Health and
Medical Relief
A
recent but direly needed aid for health program has been
embarked upon to study, research and apply ancient principles of
Ayurvedic and natural medicine. A part time charitable clinic
and dispensary is periodically running under the auspices of
Terra Medica of Montreal Canada, under the able guidance of
Dr. Yves Lavoie and his wife Shopie and is soon to be full time
when sufficient funds are available.
Steps are on for the permanent establishment of a out patient
medical clinic. Ayurvedic and medicinal plants have been planted
and research is being done for their use according to ancient
texts and qualified practitioners in the field. Use and
propagation of natural extracted oils has begun but is still in
the fledgling stages.
Qualified
Doctors and medical facilities are offering their services in
nearby towns and cities. Patients are being transported to SCS
Hospital, Devi Kripa Nursing Home, Muniyal Ayurvedic Hospital,
And Acharya Memorial Hospital for free treatment, operations and
other medical requisites.
Medical camps
are organized periodically with local humanitarian groups,
hospitals and individual doctors for inoculations, free
eyeglasses and general treatments.
Veterinarian
services are provided for local cows, injured wildlife, birds
and domestic animals.
General Objectives
In a perspective of sustainable
development, to contribute to the autonomy of local communities
in regards to their health care needs.
- To promote and safeguard
the world's therapeutic patrimony.
- To distribute health care
in partnership with the local traditional medical
practitioners and other community workers.
- To promote and support the
local traditional pharmaceutical concepts.
- To encourage the local
medicinal plant transformation, biological agriculture and
the setup of community gardens.
- To participate in local
hygiene and health education.
- To work in respect of the
local way of life, traditions and cultural values of the
communities.
- To participate in the
certification of biological farming and medical products and
fair trade.
Specific Objectives
- Creation of a health
center in partnership with the Muniyal Ayurvedic Hospital
and Research Institute (Manipal, Karnataka, South India)
- Community based education
sessions on public hygeine and family medicine.
- Biological farming and
marketting of harvested products through fair trade network.
Work in collaboration with ECOCERT International and with
other organizations respecting the standards of fair rade
for the certification of the products (Rice, Inscence,
Ayurvedic plants, Crafts...).
- Creation of community
gardens of medicinal plants with the logistic support of 4
last year students of the Intut de Technologie
Agroalimentaire de La Pocatiere (Quebec).
- Aromatherapy and
distillation of medicinal plants for the production of
biological essential oils and its exportation through the
fair trade network.
