Homeopathy for Health in Africa: Holiday Gift Boxes

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Three African women holding buckets filled with food and supplies.

Image courtesy of Homoeopathy for Health in Africa

Sister Ida, Vanessa, and Elisia preparing the Holiday Food Boxes

Homeopathy for Health in Africa was founded by Jeremy and Camilla Sherr in 2008, a heartfelt vision to bring the healing power of homeopathy to Africa. Since then, HHA has blossomed into a network of 19 clinics, each serving as a beacon of hope and healing in their respective communities. But the mission extends beyond the clinic walls and giving homeopathic remedies. HHA also runs a reading glasses and food parcel program. Healthcare is so much more than just medicine.

In 2022 HHA launched the Holiday Gift Box Appeal. It was hugely successful providing much needed supplies for over 402 families. In 2023 HHA is running this much needed initiative once more. We work with the wonderful Sister Ida in the outreach area of Mweka to help feed all her hungry families. HHA aims to match last year's huge effort and help these s families in need over the holiday season.

These food parcels feed some of the world’s most vulnerable citizens – orphans, elderly, and single-parent families, and provide much-needed healthcare.

Each Gift Box comes with:

  • 5kg Uji Porridge
  • 1x 450g jar of local honey (full of antioxidants)
  • HHA homeopathic health care (consultation and 2 x remedies) for two people, over two months

Health care is more than just medicine.

Uji porridge is a Tanzanian recipe full of goodness with nutritious grains, seeds and nuts, dried green vegetables, and yellow sweet potato - all ingredients are sourced locally.

By purchasing an HHA Holiday Gift Box for someone, you gift them the opportunity to change a life, or maybe even save one.

Alice is a young mother with ongoing medical needs. She was orphaned at a young age and now lives with her aunt. She's received an HHA Holiday Gift Box with phosphorus for her and calcarea carbonica for her baby.

Please help us to make this year even more successful than last year. Follow the URL to purchase a gift box.

Homeopathy for Health in Africa Education Program

At Homoeopathy for Health in Africa, we are dedicated to making a lasting impact on the lives of those in need. It’s incredible to see the positive impact Homeopathy for Health in Africa (HHA) and its dedicated team is making in the Kilimanjaro region.

HHA currently provides homeopathic healthcare to over 13,000 people, but we believe that we can do even more to transform healthcare in the Kilimanjaro region with the HHA Education Program. Sustainability can be a bit of a buzzword these days, but we can say with confidence that our project is increasingly sustainable.

We owe much of this sustainability to our remarkable team of Tanzanian homeopaths: Patience, Elisia, and Anitha. These talented individuals have received their training right here in Africa and have accumulated several years of invaluable experience. Patience has been a qualified homeopath for a decade, while Anitha and Elisia have five years’ experience. Their extensive knowledge and adept case management abilities have been refined through the care they provide to numerous patients each week. The outstanding results we achieve are a testament to their expertise, and in cases that require additional support, we are fortunate to have Camilla and Jeremy backing us up.

Vanessa

We also have Vanessa, our trainee homeopath. Every day, Vanessa is on a journey of acquiring knowledge and expertise. In the near future, she will join the ranks of financially independent women, just like our other three accomplished homeopaths. The impact of this transformation is nothing short of monumental.

Vanessa will not only be self-reliant but will also have the capacity to provide for her family and extend essential healthcare to approximately 40-50 individuals every week.

This embodies true sustainability – a process of empowering local individuals through education to deliver the vital healthcare services our community so desperately needs. Investing in someone like Vanessa is an investment in the well-being and future of our community.

In addition to our resident qualified homeopaths the Education Program extends into community-based health care which is invaluable in remote areas of the region, creating a network of care on the ground, day in day out, where it is needed.

The Future

We now plan to expand our reach and create an even more sustainable future for our project. Our HHA Education Program has a successful track record, having been meticulously developed and implemented in Tanzania, Malawi, and Uganda. The success story in the Maasai Tribal lands is particularly inspiring , showcasing the transformative power of education and community-based health care.

Nine people were initially selected to participate in our Education program in association with a local Maasai community centre. The participants of the program were all leaders in their own right and committed to delivering better health services to their communities. They initially studied homeopathic philosophy, anatomy and physiology and 24 remedies useful in acute situations. Many questions later and the program expanded! The participants thirst for knowledge meant many new remedies and information on particular ailments such as coughs, diarrhea, malaria and eye infections ( very common from the dust and smoke from cooking fires).

The program has run for over eight years now and the front-line health care they are able to provide is really fantastic for their communities

Now, we are ready to take it to the next level, impacting even more lives. We plan to train another 40 people, to provide a similar community health service in new locations. Trained homeopathic community leaders can offer homeopathy directly to their remote communities; a child can quickly receive a homeopathic remedy before they get severely ill. Help is more immediately available for the many injuries that occur in these farming districts.

Your Impact

When you enroll in Dynamis you contribute towards the sponsorship of a student in Tanzania. Sponsoring a student in our HHA Education Programme allows you to be a vital part of this transformation. For every ten Dynamis students, we gain one student in Tanzania.

The impact of your support goes beyond mere numbers. Each of the 40 students we aim to train will gain a valuable profession and a source of income. This not only benefits them individually but also extends to their families, providing for up to five family members.

This ripple effect leads to sustainable livelihoods, improved health, and a reduction in poverty.

Dynamis School for Advanced Homoeopathic Studies will be actively supporting this initiative. In launching the new 2024-2026 course Dynamis has pledged to sponsor the training of one Tanzanian student for every ten students who enroll on the course.

About the Author

Jeremy Sherr

As the founder of Homoeopathy for Health in Africa (HHA), Jeremy Sherr, F.S.Hom., Ph.D., has been treating people with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania since 2008.

Sherr began his homeopathic studies in 1980 at the College of Homoeopathy, London, and simultaneously completed a degree in acupuncture at the International College of Oriental