REAP / anamed Training Seminar in Natural Medicine
Presented By: REAP Kenya
REAP is an organization in Kenya with extensive experience in sustainable agriculture and Natural Medicine. REAP will run a week-long intensive training seminar in Natural Medicine following the methods and principles of anamed international. Anamed, short for “action for natural medicine” has over 30 years of experience in the scientific use of medicinal plants to treat many common tropical health complaints and diseases. Those attending past seminars have come not only from Kenya but from many countries in the region and even further afield.
As a result of these seminars, we are delighted to say that Natural Medicine is now being practiced in many parts of Kenya and other countries in the region.
In particular, malaria patients are being treated with Artemisia annua tea, diarrhea is being treated with anti-amoeba tea, skin conditions and wounds are being treated, and HIV/AIDS patients are benefiting enormously from Artemisia tea, Roselle tea, and Moringa leaf powder.
We invite you or someone from your organization to attend this training seminar in Natural Medicine.
The aims of this training seminar are:
To train local healers, pastors, missionaries, health workers, teachers, and others active in the community in
- the recognition, knowledge, and cultivation of key medicinal plants.
- the treatments of many basic medical complaints and diseases, including malaria, skin problems, diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, and wounds.
- the hygienic production of effective Natural Medicines from researched plants, e.g. teas, different medicinal oils and ointments, and tinctures. We will also produce medicinal soap, medicinal charcoal, black stones for scorpion stings and snake bites and learn how to use several simple technologies.
- the influence of good nutrition and lifestyle on health.
Following the seminar, we expect action since we have shared information so that the participants can:
- create their own garden of medicinal plants,
- prepare their own natural medicines,
- treat themselves, their families, and others within their area of competence, and
- teach their families, colleagues, and others in their communities.
Tutors: Rev Rosalia Oyweka, Dr Roger Sharland, Pst. George Matengo and Sr. Francesca Kaesa.
Event Details
Location
Subiaco Centre in Karen, Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Registration
Please write to or phone the REAP Administrator, Anne Sigei (reapke@gmail.com)
Tel: +254 (0)707 495709 or +254 (0) 722 737429
REAP, P.O. Box 21083, Ngong Road, Nairobi, 00505, Kenya
You will be sent a confirmation of your booking immediately and final details shortly before the seminar. The demand for places may be great, so please reply quickly.
Cost
The participation fee is Kenya Shillings 45,000/- or equivalent for the one-week seminar. This all-inclusive price includes training, food, accommodation, books and chart, some seeds, a T-shirt, and all seminar materials. Transport costs and any insurance required remain the responsibility of the participant. If participants need more books for their project, they will be available for sale during the seminar. Please discuss this with Anne.
Although we prefer participants to reside at the Subiaco Centre, we can also accept day participants with their own personal transport. The cost will be Kenya Shillings 35,000/- and will include lunch and two teas only.
Payment Options
Payment to REAP in Kenya should be in advance (except by special arrangement). If you want to pay in a currency other than Kenya Shillings, please get in touch with Anne Sigei for the current exchange rates. Payment will secure your booking. We will give priority to those who pay in advance.
If you sponsor a participant, please pay the fee in advance into the account that you will be given. Please inform your sponsored participant(s) that REAP and anamed will not pay any transport costs or "sitting allowances," sometimes called "per diem."
Additional Information
The following are important aspects of our seminars:
- Our emphasis is on working at the grassroots, encouraging and supporting local people in developing and extending the skills they already have.
- We encourage traditional healers and formal health workers such as doctors and nurses to work together. We help them recognize each member's positive contribution and encourage them to work out practical ways to cooperate.
- Introducing Artemisia annua enables participants to become much more independent and successful in treating malaria and other conditions in their families, communities, and health centers. Each participant will be given rooted cuttings and be taught how to grow this extremely valuable plant.
- It is essential that all participants commit both to practicing what they learn and to teaching others.
- All participants will work together in practical work and possibly in establishing a garden. They must bring suitable clothes with them for such activities.
- Participants must attend the entire program to qualify for an anamed approved certificate; to come only on some days is not acceptable.
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