The ‘Stress Eraser” in Cameroon

The Total Health biofeedback pilot project in rural Africa Getting Started   The Himalayan Institute Total Health Center in Cameroon pioneers holistic healthcare treatments and public health outreach. Eucharia Kuoh has been the program manager there since 2009. When Eucharia was asked to select patients for the new ‘Stress Eraser’ biofeedback program in Cameroon, she looked [...]

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The Total Health Program on World Health Day

Four years ago, we started the Total Health program with a simple idea: shore up the gaps in Africa’s medical systems by training a new generation of holistic healthcare workers cheaply and effectively.  This year, our locally trained consultants are using locally grown herbs to treat members of their own communities.   As part of the [...]

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Outgrowing Arrangement Helps HI Cameroon Expand

A major part of increasing organizational sustainability at HI Cameroon is developing the means to completely produce the Total Health product line in-house, from growing the herbs, to processing them into medicine, to distributing them to customers through the Total Health Center and Mobile Clinic. Local production is significant because it means that the center [...]

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Inauguration of Takui Water Catchment

The Takui spring water catchment system, a project that was only started a couple months ago, is now open and bringing fresh, clean water to the people of the village! This project is very exciting, not only for the difference that it will make in the quality of life for local residents, but because of [...]

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Planting the Honesdale Demonstration Garden

The Humanitarian Demonstration Garden, also known as the Herb Garden, is back in full swing. A brief tour in the fall introduced the garden in its resting state. Now the garden is awake and abuzz with activity! From the moment the spring rains ended, garden staff have been hard at work cleaning up winter debris, [...]

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