Health
Bromley by Bow Centre
UK
The Bromley by Bow Centre in East London, UK, is an integrated community center, primary care practice, and research center investigating the social dimensions of health and well-being. It is pioneering ‘social prescribing’, whereby sufferers of depression and anxiety are connected with one of more than 100 community projects as holistic ‘antidepressants’.
Deaver Wellness Farm at Lankenau Medical Center
USA
When staff at the Lakenau Medical Center near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania learned that many of their patients had little access to healthy food, they decided to make food access a healthcare priority. In 2015, the hospital partnered with a local food-advocacy nonprofit, Greener Partners, to create a half-acre farm on the medical center’s campus, which has provided more than 4,000 pounds of produce to patients at no cost. Educators lead pop-up markets, cooking demonstrations, and classes on nutrition in waiting rooms and wards throughout the facility, and thousands of students learn about gardening and nutrition at the farm each year. Read more and take a look at this Yes Magazine article about the farm.
https://greenerpartners.org/deaver-wellness-farm/
Dream of Wild Health
USA
Dream of Wild Health is an organic farm and seed bank dedicated to helping American Indian people reclaim their physical, spiritual, and mental health by returning to their own foodways. Read Dream of Wild Health’s story in this Medium article.
East Bali Poverty Project
Indonesia
Over the past twenty years, the East Bali Poverty Project (EBPP) has facilitated a holistic community-led approach to improving lives in the village Desa Ban, centered on vetiver and bamboo as a base for sustainable, diverse agroforestry systems and slope stabilization.
https://www.eastbalipovertyproject.org
Hope for Health
Australia
The story of Hope for Health began in 2013, when Dianne Biritjalawuy, an Indigenous Yolngu resident of Australia’s Elcho Island, recovered from a serious health crisis by turning away from processed, store-bought food and returning to a more traditional diet. The experience was so transformative that Dianne raised AU$60,000 to bring twelve Yolngu women to a local health retreat, where they, too, experienced dramatic improvements in chronic health problems, and discovered a new vitality. These women are now providing the community with local-language workshops and classes in cooking and health, all based on the Yolngu traditional diet. They are also working to establish a Hope for Health Centre, which will sell locally-produced foods and teach traditional methods of food preparation, thus providing opportunities that can help empower the entire Yolngu community. To learn more, visit the Hope for Health website.
http://www.hopeforhealth.com.au