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Our News
Patients and alternative-livelihood trainees continue to increase!
The Clinic sees more patients every year And we need to make room for the steadily-increasing number of patients. The high volume of patients is evidenced in long wait times for treatment and crowded waiting areas (indoor and out). From the Clinic’s first year in 2007, with 1,670 patients, to 2012′s 7,382 patients, each year…
Poised for Expansion
We are launching a campaign to build a full-service Community Health and Training Center at ASRI. Today, the ASRI Clinic is crowded far beyond capacity. Patients have long waiting times for treatment, and in some cases must return another day. Moreover, the clinic lacks facilities to treat more serious injuries and emergencies, or to provide…
Raja Ampat:
Exploring replication in the “marine Amazon”
Located in the heart of what is called the Coral Triangle, Raja Ampat is considered the ‘Amazon’ of the underwater world because of its extreme biodiversity. In fact, the area has the most species of coral and reef fishes on earth. About 70% of the coral species found on the planet are found in Raja Ampat.
Bridges to a Green Future: Forest Guardians Year Two
This month at Health In Harmony is dedicated to Forest Guardians, respected members of their local communities who represent powerful bridges helping villagers to improve their health and livelihoods and protect their watershed. Inaugurated with a prestigious Whitley Conservation Award, Forest Guardians are the connectors between ASRI and communities around the park, helping to mutually…
What is Shared / Green Day 2013
by Michelle Bussard, Managing Director I’m writing on my last day at ASRI. Here, I have spent and experienced time with the staff that has infinitely doubled my appreciation for their dedication. And, along with Kari Malen, HIH’s extraordinary Volunteer Director, have spent nearly 7 days with 12 women representing Dining for Women who have…
Chainsaws vs. Stethoscopes
Kinari Webb is a physician who founded Health in Harmony to support her work in Indonesia and then, in 2006, co-founded Yayasan Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI) in West Kalimantan with dentist Hotlin Ompusunngu. In this inspirational TedX talk, Kinari reveals how a near-death experience gave her a new outlook on life and the momentum to make her life whole again by providing quality health care to her community.
What We Do &
Why it Works
Human and environmental health are inextricably linked: healthy people create a healthy planet. When families must choose between saving a child or saving a rainforest, we all suffer. Health In Harmony provides a sustainable, long-term solution that helps individuals and communities to protect the natural resources that keep the planet healthy.
Healthcare is a powerful tool that enables individuals and communities to be healthy and to use their natural resources in more sustainable ways. Our approach makes it possible for families to pay for high-quality healthcare through conservation-oriented non-cash means; this approach is improving human health, reducing environmental destruction, and creating relationships that support long-term change. It is an exchange that benefits the whole planet.
