FREE MASTER CLASS
BAREFOOT ON THE BORDER
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with Ryan Bemis from the Barefoot Acupuncture Movement on the Border
Learn about Barefoot projects in the West Bank of Israel/Palestine, harm reduction in Harlem, on the border serving refugees. |
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THE WORKING CLASS WOMEN OF JUAREZ
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In 2022, we celebrate the power of women coming together to care for their community. You can directly support our women volunteers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico as they recover amidst ongoing violence, racism, increasing poverty, and health disparities in the border region.
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SUPPORT THE WORK OF WOMEN
AIDING MIGRANTS AND MAQUILA COMMUNITIES
Two years after the Covid Pandemic began, our Barefoot Health Promoters in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, are offering acupuncture for migrants, and are re-opening their Barefoot Clinics within maquila neighborhoods where they offer care for those who have limited access to healthcare.
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GLOBAL IMPACT
ACUPUNCTURE FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND HUMANITARIAN AID
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Acupuncture Treatments |
Community Workers Trained |
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Partnerships |
Why train Community Health Workers in Acupuncture and Acudetox?
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50% of the world lacks access to basic healthcare, and depend on local community workers for their healthcare. Barefoot Acupuncture Movement’s proven, step-by step curriculum, and hands-on training puts best practices in the hands of these essential workers. We teach them to offer basic, simple, and safe protocols for the most underserved people in their community.
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Barefoot Community Acupuncture
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
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"I used to just be a housewife. But now I am a health promoter. Now I can learn other things to improve on myself.
Now I take time for myself, to love myself, so I can be there for anyone who needs my help” – Cecy, Student of our Barefoot School |
FROM DISASTER TO DEVELOPMENT
A resilience based approach to community trauma
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How we do the work is as important as what we do. We accompany communities in their recovery as they take control of their healthcare.
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Partnering with jails and corrections programs on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, NM
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NADA acupuncture (acudetox), El Paso - Shooting Response, 2019
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DisasterUnderserved Groups facing disaster, trauma, violence, and climate change confront a challenging road ahead as global disparities increase.
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ReliefBarefoot Clinics offer trauma-informed care as stress management support for survivors and first responders. We mobilize disaster response by setting up group based acupuncture.
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PartnershipWe walk with local leaders and humanitarian aid projects as they learn how to offer acupuncture as a support to their culture and economy. We train their community health workers on how to offer healthcare on their own feet.
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CommunityAs we step back, we teach community health workers how to step forward and offer their own trainings. Each partnership allows us to identify social strengths, to build on local capacities, and to support their initiatives for long term recovery.
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IN THE NEWS
Moving Healthcare's Needle Globally
Whether training officers within jails in New Mexico, or refugee workers on the border, the Barefoot Acupuncture Movement accompanies local groups and lend support as they take control of their healthcare. Learn how we help them develop sustainable models of care for behavioral health, humanitarian aid, and as a complement to primary care.
Read More: Las Cruces Bulletin |
Culturs Magazine Features the Barefoot Collective
"To give something that can be passed on is an act of love, to teach communities to fish rather than giving out fish dinners is a demonstration of solidarity." Rhonda Coleman @blacacupuncturist
Meet our Collective at the heart of our Barefoot Acupuncture Movement. Read more |
Recovery amidst COVID in Nicaragua
On the eve of the Coronavirus outbreak in the Americas, the Barefoot Acupuncture Movement's service learning program came to Nicaragua, and gathering with a group of community workers and farmers, we reflected on the question: How does solidarity show up in your world? Read More: Medicinal Roots Mag |
PARTER WITH USLet's set up a time to meet, so we can learn more about you, your community, and how we could support your project
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Do you want to learn NADA ear acupuncture (acudetox) for addictions, trauma and mental health?
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