"211 kilometers north of Guatemala City in the village of Coban, our Barefoot School is training a cooperative of Mayan community health workers how to offer NADA ear acupuncture (community acupuncture). One of our students, Ophelia, shared with us that her husband was ready to migrate to the US/Mexico Border. She begged and convinced him to not leave. Then she shared her vision with our group: to make her village a better place, so that her tribe does not have to leave their homes."
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OUR GLOBAL NETWORK
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The US/Mexico Borderlands
El Paso ShootingIn 2019, locally NADA-trained Acudetox providers set up mobile tents at the Wal-Mart site of the shooting, serving first responders, survivors, and the larger community as part of the #ElPasoStrong project.
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Migrant caravan/
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Ciudad Juarez, MexicoIn 2011, we were invited by groups in Cd Juarez, Mexico, to help respond to violence in the region. Today, our Barefoot Health Promoters serve marginalized neighborhoods in the former murder capital of the world. The first free-tuition community acupuncture school in the world was founded in 2015, through the Catholic Diocese of Cd. Juarez, Mexico.
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Opiate Response in New MexicoWith our central office based out of Las Cruces, NM at Families and Youth Innovations, we partner with drug courts, jails, hospitals, harm reduction and addictions care in a region where opiate overdose rates are among the highest in the US. We offer alternatives to addictive pain meds, help people safely withdraw and support people towards drug-free pain management.
There are few acupuncturists in the southern part of NM and the borderlands, therefore our our umbrella non-profit organization, Crossroads Acupuncture, sets up community acupuncture clinics in the area's small towns and offer full body care on a sliding scale. |
Borderland acudetox directory
We have trained over 400 students in the US/Mexico Border region in techniques like the NADA Ear acupuncture protocol (acudtox). Check out our network of accessible clinics in the US/Mexico border region and New Mexico.
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SETTINGS WHERE WE TRAIN Once staff and volunteers are fully-trained, these programs can offer acupuncture and acudetox ongoing care in a cost-effective model for the most underserved people. Accessibility is mostly limited by regulations in the locality and clinic that they work in, and our experienced team will assist with assessing if and how personnel can be trained.
ADDICTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE
Recovery Programs 12-step and Self Help Harm reduction Detox Psychiatric hospitals Veterans and military care Psych med withdrawal Trauma recovery Mindfulness-based care HUMANITARIAN AID AND DEVELOPMENT
Disaster relief Community development projects Refugee and migrant care First responders Battlefield acu applications COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAMS
Indigenous healthcare Health Promotion Pain management Primary Care Cancer and Sickle Cell Care HIV/AIDS and Immune support Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Faith-based settings Pastoral and hospice care Blood pressure and cardiac care CORRECTIONS SYSTEMS
Restorative Justice Jails and prisons Detention centers Drug and Tribal courts Parole and probation programs |
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NicaraguaIn collaboration with local groups in Nicaragua, we have launched a community acupuncture school for health promoters, offering training for 50 volunteers and campesinos operating in places where severe health disparities are prevalent as a result of poverty, climate change, and injustice.
Our goal is to help community health workers in establish and sustain health services for their own people in rural and urban areas of the country affected by trauma. |
GuatemalaWe partner with indigenous Mayan community health cooperatives and community health projects that offer acupuncture for stress management alongside COVID-19 vaccine distribution and testing. Health Promoters working in small villages offer the NADA ear acupuncture for their communities to support their struggle to create a better world in places where thousands of Q’eqchi’ tribal members are migrating north.
We will be returning to Guatemala in 2022 to work with other Q'eqchi' groups, for our Solidarity Acupuncture Immersion Program. |
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Our Global Partners
Saint Oscar Romero the Martyr Migrant Shelter, Mexico
, Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Vision en Accion, Mexico Caritas, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Pastoral Obrera, Mexico Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara, Mexico Finca Micelio, Nicaragua Hermanos por Salud, Nicaragua Casa Migrante, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Casa Tabor, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico RISE (Reach, Intervene, Support and Engage), NM UNM Hospitals #ElPasoStrong, Texas Acoma Pueblo, NM Aliviane Harm Reduction, NM Center for Integrative Counseling, NM Aliviane, El Paso, TX Casa Hogar, El Paso, TX Sisters of the Poor, Mexico |
Casa Ben Linder, Nicaragua
Tierra y Vida, Nicaragua Ciudad Juarez Mental Health Department Pastoral Obrera, Mexico Guatemalan Acupuncture and Medical Aid Project Acupuncture for Community, Australia Coban Women’s Indigenous Cooperative, Guatemala Guatemalan Village Health Families and Youth, Inc, Las Cruces, NM Community of Hope, Las Cruces, NM Amador Health Center, Las Cruces, NM Indian Health Services, Mescalero Apache Reservation, NM Women's Intercultural Center, Anthony, NM Lincoln County Drug Courts, NM Otero County Drug Court, NM Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM Casa de Salud, Albuquerque, NM Gadsen School District/Desert Pride Academy, NM Olive Tree and Sierra County Detention Center, NM |