Help Ashly volunteer at Wasso District Hospital in Tanzania, Africa.

The environment and flora between the Rift Valley and the Serengeti is rich. Maasai traditional medicine, though equally rich, is under pressure as the new generation adapts to westernisation.

Herbal medicine is well integrated into the daily operations of the Wasso District Hospital. The Wasso Phytotherapy Project has further areas of focus and goals that include:

- Use of cost-effective herbal treatments where appropriate.

- Improved level of communication and trust between the local community and the hospital.

- Providing ongoing inpatient care.

- Providing education for outpatients.

- Expanding ethnobotanical documentation supported by adequate informed consent.

- Conducting research and evidence gathering on the use of herbal medicine in a hospital setting.

- Supporting hospital staff.

- Developing hospital resources while reducing resource costs.

- Development and documentation of traditional knowledge in partnership with local Maasai traditional healers.

You can read more about this volunteer project here:

http://aradicle.blogspot.co.nz/p/east-africa.html

From this page you can click through to read even more documentation and information.

Thanks for your time! :)