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Local Heros - Meet Kabelo Sebati, Lead Yoga Teacher in Botswana
Kabelo has been an invaluable supporter of World Spine Care’s Yoga Project in Botswana. He has assisted the Yoga Project with real-time translation and cultural learning, and he has helped to keep up the enthusiasm for the Yoga Project in the region.
World Spine Care reached out to Kabelo, to learn a little bit more about his journey into the Yoga Project, and what drives him.
Meet Gasebomo: A wife. A nurse. A mother.
Gasebomo is a happily married mother of two who helps to support her family by working as a nurse in a local hospital. But for the last 10 years, Gasebomo has suffered from low back pain which has left her unable to work or care for herself and her children.
On the Ground in Botswana with COVID-19
One of our World Spine Care Clinical Supervisors in Botswana is Mufudzi Chihambakwe. Dr. Chihambakwe is also a member of the Botswana Government Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) staff member, and also therefore on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notice from World Spine Care Regarding COVID-19
The health and safety of World Spine Care (WSC) clinicians, volunteers, and patients at our global clinics is our highest priority.
Here is what we accomplished thanks to you: World Spine Care's 2019 Report
As another year draws to a close, the World Spine Care Board of Directors wishes to thank all of our partners, donors, supporters and volunteers for your incredible support over this past year. Here are just a few things that World Spine Care has accomplished this year.
A Volunteer Story – Meet Mufudzi
I first became involved with World Spine Care as a student in 2013. Finally, this year, after a great deal of patience and perseverance, I was able to join the team in Botswana. Volunteering has been such a rewarding and unbelievable experience. Here are just a few of the things I have learned in my time here so far.
Call for Volunteers in Botswana and the Dominican Republic
WSC is currently recruiting two volunteers to work as Clinical Supervisors in the Dominican Republic and in Botswana. We would like to fill these roles as soon as possible.
World Spine Care chiropractor treats athletes at African Youth Games
World Spine Care's Dr. Stefan Eberspaecher joined the sports medical team at the 2018 Region 5 Africa Youth Games.
World Spine Care Accomplishments in 2018: Here’s What You Helped Us Do
As the year draws to a close and we head into 2019, the Board of Directors of World Spine Care thank you for your incredible support. Here are just a few things that World Spine Care has accomplished this year, thanks to the support of individuals like you.
Adaptability for Patient Care - Dr. Nadine Harrison's talk at the ECU Convention Budapest 2018
Dr. Nadine Harrison shares why adaptability is a critical skill to be able to provide spine care and be an integral part of an interprofessional healthcare team as Clinic Supervisor in Botswana.
The Third World Spine Care Botswana Spine Care Conference
On May 7 and May 8, 2018 World Spine Care, in cooperation with the Botswana Ministry of Health organized the Third World Spine Care Conference at the Gaborone International Convention Center in Botswana. It is reported to have been the largest health care or medical conference to be held in the country of Botswana and demonstrates the impact that the World Spine Care program has had in this country.
World Spine Care Yoga Project - Spring 2018 Update
Unique in the both the yoga and the NGO communities, the World Spine Care Yoga Project brings the practices of posture, breath work, and mindfulness as tools for pain management and active self-care to patients in World Spine Care clinics. This year, Co-directors Erin Moon and Barrie Risman have been hard at work expanding and sharing the work of the Yoga Project.
Mahalapye – a rapid immersion into World Spine Care
Mahalapye is Botswana’s tenth-largest town. Sitting directly on the Tropic of Capricorn on the edge of the Kalahari desert, its 41 000 inhabitants enjoy a subtropical climate with long periods of sunshine interrupted only by a brief rainy season.