2022-03-22T06:37:04-04:00 2020-09-30 990 2019-10-01 542190889 ACUPUNCTURISTS WITHOUT BORDERS % Verena Smith ACUP 5034779731 3439 NE SANDY BLVD 304 PORTLAND OR 972321959 Carla Cassler DAOM LAc Acting Executive Director 2022-03-22 false 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X Verena Smith 3439 NE SANDY BLVD 304 PORTLAND OR 972321959 529808 false X www.acuwithoutborders.org X 2005 OR We provide immediate disaster relief and recovery to communities that are in crisis resulting from disaster or human conflict. Unresolved trauma can have repercussions for decades. We train and support volunteer acupuncturists to provide treatment to interrupt this cycle of pain and relieve suffering. 7 7 3 300 0 0 269994 301129 229935 228669 3 10 0 0 499932 529808 0 0 0 0 217274 169471 0 0 12589 293710 320572 510984 490043 -11052 39765 32995 227646 88769 243655 -55774 -16009 Acupuncturists Without Borders AWB provides immediate relief and recovery to communities that are in crisis resulting from disaster or human conflict. AWB is committed to creating alliances with local community-based organizations and treating all who have been affected - survivors first responders emergency personnel and other care providers. false false 206147 0 131203 Trainings: this program trains acupuncturists nationally and internationally to provide trauma treatment services to survivors of natural and human disasters. * Trained approximately 400 acupuncturists from around the United States in trauma recovery and field protocols; mentored them in how to launch disaster recovery efforts; and trained them to establish service projects in their communities including Military Stress Recovery Project clinics. * Supported field training to ten local midwives in Mexico to learn trauma reduction treatment methodologies * Trained over 40 acupuncturists and health workers in Israel and the West Bank to provide trauma-informed care with acupuncture * Provided a year-long in-depth certificate program in trauma-informed care and trauma recovery to ten practitioners across the U.S. * Developed and delivered a two-day course for acupuncturists on Alternatives to Opioids for pain * Developed multiple on-line courses for acupuncturists on topics such as aromatherapy clinical tools for trauma recovery self care leadership and clinical safety during CoVid and African-American history of acupuncture 125649 0 80701 Military Stress Recovery Project MSRP: this program provides free ear acupuncture treatments for veterans active-duty military personnel and their families. The treatments facilitate recovery from stress acute trauma and post-traumatic stress syndrome. * We supported over 30 MSRP clinics across the U.S. that are coordinated and staffed by volunteer acupuncturists. Some clinics paused their services beginning in March due to CoVid public health regulations. 11403 0 11795 Community Service Clinics: this program provides free ear acupuncture treatments for populations affected by traumatic events including refugees elders the homeless and sexual violence survivors. * AWB currently supports ten community service clinics for various populations including refugees economically challenged people and at-risk youth; all are staffed and coordinated by volunteers. 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Part VI, Line 19 Documents are available on website; Form 990 is available on Guidestar. Part IX, Line 11g Program management and administrative contractor fees $136,499 donated volunteer training and acupuncture services $30,000 Part III, Line 4d | Description:, Expense Amount:, Grants Amount:, Revenue Amount:| Disaster Relief: The goal of this program is to support trauma treatment efforts in response to national and international disasters. * In the United States trauma treatment was provided to people affected by: California wildfires post-earthquake trauma in Puerto Rico racial injustice and CoVid-related stress in over 20 U.S. communities * At the US-Mexico border Texas and California acupuncture services were provided to asylum seekers refugees and community first responders * Mobile clinics provided treatments to agricultural workers for stress reduction during CoVid * AWB developed and executed the Ear Seed Program for front-line health workers to reduce CoVid-related stress * Telemedicine consultations were provided offering herbal support for stress and enhanced immunity to frontline health and essential workers in Southern California, $80591, $0, $3620| International Community Clinics: This program supports the development of local community service clinics internationally that then provide ongoing trauma treatments to underserved populations impacted by traumatic events. * Supported five mobile community service clinics in Haiti for citizens continuing to suffer pain and trauma after the devastating earthquake in 2010 and recent social unrest * Supported a community service clinic in Athens Greece for women refugees as well as a clinic for refugees on the island of Chios Greece * Supported a community clinic project in Nepal for women and children rescued from trafficking * Supported an integrative health clinic pharmacy for asylum seekers in Tijuana Mexico * Supported deported veterans in Mexico with acupuncture and massage services in collaboration with local organizations, $11259, $0, $1350|