Herbalists Without Borders International
  • Home
  • ABOUT HWB
    • HWB VISION & VALUES
    • HWB BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • CORE COORDINATORS
  • OUR WORK
    • PEOPLE'S CLINICS >
      • FREE CLINIC LISTINGS
      • VETERANS RESILIENCY HOLISTIC CLINIC
      • LOS GUARDIANES DE LAS TRADICIONES MEDICINALES ANCESTRALES
    • NOURISHING COMMUNITY GARDENS >
      • HWB Seed Grants for Gardens
    • MEDICINAL SEED SAVING
    • COMMUNITY HERB APOTHECARIES
    • HERBAL ACTION PODCAST
    • INT'L BORDERLESS MEDICINE
    • TRAUMA TRAININGS
  • OUR MEMBERS
    • ABOUT OUR CHAPTERS >
      • FIND A CHAPTER
    • SCHOOL MEMBERS
    • A-G BUSINESS & NONPROFIT MEMBERS
    • H-P BUSINESS & NONPROFIT MEMBERS
    • Q-Z BUSINESS & NONPROFIT MEMBERS
    • BENEFACTOR MEMBERS
    • DONORS & SPONSORS >
      • Sponsorship
  • GET INVOLVED
    • JOIN >
      • BECOME A MEMBER/JOIN TODAY
      • MEMBER BENEFITS
      • RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP
    • VOLUNTEER
    • DONATE >
      • DONATE SUPPLIES
  • SHOP HWB
    • HWB eGuides
  • BLOG
  • News & Media
    • HWB NEWSLETTERS
    • HWB IN THE NEWS
    • MEDIA INFO/DOWNLOADS
    • EVENTS CALENDAR
    • RESOURCES & LINKS
  • CONTACT
    • Privacy

:VOLUNTEER WITH HWB

Volunteers are the heartbeat of Herbalists Without Borders. 

HOW TO VOLUNTEER>>

• Join Herbalists Without Borders as a member.

• Visit our project pages for potential in person opportunities Each project page has a blue box>> with information on volunteering and who to contact.

• To volunteer with HWB International, view our CORE remote/online volunteer opportunities. 

:VOLUNTEER WITH HWB INT'L CORE 

Volunteer Opportunities with HWB:

Are you an HWB member who is interested in volunteering for our core group? Almost everything we do Is remote work based using online tools and google drive. We have many roles open due to the pandemic, and even just a few hours a month is helpful. If you are self-driven and can identify needs and run with it, that is even better!  Email the office if you are interested.  Click here to read descriptions of all volunteer coordinator roles and openings. 
​
COVID has Impacted many people, HWB Included, meaning we have many openings currently for Core Coordinators. We welcome any support and volunteer work you can provide!


Remote Office Support Coordinator: OPEN
Membership Coordinator: OPEN​
Lead Chapter Coordinator: OPEN
Grant Writing Support: OPEN


Other roles we always could use help with include: Office support, proofreading, membership support, donation letter writing, grant writing, help with website updates (weebly), administrative support. We are all volunteers working from our computers around the globe, and can always use more help. We also welcome translation support to provide our materials in various languages as needed in communities of those we serve. 

To find out more about our current HWB Volunteers and Core Coordinators, visit this page>>

International Support

​Herbalists Without Borders is an international network of herbalists, traditional healers, complementary alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, botanical medicine product makers, botanical trades people, herb farmers, gardeners, ecologists, students, humanitarian aid workers & others who are interested in the vital roles of plants in primary health and wellness, sustainable agriculture, trade, botanical traditions, and ecological preservation. 

Herbalists Without Borders organizes unique herbal, health & wellness projects. We invite you to learn more about each and join our efforts.   

HWB is not like other without borders organizations.
We have a very small budget working in a grassroots model, and we are membership based. HWB  Members are who do this work. We are all volunteers with no paid staff at this time. We believe in local empowerment for community service, followed by a radiating wheel of regional support in times of need and disaster. We do not host individuals to travel to other cultures to install western herbal clinic and we do not have deep pockets to fund clinics. We look to people working in their own communities and we look for ways to leverage our resources and network to support one another. Local work and community service is a less colonizer oriented model - and who knows better than local people the language, culture, traditions, and plants of the area? There are international Chapters and groups that do welcome international visitors to help as volunteers, to learn local plants and traditions, and who visit others in the spirit of learning as much as giving, and we work to connect appropriate volunteers to needs.

If you have the means and time to visit other regions of the globe, review our international projects and then contact our office and we can connect you to other members that may welcome your visit. Please note that we are ALL volunteers, and Coordinators often are organizing out of their homes, businesses, or herbal schools. They may host clinics only monthly or quarterly, travel to remote areas with limited car (or motorbike) space to visit very rural communities, are operating on a very limited budget or out of their own pocket, and may work in very remote areas without the ability to host visitors. Please be respectful of our committed and dedicated volunteer Coordinators. 

:Our Projects

Visit our special project pages below to find out more about it and any volunteer opportunities. We work to enable local and regional Chapters to support their own communities - as who knows more about the language, culture, local herbs and needs more than one who lives there. At HWB we do not practice colonialist "help" but true learning experiences and cross cultural exchanges to progress health justice and herbal medicine. Of course at times people may request additional support  - following disasters or if they are unable to organize local support. We are keeping information regarding members who welcome international or regional travelers who are interested in volunteering for free clinics, permaculture herbal gardens, or international borderless medicine. If you are already planning on visiting an area that has free people's clinics or project ongoing, please contact the office and we can put you in touch with the local coordinator. If you are interested in traveling or cultural exchanges, please contact the office to find out who is accepting visitors! 

​Trauma Trainings>>

Community Herb Apothecaries>>

People's Clinics>>

Veterans Resiliency Holistic Clinic

International Borderless Medicine>>

Medicinal Seed Saving>>

Nourishing Community Gardens>>

Picture

JOIN HWB TODAY! >>

SUBSCRIBE>>

TIPS for cross cultural volunteer exchanges and support:
-Respect the local culture & local herbal traditions
-Be self sustainable to not burden the team you are visiting
-Understand you are learning from them as much as offering a helping hand
-Be truly a help and not a hindrance to people working in their communities
-Understand the impact your visit may have economically on local Chapters, members, and hosts
-Acknowledge you are there to learn as much as you are there to assist
-Have a skillset that is of use
-Support without colonialist mindset coming from a savior complex
-Only go where asked and needed
-Recognize local culture and traditions may be working as they are, and you are there to help and learn, not take over

“If you ever think you’re too small to be effective,
you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito!”
​~ Wendy Lesko

Additional Volunteer Opportunities

VOLUNTEER PROJECT COORDINATORS NEEDED

All of our HWB projects are run by volunteer coordinators. These positions sometimes open and we will post those opportunities here! Click on the links below to visit the project page - if you are interested in volunteering, please contact our office at officeHWB@gmail.com.

HWB International Volunteer Coordinator Openings


Membership Coordinator 

This important core position works with the HWB office to create membership drive programs, help guide new members, and create & implement programs to retain members and encourage renewals. Be the member liaison for HWB! Contact Denise officehwb@gmail.com. 

Onsite Office and Donation Coordination Support

All of our positions are virtual/online but this one. You need to be able to visit our office and donation staging location in Deerfield, WI. Help us inventory donations, prepare/label/prep/box/ship donations to free clinics and disaster relief efforts. Learn about herbalism and nonprofit work in this unique volunteer spot. Please Contact officeHWB@gmail.com if you are interested.

​Diversity Training Project

Diversity training, resources, materials for natural and botanical medicine clinics or practitioners. 
Core HWB Team:  officeHWB@gmail.com


Relief Action Coordinator

Work as the liaison between HWB office and HWB Chapters, Clinics, and Members responding in their communities. Help groups setup response after a natural disaster, in response to humanitarian needs, or to support marginalized peoples in their community. Experience setting up free or sliding scale clinics would be helpful, as would understanding the volunteer and supply needs for this type of response. There are some nuances to this role, so contact the office so we can setup a call! ​
CURRENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - MORE DETAILS

Volunteers are the Heartbeat of Herbalists Without Borders

VOLUNTEER>>

Each project page has a blue box with more information about volunteer opportunities and who to contact!

Become a member  & volunteer on a project!

Email officeHWB@gmail.com now

BECOME A MEMBER OF HERBALISTS WITHOUT BORDERS TODAY!>>

Herbalists Without Borders is sustained by volunteers, donors & members delivering herbal health, holistic wellness and humanitarian aid to those in need. ​​

Picture

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF HWB.

HWB is a 501c3 NGO nonprofit. Our all volunteer nonprofit is a group of herbalists, medicinal plant growers, herbal educators, alternative holistic modality practitioners and others dedicated to herbal health access for all, medicinal plant conservation, health justice and more. 

Our international headquarters is currently in Wisconsin. Please email for our mailing address to ship donations.

Find us

©2019, all rights reserved.
  • Home
  • ABOUT HWB
    • HWB VISION & VALUES
    • HWB BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • CORE COORDINATORS
  • OUR WORK
    • PEOPLE'S CLINICS >
      • FREE CLINIC LISTINGS
      • VETERANS RESILIENCY HOLISTIC CLINIC
      • LOS GUARDIANES DE LAS TRADICIONES MEDICINALES ANCESTRALES
    • NOURISHING COMMUNITY GARDENS >
      • HWB Seed Grants for Gardens
    • MEDICINAL SEED SAVING
    • COMMUNITY HERB APOTHECARIES
    • HERBAL ACTION PODCAST
    • INT'L BORDERLESS MEDICINE
    • TRAUMA TRAININGS
  • OUR MEMBERS
    • ABOUT OUR CHAPTERS >
      • FIND A CHAPTER
    • SCHOOL MEMBERS
    • A-G BUSINESS & NONPROFIT MEMBERS
    • H-P BUSINESS & NONPROFIT MEMBERS
    • Q-Z BUSINESS & NONPROFIT MEMBERS
    • BENEFACTOR MEMBERS
    • DONORS & SPONSORS >
      • Sponsorship
  • GET INVOLVED
    • JOIN >
      • BECOME A MEMBER/JOIN TODAY
      • MEMBER BENEFITS
      • RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP
    • VOLUNTEER
    • DONATE >
      • DONATE SUPPLIES
  • SHOP HWB
    • HWB eGuides
  • BLOG
  • News & Media
    • HWB NEWSLETTERS
    • HWB IN THE NEWS
    • MEDIA INFO/DOWNLOADS
    • EVENTS CALENDAR
    • RESOURCES & LINKS
  • CONTACT
    • Privacy