HERBALISTS WITHOUT BORDERS INC

Global citizens continue to be marginalized, displaced, unemployed, homeless, imprisoned, or forced into prostitution or human slavery. Many people struggle economically, living in rural isolation to overcrowded refugee camps - all facing incredible barriers to health and wellness. HWB promotes down to the ground green medicine for people who desire access to natural and botanical medicine based on need and not the ability to pay. All HWB clinics depend on the generosity and volunteer time of the natural medicine communities they serve, from people like you.

The Veterans Resiliency Holistic Clinic through Herbalists without Borders promotes and provides natural and holistic approaches to relieving the symptoms of trauma and PTSD. The project supports veterans and their families, including those who may be marginalized, displaced, unemployed, homeless or imprisoned because of their PTSD symptoms. We help to create and maintain a calm and regulated nervous system while building internal resilience to life’s challenges.
Our Vision
All veterans and their family members who experience the symptoms of PTSD may have the opportunity to experience natural approaches to easing their symptoms and find wholeness.

Our Nourishing Community Herb Gardens Project highlights unique community gardens that include medicinal herbs as a sustainable and educational resource, helping individuals and communities thrive. We support growing herbs as well as food as we know health is a social and racial justice issue, and healthy foods and herbs are a part of reaching underserved communities without access to fresh food.

​When we consider global crises it is easy to feel overwhelmed and become disempowered. Creating community gardens that bring back medicinal herbs alongside wild foods of the local habitat is a tangible way to be a part of the solution. As we grow gardens we grow community.

Herbalists Without Borders is passionate about saving and sustaining our native medicinals and wants to teach others how to preserve seeds and propagate medicinal plants. There are a number of organizations that focus on saving seeds for food production, but seed saving for medicinal plants is not common. While we believe that food is a primary source of medicine, HWB also wants to promote Seed Saving models that include medicinal plants.

Our goal is not to create a physical Seed Bank, but to create models and best practices to share with others around the globe. Watch our website as our library of documents about saving seeds and propagating medicinal plants grows. Additionally, please enjoy our articles about individuals and communities who save seeds and want to teach others about this important practice.

Herbalists Without Borders Community Herbal Apothecary Project promotes community grassroots, cost-effective, plant-based health and wellness that is accessible to all people. This need is becoming more urgent due to high costs of mainstream medical care, lack of insurance coverage, along with the resurgence of folk herbalism integrating medicinal and nutritive plants grown regionally. There is a strong need for sustainable, readily accessible herbs and herbal products at any given time, from prevention to times of community emergencies.

Herbalists Without Borders Community Apothecary Project Vision:
To help communities and countries strive to have an Herbal Apothecary in every community, extending affordable, sustainable Herbal Medicine for all people.

During catastrophic events many Chapters will mobilize to form street and mobile clinics, or set-up temporary walk-in clinics at shelters, churches or anywhere that will allow them to use the space, and even travel to neighborhoods to get to people in need. They service their community for free and provide herbal support and first aid - for days, weeks, or even months. Our Chapters often transition to mobile free clinics or free People's Clinic events post-disaster to provide ongoing care to underserved communities. With California fires, we are just now getting information and coordinating to see what is needed and how we can support our Chapters in the area, so your message is timely and so needed. 

We gather supplies for herbal first aid kits - most items are donated to us - and are ready to ship to chapters in their communities after natural disasters.

All donated items go directly to Chapters providing free community services and disaster relief. In the past we have had chapters and members respond to Nepal after the earthquake, Houston after Harvey, Puerto Rico after Maria, to Montana and California forest fires, to Italy after the earthquakes, in Greece with the influx of refugees needing medical attention, and more.

In times of disaster hospitals are only accepting seriously wounded and turning people away. Many herbalists are trained medics, and step up to provide first aid to relieve ailing populations. We also find many people will not go to traditional medical facilities after hurricanes or fires even if they need help - such as immigrants and the homeless, so we see displaced and marginalized people needing care.

Trauma Trainings and Disaster Relief/Clinic training help empower local people to take action in their own communities. By working to create eGuides, educational programs, online and in person trainings, podcasts, and webinars, people around the whole globe can learn and work in their communities to serve and reach those in need.