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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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