Last year I wrote about the volunteer acupuncturists who went to Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake hit. They provided more than 4,500 treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and pain management. This happened through the combined efforts of Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) and Pathways to Wellness. Now a year later AWB is returning to Haiti this spring with the help of a $20,000 grant from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. On this trip 30-40 Haitian health care workers will be trained in trauma recovery treatment, with acupuncture.
"AWB executive director Diana Fried said the level of physical and mental/emotional trauma throughout the country is at an all-time high since the Jan. 12, 2010 quake and the people of Haiti still need support for sustained trauma"
"AWB executive director Diana Fried said the level of physical and mental/emotional trauma throughout the country is at an all-time high since the Jan. 12, 2010 quake and the people of Haiti still need support for sustained trauma"
Read more about the acupuncturists return here.