A message from our CEO - Helen Gracie

I will never forget the tearful hug Dr Toni Bark MD from Chicago gave me when I arrived at our AMURT head quarters in Port Au Prince in Haiti in April 2010. Dr Bark had just returned from a strike team clinic in one of the many make shift tent cities that now dominate the Port Au Prince devastated urban landscape. It was the first time we had seen each other since I had agreed to help her with her request for donated SCENAR devices and to accompany her on the volunteer medical mission.

After the embrace she tearfully explained that she had witnessed an amazing transformation of an elderly man who had been in full body pain since the January 12th earthquake. After she had given him a 6 points on the face treatment, he smiled and told her that he felt normal again.....she then looked me in the eye and said she was so glad I was there - together we would make a big difference to the lives of the Haitian people. Over the next week we treated hundreds of people and constantly saw the rapid transformation SCENAR facilitated. People were relieved of pain and transformed before our eyes.....

Since then, we have been back again in June, identified a local organization that can be trained in SCENAR and develop a local community program enabling Haitian run clinics to treat patients that otherwise would not have any medical help. I am currently working with Alison Thompson ( co-founder of JPHRO in Port Au Prince, Order of Australia recipient and new SCENAR practitioner) and Sarita Wolf ( Director; AMURT Child protection services) to develop ongoing SCENAR therapy programs in Haiti. The next big hurdle we have is to get back to Haiti with a Ritm SCENAR INstitute trainer, so that the programs conform to world's best practice in SCENAR therapy. ( I know my way around the SPORT and can do simple techniques with a pro unit - but we have exhausted my ability now! )

Last weekend at the Australasian SCENAR conference held in Sydney; Australia, I was asked to share my experiences in Haiti and spoke about the importance of volunteering. My hope was to inspire SCENAR practitioners to give back to a community organization in some way or another so that we ensure all people have access to SCENAR as a choice. Within days I received an email with an offer of help!
A heart felt thanks to Bhavani Rhooks - our Victorian trainer who has volunteered to go to Haiti to train both Alison and Sarita. We are hopeful to secure some funding soon to help Bhavani get there - so please email me on helen@scenarhealth.com if you have any ideas on ways to cover her costs of volunteering. She is ready to travel - we just need to figure out how we can get her there!

Helen Gracie
CEO
SCENAR HEALTH