By Stephanie Alvarez | Director of Development
Dear Wonderful Community,
During this season of gratitude, community and looking back on what we have done this past year, as we prepare for where we would like to go next, we want to take this opportunity to thank you, deeply, for believing in the value and power of this work to bring healing to communities in need. This year, we were able to reach thousands of people in farmworker communities accross California and along the US-Mexico border.
There are so many things to be grateful for. From you, our incredible community, to the fact that this year's fire season in the US West Coast was not as devastating as previous years, giving us the opportunity to build up infrastructure, strengthen networks and realtionships in communities, and gear up for next season. We have also continued with our vision and strategy for sustainable trauma releif by creating local capacity for trauma relief and mental health.
Since 2019, AWB acupuncturists have been offering acupuncture treatments for pain, stress and trauma at refugee/migrant shelters in Tijuana as part of the Refugee Health Alliance Saturday Shelter Outreach Program. We've trained a cohort of acupuncturists from Southern CA and Northern Mexico who work along-side doctors, nurses and psychologists, to deliver mobile clinic services to hundreds of people on Saturdays. In October of this year we offered over 300 treatments throughout two Saturdays at several shelters while our expanded team was in TJ to train and work with parteras (midwives) offering treatments to families visiting their center. Here are some pictures of clinics at RHA and Contra Viento y Marea, another local migrant support organization where AWB acupuncturists treated clients and staff.
As the border program has gained momentum, we have a great need to consolidate a program budget in order to continue growing and stregthening local capacity in 2022. We are hard at work reaching out to potential partners and getting the word out about the importance and need of this initiative. If you would like to learn about different ways you can continue to get involved, please contact Stephanie Alvarez at projects@acuwithoutborders.org. We cannot do this without the support of our community!
With Gratitude and in the Spirit of Service,
The AWB Team
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
