Our vision
Our charity’s main objective is the relief and prevention of disease working closely with local community developments and initiatives. Further, we support the development of homeopathic education and vocational training facilities together with local partners, in conjunction with established health workers and local practices. Our vision extends to make homeopathy available to deprived communities as a valid and affordable form of treatment and to initiate health education.
We respect the important contribution of conventional medicine in the provision of health care and recognise that every system of medicine has its strengths. We recommend conventional medications to clients presenting with HIV/AIDS, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, childhood dysentery, tuberculosis, acute sepsis and some other conditions where the conventional medications are shown to be effective. We endeavour to contribute and share the best that homeopathy has to offer as an alternative and complementary system. We strive to continue working together in the spirit of co-operation for the ultimate benefit of all.
We work with the Ghanaian Code of Ethics for Traditional and Alternative Medicine and promote high professional standards. The project contributes to a shared vision of communities provided with heath services which make the best use of existent and emerging health practices. We envisage clinics managed and supported by local people with the aim to become sustainable and self reliant.
To achieve our vision
• We work in partnership with others to offer our contribution to the development of an integrated and accessible health care service in the local area.
• We work with midwives, health educators, primary health care workers, doctors, traditional herbalists and healers, government departments and professional associations.
• We offer consultancy, volunteers, education, supervision and professional services, books and remedies to Ghanaians who are interested in learning more about homeopathy. The contribution homeopathy makes to future health provision in Ghana will be decided by Ghanaians. Support is offered freely and in a spirit of research and inquiry
• We record and monitor the cases of people treated with homeopathy, by volunteers and by health care workers under supervision, to see what potential benefits this system of health care might bring to a developing country such as Ghana, where there the ratio of doctor to the population is approx 1:10,000.
• We are committed to the development of research projects to monitor our effectiveness, both in terms of treatment and cost
Our experience is of homeopathy as a low cost, safe and effective support for restoring health and well being. Homeopathy may have much to offer Ghana as it does already in India, where it’s use is well-established, with a quarter of a million homeopaths,186 homeopathic medical colleges, and it is the medical system of choice for a large section of the community.
While conventional medicine primarily treats diseases and symptoms, homeopathy and other systems of holistic healing like acupuncture, support people as individuals who are suffering with ill health, disease or lack of wellbeing. The village and urban outreach clinics are working, under supervision, with an integrated approach which includes conventional treatment, nursing care, nutrition and hygiene as well as homeopathy.
Our work so far
1) Based at a Primary Health Care Centre in Mafi Seva village in the Volta region of Ghana, we work in partnership with NGO AMURT Ghana, to provide integrated health care to people from over 25 villages. People who come to the clinic are offered the most appropriate treatment for their health issues and both conventional medications and homeopathic treatment are provided.
Working together with local people, AMURT Ghana have established a reservoir in the area which provides clean water to local villages, with all the attendant health benefits. Health education programmes and a midwifery centre are also based at the clinic.
The Mafi Seva Clinic and water project provides a model for integrated heath care.
3) We run regular classes in homeopathy for interested health care professionals in Accra
4) We provide homeopathic medicines, training, books and equipment for the primary health care centre and our mobile clinics.
5) We run a volunteer programme to support and facilitate the achievement of the project’s aims
6) We work as a team of 3 homeopaths in the UK to fundraise and manage the project, with the support of our partners in Ghana. In the UK we are: Linda Shannon, Sheila Ryan and Angelika Metzger