News from the Swaziland Homeopathy Project
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| Peggy Kunene | Peggy translating for Tim Lloyd, from the College of Practical Homeopathy, London (CPH) |
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| Student Homeopath trainee with books |
Women at mobile outreach clinic |
On receipt of the funding from the Homeopathy Action Trust the project was able to employ a translator to assist Ruth Odendaal, the full time homeopath. We chose Peggy Kunene, who is one of the patients from the project.
She is widowed and no longer employed, as she was forced into early retirement due to illness and is currently supporting four of her sister’s children. She was diagnosed HIV positive in 2004 and began Anti Retroviral Treatment in 2005. Peggy initially attended the Pine Valley community clinic in May of 2009. She had never been well since a total hysterectomy, after a pap smear indicated widespread cancer. In addition she was experiencing a number of side effects from the continual use of Anti Retrovirals. She was stressed and not sleeping well and experiencing frequent nightmares.
Her experience with homeopathy has been a good one and she volunteered to help the project. She is a great asset, a very competent, gentle and kind person and her tasks on the clinics include counselling, especially with regards to HIV/AIDS, advising patients on how homeopathy works and what it can help with, compiling the patient lists at the clinic, and dispensing the remedies.
In 2010 the project received some funding from the Sustainability for Agriculture, Health, Education & Environment (sahee) Foundation as a contribution to sponsoring full time professional training for 10 Swazi homeopaths and Peggy was selected as one of the trainees. She began the course along with 9 others in January this year. It is hoped that by the end of the training program the project will become self sustaining and homeopathy will be available as a free or affordable treatment in all parts of Swaziland.
It is with Homeopathic Action Trust’s help that this has being achieved. We thank you!