What We DoWe leverage the simplicity, safety and cost-effectiveness of acupuncture into community-based education for people of all socio-economic backgrounds, and specialized training for front-line healthcare workers.
We also support the international NADA Acudetox community by helping regional groups build infrastructure, best practices, and mentoring new, local trainers. |
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Our international Barefoot Collective team has decades of experience assisting community projects to integrate acupuncture, moxa and acudetox into disaster relief, addictions and mental health care, trauma recovery, general wellness, as well as long-term humanitarian development. By working through partnerships, we assist with project planning, needs assessment, education including training the trainer programs, mentorship, and apprenticeship.
Let us know who you are, and let's set up a time to learn more about you and your project and to explore how we best can assist. Apply to join the Barefoot Collective
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"When we weave our lives together, we are more strengthened and interesting than if we remain individual threads.” - Megan Yarberry, Acupuncturist, NADA Trainer Barefoot Collective Coordinator for Africa |
Without solidarity, the noblest of achievements will be washed away.
-Paul Farmer
Support We Offer
ConsultationSustainable programs begin with grounded insight from experienced organizers. Our Collective offers technical support for acupuncture projects in humanitarian aid and development contexts. Our commitment is to cultivate a conscious mutual learning process both in long term planning as well as the nuts and bolts of integrating acupuncture within a healthcare program.
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MobilizationOur Barefoot Collective serves as a facilitator among outside aid as well local groups to offer mobile Barefoot Acupuncture services in the aftermath of disaster, violence, or displacement. We work to identify social strengths, to build on local capacities, and to support each community’s initiatives for long term recovery.
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ResearchOur Collective serves as a global resource hub for community-engaged research. Each Barefoot Clinic teaches us something new about acupuncture as a humanitarian aid and community development model. As a best practice incubator, we promote self-help among our global partners and assist in the development of vetted models of care, and customized capacity building.
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Mentorship & ApprenticeshipIf you want to become a trainer for our Barefoot Schools, or increase your skills as a leader and social entrepreneur, our Barefoot Collective offers a group of experienced organizers and educators to help you cultivate self-awareness, cultural competency and conscious leadership. We apprentice providers, educators, and community organizers.
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Our international Barefoot Collective team has decades of experience assisting community projects to integrate acupuncture, moxa and acudetox into disaster relief, addictions and mental health care, trauma recovery, general wellness, as well as long-term humanitarian development. By working through partnerships, we assist with project planning, needs assessment, education including training the trainer programs, mentorship, and apprenticeship.
Let us know who you are, and let's set up a time to learn more about you and your project and to explore how we best can assist. Apply to join the Barefoot Collective
Sponsor one of our global projects
COURSES AND IMMERSIONSOur BAREFOOT SCHOOL is designed to prepare you to be a part of our Collective and to become a Certified Barefoot Trainer.
Courses range from Liberation Acupuncture, grassroots pedagogical and organizing approaches, cultural competency, and clinical skill development (i.e. NADA acupuncture / acudetox, moxa). Our Solidarity immersion programs offer first-hand service-learning experience and on-site train-the-trainer apprenticeship, and offer you access to all online courses. |