chris and i are in calgary. we are frantically completing all of our last minute packing, and becoming more and more excited about our upcoming adventure.
we leave for the airport at 4:30 tomorrow morning. we will fly to houston, and from there to managua. this will give us just over two weeks to set the scene for the upcoming acupuncture brigade. we will go to spanish school, to bone up on our espanol, and we will visit Parajito Azul, to confirm that our vision of the clinic lines up with their own. we will finally meet the lovely people that i have been communicating with over email for the past few months, and i will have the opportunity to thank them directly for all of their support, encouragement, and collaboration in creating this exciting project.
the rest of the acupuncture brigade will arrive in managua on january 21st, and then the real work will begin. i can't wait!
if you are in edmonton next weekend, please go to our amazing fundraiser:
Andrea House and Friends: A Night of Music and Theatre in Support of Acupuncture Works in Nicaragua. This exciting variety-show-festival-style evening will feature performances by Andrea House, Terry Morrison and John Gorham, the "Aeriobatics" of Danny Gorham and Friends, Paul Bellows, Laura Crawford, A Short Play by Stewart Lemoine, and much more…
Tickets available at Tix on the square, Blackbyrd, Alfie Myer Music, The Acoustic Music Shop, and Avenue Guitars.
Saturday, January 13th. Doors @ 7:30 PM
Catalyst Theatre 8529 Gateway Blvd.Edmonton, AB
it sounds like a great night of theatre, song, and fun. i wish that we could be there too! great thanks to all of the kind and brilliant singers, songwriters, actors and artists that are donating their time and talent to our cause. special thanks to Catalyst Theatre for donating the space, and to Chris Smith for being the key organizing force behind the event. we are so very lucky to have the support that we do going into this project. please know that we appreciate all of the kind words, warm thoughts, and well wishes that we have received along the way.
we will do our best to keep you posted as the project progresses. please feel free to leave feedback or to ask questions. we will write and respond as often as possible. thanks again for everything!
abrazos,
jania
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In January and February 2007 our team traveled to Managua, Nicaragua, to provide Traditional Chinese Medicine services to the children of the Parajito Azul orphanage.
Saludos Amigos
the bloggers: Jania writes in red, Lindsay in black, Andrea in blue, and Lynda in purple.
The Acupuncture Works in Nicaragua team is made of
one acupuncturist (Andrea), one nurse (Lynda), and two social workers (Jania & Lindsay).
We are travelling with our friends Angel and Chris, who may make occasional guest blogger appearances. Angel is a Nicaraguan who is helping us with translation, and Chris is an Edmonton theatre artist who is working on a documentary film about Nicaragua. He will be filming our experiences at Parajito Azul.
Welcome to our little blog. Please email us with any questions or comments at AWN2007@gmail.com
Our Project
- Acupuncture Works in Nicaragua
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- It is this team’s mission to investigate the use of acupuncture as a modality of healing for children with various developmental and physical disabilities in a community where access to health care is limited. Traditional Chinese Medicine, and specifically acupuncture, has been practiced for over 3000 years and has been recognized by the World Health Organization to provide relief for over 40 different conditions. We are interested in exploring how this safe, simple and inexpensive treatment will improve the quality of life for these children. Acupuncture is not meant to act as a replacement for Western Medicine; rather, it is our mandate to open the door to providing complementary care. Acupuncture does not require the careful administering of pharmaceuticals or extensive follow-up that many Western treatments and surgeries necessitate. For a community where the cost of treatment is prohibitive, acupuncture will provide high quality, cost-effective services to children who require care.
some of our favourite sites
- 1. Change for Children Association (CFCA) homepage --- Thank you CFCA. Without your support this trip would not have been possible. We believe in the work that you do.
- 2. Eastern Currents Distributing --- We would like to thank Eastern Currents for their kind donation of acupunture supplies. We are so grateful for the needles. Thank you for believing in this project.
- 3. Acupuncture Works in Nicaragua has a myspace page!
- 4. Chris Craddock´s poetry blog
- 5. Andrea House homepage
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