Junior Barefoot Doctors

On November 10, 2013; Elizabeth Isea, Luis J. Corona, Elizama Montalvo, MD, Lillian ( Lalla) Ortiz, and Bartus Allen have collaborated on a project to assist young adults on the art of healing. The Junior Barefoot Doctors was designed to help young people embrace healing in a natural simple fashion. These (5) home school students ( Jean Gabriel Audinot, Genesis Veronica Colon, Carla Veronica Colon, Gerriane Ayala Sanchez, Geraldine Ayala Sanchez, Alondra Sanchez Figueroa )  learned how massage and shiatsu can greatly improve the health and well being of their family and friends.

What is a BareFoot Doctor?
 Barefoot Doctors is a term developed in China in the late 1940's. Basically farmers received minimal basic medical and paramedical training and worked in rural villages in the People's Republic of China. Their purpose was to bring health care to rural areas where urban-trained doctors would not settle. They promoted basic hygiene, preventive health care, and family planning and treated common illnesses. The name comes from southern farmers, who would often work barefoot in the rice paddies. This term was created in China, but many countries around the world have a similar approach to healing their community members.