Help Ukrainian Refugees Access Mental Health!

Project Report | Mar 23, 2023
Ukraine Support - Year 1: Solidarity is Key!

By Stephanie Alvarez | Director of Development

Treating Vets in Kiev

Dear Friend,

As we reach the first year since AWB started its work to support people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, we want to highlight all of the amazing people that have helped AWB scale its capacity and be able to effectively provide care and support to thousands of people affected by this conflict across 9 European countries, Mexico and the US. From acupuncturists and other integrative health practitioners who traveled to Berlin in June of last year to train with us, to all of the amazing volunteers, coordinators and collaborators who have dedicated their energy, time, money and work to helping the people of Ukraine. We are honored to work alongside you and truly thankful for your support.

In a span of a year AWB went from providing 20,000 treatments per year to 200,000 treatments in 2022! We could not have done this without the amazing European community of acupuncturists and other practitioners who joined this cause, inspired by the motivation of helping those in need and spreading the medicine of peace to a part of the world in great need of it.

In 2023 we are continuing to provide treatments and support to the people of Ukraine and others fleeing conflict and natural disasters in Europe as well as around the world. As demand for our services grows, we continue to depend on the support of our amazing community to make this work a reality and be able to continue reaching thousands of people in need. If you can, please consider becoming a recurring supporter and/or member of AWB today.

Become a member here!

In the spirit of service,

The AWB Team

QUICK UPDATE FROM THE FIELD:

AWB is honored to support Dr. Oksana Dovbnia, a Ukrainian acupuncturist trained in China, who treats veterans and first responders daily at a hospital outside Kiev, Ukraine. Every day she travels an hour each way to provide acupuncture for pain and traumatic stress to people coping with significant pain, head injuries and other wounds of war. She often works without heat or electricity. We are also grateful to DocSave in Germany, an acupuncture supply company that helps AWB get supplies to Oksana every month. You can help by donating to the AWB Refugee Support fund to make sure this work continues in the midst of war.

NL Team

Poland Clinic Leader Magdalena

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Nov 23, 2022
Ukraine Update: Solidarity Takes Time and Consistency

By Stephanie Alvarez | Director of Development

UK Clinic

Dear Friends,

As this year comes to a close, we're taking time to think back on what a year it's been! This year we found ourselves faced with the task of building up the largest international program we've ever had to do in the span of a few months:

Since March 2022, AWB has helped build a network of trained health practitioners thorughout the European Union and UK that are providing trauma-informed care to refugees from Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa. AWB has:

Hosted online trainings for over 600 European and UK practitioners on how to use NADA, Battlefield Acupuncture, and scalp acupuncture for trauma-healing. We have collaborated with wonderful partners to provide these trainings, including the ETCMA, certified NADA trainers, Dr. Richard Niemtzow and Dr. Song Niemtzow, and the TCM Kongress (Germany).
Organized field teams in Netherlands, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Poland, Rumania, Sweden, Norway, Greece and Germany to provide direct trauma-informed care (pop up and mobile clinics). We continue to mentor and support these teams and are committed to long-term program development.
Completed two in-depth in-person trainings for EU-UK team leaders and other practitioners, one in Berlin and one in Athens (where AWB-Greece coordinated the training).
Gathered and distributed thousands of needles, ASP needles, ear seeds, and other clinical supplies to our European colleagues, as well as getting supplies to medical acupuncturists inside Ukraine. Thank you to the folks at Lhasa OMS for their amazing ongoing donations!

As we continue to keep this work alive in order to reach communities in need, we feel very lucky to count on your support. We cannot do this without you. If you find yourself making a contribution to a good social cause this giving season, please consider helping us continue providing integrative care services for refugee communities throughout Europe in 2023.

Thank you!

The AWB Team

Poland

Community Acupuncture in Poland

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Jul 26, 2022
Our Biggest Program Yet!

By Stephanie Alvarez | Director of Development

Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) is actively organizing support for people being forced to flee Ukraine including Ukrainian citizens, students and migrants from other countries, and refugees from Africa and the Middle East who once again have to find safe haven.

This is a major crisis, and it means an expansion of AWB’s trauma relief work with displaced populations in places like Haiti, Mexico and Greece. As we mobilize, we need and appreciate our community’s continued support to bring the medicine of peace to people escaping war and violence.

Since March 2022, AWB has helped build a network of trained health practitioners in the European Union and UK that are providing trauma-informed care to refugees from Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa. AWB has:

Hosted online trainings for over 500 European and UK practitioners on how to use NADA, Battlefield Acupuncture, and scalp acupuncture for trauma-healing. We have collaborated with wonderful partners to provide these trainings, including the ETCMA, certified NADA trainers, Dr. Richard Niemtzow and Dr. Song Niemtzow, and the TCM Kongress (Germany).
Organized field teams in Netherlands, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Poland, Rumania, Sweden, Norway, Greece and Germany to provide direct trauma-informed care (pop up and mobile clinics). We continue to mentor and support these teams and are committed to long-term program development.
Completed two in-depth in-person trainings for EU-UK team leaders and other practitioners, one in Berlin and one in Athens (where AWB-Greece coordinated the training).
Gathered and distributed thousands of needles, ASP needles, ear seeds, and other clinical supplies to our European colleagues, as well as getting supplies to medical acupuncturists inside Ukraine.

Thank you for your amazing support of this cause. We could not have gotten this far without you. The road ahead is still long. We hope to raise $1 Million USD overall in order to scale our refugee program worldwide to be able to coordinate support effectively and provide 1 million treatments over the next 2 years! That's how much we were able to do in our first 10 years! Please consider continuing to support this work by sharing links to our project page, becoming a member, or becoming a recurring donor today!

We appreciate you.

Thank you.

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