Delivering hope. By participating in this humanitarian mission, I also wanted to contribute to creating a better life: that of the children who are victims of the destiny of a country: Cambodia. Offering one’s time. Being a benevolent, putting one’s life on hold, to do, just for a few days, a good deed for those who are most deprived, the …
I participated in the session of March 2017. In March, it was no luxury to have a warrior by your side. A warrior? Yes, a warrior, because no matter how pacific all the members of this mission were, every day we had a battle to fight. A fight that was often tough, not against misery, surrender or injustice, but a …
What a mission… What a country… What a trip! A country beaten down… But are we so sure? I embarked upon this project, thinking I might help, a little, some of the deprived children of Cambodia. But one of the strengths of its population lies in the reaction it gives. A reaction of humility, generosity, courage and… hope. The lesson is …
An island of contrasts. Separated from Phnom Pen by an arm of Lake Tonle Sap, the island is both near to and far from the capital; the ferryboat carried us from a bustling, polluted city to a calm island where time seems to have stopped… At the local maternity, the birthing room is right at the heart of a spiral of …
One of the treatment sessions that marked me the most during this stay was in Battambang, at the “Enfant d’Asie” (Children of Asia) centre, on virtually the last day. I must confess that by this time we had already given a lot of difficult treatment and I was starting to tire a little. This young lad had been placed on …
experiences situations or projects in their lives that appear obvious. As far as I’m concerned, this obvious situation struck home when I heard Dr Patrick JOUHAUD speak about DOCOSTEOCAM at an osteopathic seminar. Almost two years later, well, I’ve just come back from a wonderful human experience which lasted two weeks. Two weeks practising global osteopathy in a difficult communication …
Destination Cambodia, a mission for osteopathy. A few questions I took with me in my luggage: – How will I be able to speak with the children? – Will I manage to do a good job? – Will my approach be right? I get carried away. The first day I was amazed by the smiles and the trust of the children and …
I will never forget that gesture of gratitude and that deep gaze that struck my heart. It was the end of the day in Takeo, an orphanage for children, and which we were leaving in our mini-bus, and through the window I was able to watch the farewell. Moving his arms was already a great effort for him, his smile …
osteopathic experience with a humanitarian vocation, a human experience, a profound upheaval. Apprehension, fears and anxieties combined with an unexplained, immense joy… my limited experience as a therapist was loaded with emotion for this first Docostéocam mission. The first day, at the first host centre, all senses alert…and smiles on all the faces when we arrived. The first osteopathic contact …
I still remember those looks, first of all surprised, and then worried, then unhappy and closed right up to the emotional liberation, and then the flash, the light in their eyes when they understood the meaning of life. Of course we cannot once and for all hope to settle all their problems, but they have travelled a section of the …
Using one’s hands to encounter mental landscapes is merely a perceptive technique. But these trips touch the heart and require unfailing generosity. This experience, through its uncertainties and hesitations, forces us to be selfless, and makes us realize that nothing that we hold in our hands is accessible to our ego. From their past, these children have acquired a certain …
The sun and the wind cut the air with a dash of dust. Dried balls of grass swept across the streets while mopeds and cars crossed in a noisy and surprisingly fluid disorder. Smells of garbage greeted the stroller whose eyes were caught by the stalls of fruit and vegetable vendors, and products of all kinds. Violence and kindness existed …
