The banks would not give me money. A whole day was spent trying to get WiFi to deposit money into my phone to phone bank in South Africa - this cost over R900 - as bank kept putting me through to ANOTHER department - SORRY our lines are experiencing high volume of calls!!!!! I could not understand that once you were through that there was no possibility of putting me through as URGENT themselves.
I was then to meet Ayudele Taofiq-Fanida, a young man with a passion to heal the earth working for a Resource company going green. He had learnt about Biodynamic farming in Sweden and was attempting to start a farm first Organic and then taking the next step to Biodynamic once the farm and agriculture were more established. He works with Youth and Women empowerment and has a deep interest in children and teaching.
He took us out to meet a Doctor, Traditional Healer and herbalist who had a health Resort. Dr. Isaac Ayudele. He had moved out of the city of Lagos to develop this health centre in a better environment and to serve the poorer community. He used every part of his grounds to grow healing herbs, trees and shrubs. He had a little factory where his range of remedies were manufactured. We were given a health check and test - My blood pressure was normal and my sugar levels good - YAY! by the nurse on duty. Another made us a juice made from coconut, tiger nuts and dates. Delicious and tasted more wholesome than anything I had eaten of late. He also had 3 acres of land where he grew his vegetables EVERYTHING ORGANICALLY GROWN using proper compost with manure (cow and chicken.) As a Naturopath he feeds his patients with Nutritious food. He was very inspired by all I shared with him about Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy and Biodynamic Agriculture as well as the deeper aspect of healing and bringing to balance.
From this doctor we went to another doctor, Dr. Adeolu Olusodo, in the village nearby. These two doctors were very happy to meet one another. This Medical doctor had left the city of Lagos and a hospital which he felt was failing to meet the real needs of the community. He felt he needed to go out and serve the poorer community who could never get into the city in time to prevent serious conditions of ill-health due to lack of funds. He has hired a house which he is converting into a clinic. He offers free consultation and free drugs (if he has available and where he feels are really needed), encourages a more herbal healing and offers acupuncture (which he is busy studying). To be able to create this clinic and fund the project, the patient had to first register with the clinic and was asked to pay 1500 Nigerian Naira - about R75 -A YEAR. From that , free treatment for the year.
It was wonderful to bring these two men with such a healing impulse and goodwill together.
We had visited the large hospital in Lagos, Lute, also a training hospital, where we found the doctors and nurses overwhelmed by the amount of patients, lack of funding and lack of medication. The government offered no financial help and patients had to pay for their consultation and medication.
In the oncology department I referred to Iscador and Viscum. As I left the hospital the two Pharmacists asked me if there was any way they could learn more about Anthroposophic medicine.
They asked for more information and expressed a wish to attend the IPMT AFRICA that I spoke of.
Dr. Isaac Ayudele and his herbal remedies
Entrance to the AYUDELE HEALTH RESORT
Healing plants and herbs
Dr. Adeolu Olusodo and his Clinic
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