History & Leadership
Our Members-Ecuador 2005
It all started when…
The World Organization of Natural Medicine (WONM )was first established on October 11, 2003, by diplomats of the International Parliament for Safety and Peace (IPSP) and the United Nations to satisfy the needs of an international humanitarian organization to restore and promote original and indigenous healing techniques, peacebuilding, and sustainable development for underserved people.
The World Organization of Natural Medicine is not a credentialing organization. Still, members must provide evidence of educational status at a doctor or practitioner level, Civil Society leader, except for supporting members.
World Organization of Natural Medicine members designate members as Doctors of Humanitarian Services DHS), Practitioners of Humanitarian Services(PHS), and Humanitarian Civility Counselors (HCC) after satisfying the educational requirements and affirming a humanitarian pledge for service.
Members receive rigorous training in the effective delivery of traditional healing and humanitarian services, community development techniques, disaster relief, and conflict resolution techniques with particular emphasis on underserved groups.
As set out in its constitution, the organization's objectives are restoring and effectively delivering original and traditional healing techniques and attaining the highest level of Wholeness geared toward underserved people.
Wholeness is an approach to health that aims to reduce the risk of serious illness, proactive, not just reactive, providing prevention over crisis treatment, and encompassing a comprehensive approach instead of segmented parts, viewing the individual as body, mind, and spirit and finding a balance.
It is a framework for achieving potential well-being and a lifelong process. Nations experiencing Wholeness in body, mind, and spirit are less likely to engage in war and unresolved conflicts with other countries.
The organization focuses on "disaster relief" and "poverty relief." Its objective is to develop communities that engage in traditional healing systems, self-care education for the local populace, and community development where the need is more urgent.
What do We do?
To fulfill our mission, we are engaged in the following activities:
We train healthcare practitioners and civility leaders in humanitarian services and civility techniques.
We maintain a registry of doctors and practitioners for humanitarian service and civility counselors who can be dispatched to communities for emergency services and community building in underserved areas.
We teach communities to document and, for future generations, the skills handed down from their ancestors.
Our members participate in research to expand research capabilities in traditional medicine, natural medicine, and integrative and humanitarian medicine.
We collaborate with other humanitarian organizations and civility groups to restore and preserve the original healing techniques and traditional natural medicine healthcare and civility leadership groups worldwide, to alleviate human suffering and preserve it for future generations.
We provide natural healthcare services for underserved people through Clinics for Humanity ™ outreach programs.
We encourage members to research traditional healing techniques to enhance our research department and to leave a legacy for future generations.
Our Philosophy
The World Organization of Natural Medicine's philosophy is that Health is a fundamental human right. Therefore, it seeks collaboration with individuals and educators, health care professionals, and nations' leaders to acknowledge that original and traditional healing systems are viable choices for the poor. In addition, it seeks to fulfill its mandate for humanitarian services by establishing "Clinics for Humanity" to deliver free humanitarian outreach programs geared toward underserved people and engage in research in traditional medicine healing.
Our Values
We are called to serve the neediest of the most disadvantaged people on earth, seek to relieve their suffering, and assist in making sustainable improvements in their lives.
We seek to engage them, promote their voices, and offer our hands and feet in service.
In this relationship, we respect those in need as active participants, not passive recipients.
We regard all individuals as created and loved by God.
We believe that healthcare should not focus on for-profit care but gear towards self-care, prevention of disease, and sustainable development of rural communities.
We are not owners of the resources made available to us on behalf of the world's forgotten.
We are partners with those we serve and those who invest in our shared mission.
Our relationships are purposeful and diverse, encouraging mutual participation in achieving its mission.
Our Ambassadors
Our ambassadors have the authority to advance the organization’s mission direction of its president.
To promote, in cooperation with other specialized agencies where necessary, the improvement of nutrition, sanitation, and other aspects of environmental hygiene, humanitarian activities such as educating underserved groups.
To promote cooperation among scientific and professional groups contributing to wellness and peace-building advancement.
To foster activities in the field of spiritual wellness, especially for people affected by disharmony in human relations.
To promote and conduct research in the field of humanitarian health advancement.
To provide information, counsel, and assist in original and indigenous healing systems.
Furthermore, our ambassadors take all necessary actions to attain the objectives of the World Organization of Natural Medicine.
Endorsements
WONM is accredited and affiliated with the following organizations for humanitarian endeavours.
Order of Saint Peter & Saint.
Saint Peter & Saint Paul Lutheran Institute offers education for its seminary to provide a better future for all mankind. You may participate in humanitarian or pastoral research in collaboration with the University of Humanitarian Medicine.
ORTHODOX ORDER OF KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS OF ST. JOHN.
The Orthodox Order Knights of St. John (OOSJ)
The mission of the Orthodox Order of Knights of Saint John (OOSJ) is to preserve for future generations the ancient traditions of the old Hospitallers by addressing the needs of victims wheresoever dispersed.
Constitution
WONM Consitution
Wellness is more than the absence of disease... it is an approach to health that aims to reduce the risk of serious illness. Being proactive not just reactive, prevention not just treatment, is a total approach as opposed to segmented parts. Looking at the individual (mind, body spirit) and finding a balance. It is a framework for achieving potential well-being and a lifelong process. Nations experiencing wellness in mind body and spirit are less likely to engage in war and more likely to try and find peaceful solutions to unresolved conflicts with other nations.
Declaration of Alma-Ata
Declaration of Alma-Ata International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, 6-12September 1978
The International Conference on Primary Health Care, meeting in Alma-Ata this twelfth day of September in the year Nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, expresses the need for urgent action by all governments, all health and development workers, and the world community to protect and promote the health of all the people of the world, hereby makes the following…