Raising Donations for Pan African Acupuncture Project
The Space’s Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Emilie Salomons and The Pan African Acupuncture Project (PAAP) are looking to raise money for HIV, TB, Malaria education and treatment in Uganda this August 2008.
Donate individually or as a group.
What is PAAP?
PAAP is a non-profit NGO, which trains rural African healthcare workers in basic acupuncture for the treatment of common diseases like, HIV, Malaria and TB.
Fund Goal: $2500.00 by August 1st, 2008. *Donations are tax deductible
Donations go toward:
- Training 52 Ugandan healthcare workers in sustainable, affordable and effective methods to treat or manage symptoms of HIV, Malaria and TB
- Continuing medical supplies after training
* No funds go toward airfare.
Why Acupuncture?
Benefits of the program:
- Sustainability: Acupuncture programs cost a fraction of what an average western medical program costs making it possible to implement in rural areas without hospitals or laboratories. Supplies are also much less costly than pharmaceutical drugs, therefore much more reliable and consistent.
- Reaching rural communities: Once trained, the healthcare workers are able to go back to their existing community clinics and treat patients immediately. Acupuncture is not only used for every day treatments, it also becomes an important tool to supplement their practice during medication supply droughts.
- Bridging Tradition with the West: Many villagers still resist going to western medicine because of a lack of trust. Acupuncture has proven to be a way to bridge the two worlds and create a trust. Once in the clinic, the patients can be educated and tested for STD’s and other common diseases.
This program has been incredibly successful since starting 5 years ago. Seeing the success in Uganda, neighboring countries like Kenya, Ethiopia and Malawi have also started sister PAAP projects.
To make a donation please visit: http://www.givemeaning.com/project/paap
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