Welcome to Acupuncture Relief Project
Welcome and thank you for your interest in our project. The Acupuncture Relief Project is a free community acupuncture clinic that travels to countries that have been impacted by poverty, conflict or disaster. Currently our primary clinic project is located in Chapagaon, Nepal and villages in the surrounding area.
Nepal remains one of the poorest countries in the world and has been plagued with political unrest and military conflict for the past decade. Our project will give our practitioners an opportunity to gain valuable field experience while making a positive impact on the local community. Over the last four years Acupuncture Relief Project has provided over 140,000 treatments to patients living in rural villages outside of Kathmandu Nepal. Our efforts include the treatment of patients living with HIV and AIDs as well as people suffering from extreme poverty and social disfranchisement. Common conditions include musculoskeletal pain, digestive pain, hypertension, diabetes, stroke rehabilitation, uterine prolapse, asthma, and recovery from tuberculosis treatment, typhoid fever, and surgery.
Please read the information contained on this site and consider making a donation to support our efforts. Then see your contribution in action by subscribing to our blog. We'll regularly post news, photos and video documentation of our experiences while we are in Kathmandu.
Compassion Connects
Acupuncture Relief Project presents a world premier screening of
Compassion Connects: Ancient Medicine for Modern Health Care
Hollywood Theater, Portland Oregon, June 13th 2012, 7:30pm
Free Admission • Donations Appreciated
In 2011, film-maker Tristan Stoch followed a team of Acupuncture Relief Project volunteer practitioners during their stay at the Vajra Varahi Clinic in Chapagaon, Nepal.
In this short film he successfully illustrates many of the complexities of providing primary medical care in a third world environment.
Since 2008 Acupuncture Relief Project has provided over 100,000 treatments to patients living in rural villages outside of Kathmandu Nepal. Acupuncture offers an inexpensive, sustainable method of providing communities access to medical evaluation and basic care.
Please join us Wednesday, June 13th for a celebration of Acupuncture Relief Project’s work in Nepal. Between the two screenings of the film, Project Director Andrew Schlabach will give a brief talk about the organization’s accomplishments.
For more information please visit: www.CompassionConnects.org
Nepal in the NEWS
- Nepal to seek recall of Indian diplomat for 'inciting unrest' - Indian Express
- Top graduate came from Nepal to Daly City - San Jose Mercury News
- Nepal's 'blind' eatery lights way for visually impaired - Gulf Times
- 'Nepal faces challenges of consolidating peace' - Zee News
- In Nepal, After Revolt, 'Art Was Changed Forever' - New York Times
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