Herbalists Without Borders Southern California

botanical medicine; health care provision based on need, not ability to pay. HWB clinics depend upon the generosity and volunteer time of the natural medicine communities they serve. Herbalists Without Borders (HWB) are more than herbalists. We are an international network of herbalists, traditional healers, complementary alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, botanical product makers, botanical trades people, herb growers, farmers, ecologists, students, humanitarian aid workers and others interested the vital roles of plants in primary health care, sustainable agriculture, trade, and ecological preservation. HWB Southern California currently serves all Southern California Counties, with special focus on Los Angeles and Orange counties. Our chapter operates under the umbrella of the National and International Nonprofit Herbalists Without Borders doing unique projects in a variety of scopes focused on social justice with a down to the ground, grassroots structure. The global vision of HWB:
A global community where all people have access to affordable natural and botanical medicine. To bring that vision into reality, we create educational, clinical, advocacy, and grassroots model projects to fill the gaps in health care social justice. Description
HWB recognizes that at this time many global citizens lack access to primary health care due to economic hardship and other barriers. HWB firmly believes that health care is a human right, not a privilege. Herbalists Without Borders organizing and volunteer efforts focus primarily on natural and botanical health care solutions through education, prevention, empowerment and grassroots action projects.

~HWB is a cross cultural organization that creates and promotes intercultural exchanges and takes actions via national, regional and project-based chapters around the world.

~HWB believes in the protection and preservation of indigenous herbs and healers, including intellectual property rights that honor and respect the wisdom of both traditional plants and healers globally.

~HWB educates about growing and eating of traditional local healthful natural foods and herbs; the relearning and recollecting of everyday traditional cultural healing lifestyles.

~HWB supports equitable, sustainable, fair trade practices pertaining to herbs and botanical products, including the promotion of locavore diets and natural medicines.

~HWB embraces grassroots empowerment models and actions, encouraging local people to utilize their own unique community resources and create access clinics, among other innovative seed projects.

~HWB assists herbalists and other healers with continuous training, education, technical assistance and resources.

~HWB is operated by generous volunteer services, monetary contributions, membership dues and in-kind donations by its chapter members. https://www.facebook.com/Herbalistswithoutborders