With your support, osteopathy is being introduced to Rwanda to improve individual health and that of the nation. Osteopathy is a low-cost, natural medicine perfect for a developing nation (and our own!)
Bringing osteopathy to developing countries, through yearly humanitarian missions and training.
Mission 2024
Osteopathy Without Borders – Rwanda Mission 2024
First week by Anne Pouhlies:
After last year’s successful mission, another team of four osteopaths departed for Rwanda on 16th November 2024 to return on 1st December 2024. It comprised of Faisal Naqvi, leading the mission for OWB, coming from Montreal, Canada; Heidi Gaissmeier from Munich, Germany – both present in 2023 – and 2 new members : Leonie Raube from Hamburg, Germany and Anne Poulhies from Malta….Read more »
Our Vision
The Foundation was created to bring holistic health-care to developing countries, starting with Pakistan. Osteopathy has developed in the Western world as incomes have gone up, when professionals could invest in a long and demanding post-graduate training. Yet, as a low-cost, effective form of medicine, it can drastically reduce health-care costs. It is as such especially appropriate in developing countries that cannot afford allopathic care. That’s where OWB fills the gap, by providing funding for osteopathic training for local students..Read more »
