shipping a sample to South Africa, to a chance meeting with another family that connected her to Lori Kelly, Save One Life’s Project SHARE, and the donated factor that changed everything. From that single act of connection grew a nation...
Ride Your Own Ride: Vaughn Ripley, Doug Mildram, and Ujjwal Bhattarai on Wheels for the World 2026
In this episode of Where Hope Begins: The Save One Life Podcast, host Kai Sorensen sits down with three longtime members of the Save One Life community—Vaughn Ripley, Doug Mildram, and Ujjwal Bhattarai—to talk about Wheels for the World 2026, Save One Life’s largest and most inclusive virtual ride yet. Together, they share what drew each of them to this community—whether through a personal diagnosis, a son’s bleeding disorder, or a relationship with Save One Life’s founder—and what keeps them coming back to the saddle year after year. From cross-country relays carrying the Save One Life flag...
Let His Death Not Be in Vain: Maureen Miruka on Building a Community of Care in Kenya
In this episode of Where Hope Begins: The Save One Life Podcast, host Kai Sorensen sits down with Dr. Maureen Miruka, founder of the Jose Memorial Hemophilia Society of Kenya (JMHSK)—a leader whose story began with a mother’s fight to understand her son’s unexplained bleeding, and deepened through the loss of her son Jose to hemophilia complications in 2007. Maureen shares what it took to pursue diagnosis and care in a system with limited resources, the long bus rides families still take to reach treatment, and the isolation of not knowing another parent facing the same condition. She also e...
A Mother’s Promise: Usha Parthasarathy on Home Visits, Hope, and Changing a Child’s Future in India
In this episode of Where Hope Begins: The Save One Life Podcast, host Kai Sorensen speaks with Usha Parthasarathy, Save One Life’s India Program Coordinator—a woman whose life has been shaped by hemophilia across generations. Usha shares the deeply personal losses of her father and first son, and how those experiences fueled a lifelong commitment to community-building, advocacy, and practical support for families living with bleeding disorders in India. Together, they explore why real change happens up close—in families’ homes, through relationships, listening, and trust—and how sponsorship helps create not just survival, but confidence, stability, and a future.
Invest in a Child’s Future: How Save One Life Began (with Founder Laurie Kelley)
In the very first episode of Where Hope Begins: The Save One Life Podcast, host Kai Sorensen sits down with Laurie Kelley—author, advocate, and the founder of Save One Life—to trace the origin story behind a question that changed everything: Could one family help another, across borders? Laurie shares the personal moments that shaped her purpose—from raising a child with hemophilia to witnessing the realities of global poverty and untreated bleeding disorders firsthand. Together, they unpack why Save One Life is built not just on medicine, but on dignity, education, and opportunity—because when a child is supporte...
