anamed international

A cordial invitation to attend

a Training Seminar in Natural Medicine

to be held in Ndola

from supper on Sunday 4 January to breakfast on Sunday 11 January 2012

Natural Medicine is based on traditional herbal medicine but relies on gardens of medicinal plants, works with carefully and hygienically prepared medicines, which are stored in clean, labelled containers with clear expiry dates, and which are administered with precise dosages – usually with excellent results!

Please use the form below to register with Lucie Bradley

Further information about the seminar may be obtained from

Lucie Bradley in the UK, Mobile Tel. 0044 798 425 7094, or

Roland Baumann in Switzerland, Tel: 0041 6193 11030.

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Introduction:

This will be the second anamed training seminar to be held in Zambia. The seminar will benefit from the experience of people who are already growing and using Artemisia annua and Aloe vera. The topic of solar energy for cooking, drying and purifying water will also be thoroughly covered.

This seminar aims to strengthen the network of Natural Medicine practitioners in Zambia, which was established during the first seminar held in 2011.

Our ultimate aim is to be a means of enabling people even in the poorest communities in the country to improve their health, and thereby their social and economic well-being.

The participants in this seminar will include health workers, agriculturalists, healers, missionaries and others active in the community.

The seminar will include:

• the recognition and knowledge of several medicinal plants and their cultivation in a medicinal garden, in particular Artemisia annua, Aloe vera, Moringa oleifera, Azadirachta indica (neem), Carica papaya (pawpaw) and Allium sativum (garlic).
• the hygienic production of effective Natural Medicines from those plants, e.g. teas, different medicinal oils and ointments and tinctures. We will also to produce different soaps, black stones for snake-bites and learn how to use and construct a solar oven.
• the treatments of many medical complaints and diseases, including malaria, skin problems, diarrhoea, HIV/AIDS and wounds.
• the influence of nutrition and lifestyle on health.

Following the seminar, we expect the participants to:

• create their own garden of medicinal plants,
• prepare their own natural medicines,
• treat themselves, their families and others within their area of competence, and
• introduce Natural Medicine in their own communities by teaching and demonstration.

Tutors: Lucie Bradley (anamed international), Nelson Moyo (anamed Malawi) and Roland Baumann (Ass. for the Promotion of Solar Cookers, see www.solarkocher.ch/index.php?lang=en).

Registration: Please copy the application form below and send it to Lucie Bradley. You will be sent a confirmation of your booking immediately.

Fees for the seminar: The participation fee for African people or expatriates living in Africa is 250 Euro. For people travelling from Europe the price is 500 Euro. This is an all inclusive price, and includes food, accommodation, books, some seeds, a poster and all seminar materials. Transport costs and any insurance required remains the responsibility of the participant. If participants require more books and posters for their project, they will be available for sale at a reduced price during the seminar.

Payment of the fee: By 15 December 2011 (except by special arrangement) to Lucie Bradley or to an appointed person in Zambia.

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 anamed will not pay any transport costs or "sitting allowances", sometimes called "per Diem".

The following are important aspects of our seminars:

• Our emphasis on working at the grass-roots, 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 to recognise the positive contribution that each makes, and encourage them to work out practical ways in which they can cooperate.
• By introducing Artemisia annua, we enable participants to become much more independent and successful in their treatment of malaria, in their families, communities and health centres. Each participant will be given seeds and be taught how to grow this delicate but extremely valuable plant.
• It is important that all participants have a commitment both to practising what they learn and to teaching others, for example by conducting a similar seminar in Natural Medicine themselves, at least for a weekend.
• 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 for the entire programme; to come only on some days is not acceptable.
• Those participants who are Christians should bring with them a Bible. (Every day starts with an ecumenical devotion, participation in that is voluntary.) We make connections between our Faith and the practice of Natural Medicine for the benefit of our communities.
• All participants should bring plant material of at least one medicinal plant from their region.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Yours sincerely,

Lucie Bradley, Roland Baumann and Nelson Moyo

Application Form

anamed international

Training Seminar in Natural Medicine in Ndola, 4 - 11 January 2012

Please complete and return to Lucie Bradley

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