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Drug detox in Kenya

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Drug detox in Kenya

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  1. May 12-17 2008Real Medicine Foundation conducts a training in the NADA auricular acupuncture protocol for The Omari Project on the coast of Kenya. The Omari Project has residential, outpatient, and outreach services all along the coast for treatment and prevention of heroin addiction, and for prevention of HIV transmission. Drug detox in Kenya

  2. Beth Cole, Director of Real Medicine Foundation’s Whole Health Team&Megan Yarberry, RMF’s Whole Health Team Project Coordinator

  3. Dragging in from an all night, death-defying bus ride from Uganda, we serendipitously catch the day’s only flight to Malindi

  4. Megan met Mohamed Shosi, Coordinator for The Omari Project, when touring coastal Kenya in December. Shosi has since become RMF’s local coordinator for the project. He organized trainees, the worksites, and transportation for the trainers.

  5. Trainees Lion, Grace, Hamid & Shosi

  6. Trainees Nassir, Omar, Linet & Athman

  7. Trainees Hanifa, Edison & Maina

  8. Trainees Ahmed, Mohamed & Abu

  9. The trainees were mostly male, and – as is true of much of coastal Kenya – mostly Muslim. 5 of the trainees are ex-addicts who have successfully completed Omari Project’s detox program.

  10. Our first meetings are beneath the cashew trees at the residential facility outside Malindi

  11. A demonstration is worth a thousand words

  12. Trainees experience the treatment

  13. Lion shares results from his first acupuncture experience

  14. Class time

  15. Trainees practice treatments (on each other)

  16. Mohamed demonstrates how to set up a clean field

  17. Nassir demonstrates needling

  18. Checking point location

  19. Everybody has a try

  20. Everyone gets that groovy acupuncture vibe

  21. Lunch

  22. Client treatments

  23. The trainees introduce acupuncture to the clients

  24. The clients agree to give it a try

  25. Reactions to treatment

  26. Clients discuss their experiences

  27. Some people just head for naps

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