Homeopaths Without Borders

What Homeopaths Without Borders does

Homeopaths Without Borders (HWB) is a U.S.-based nonprofit humanitarian organization founded in 1996 and headquartered in Stratham, New Hampshire, that delivers homeopathic healthcare to under-resourced communities in more than 20 countries. Its core service portfolio comprises three pillars—TEACH (Healthcare professional and lay-person training in homeopathy, anchored by two proprietary spiral-bound textbooks, Essential Curriculum for Learning Homeopathy and Essential Curriculum for the Childbearing Year, each priced at $90), TREAT (mobile community clinics staffed by volunteer professional homeopaths that operate in partnership with local organizations), and TOGETHER (capacity-building via training of Homéopathes Communautaires, including co-founding of the Association Des Homéopathes Haïtiens, the first homeopathic organization in Haiti). Emergency Response Teams deploy during natural disasters, epidemics, and displacement crises; the organization responded to the 2010 Haiti earthquake (5,810 patients), the 2016 Hurricane Matthew cholera outbreak (1,400 patients), the August 2021 Haiti earthquake (4,200+ people across 18 communities), and the May 2025 Haiti cholera crisis (69 single-day clinic patients; 4,583 residents receiving first-dose prophylaxis).

The underlying technology is homeopathic medicine itself—a system of alternative medicine using highly diluted substances—rather than a software or digital platform. HWB added a free telehealth consultation channel in North America during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, but no consumer-facing app, API, or AI tooling is disclosed; the primary intellectual property is its curriculum content and field protocols, including a 252-page teaching manual with 22 lessons and 20 therapeutic reference charts.

HWB's revenue model is a multi-stream nonprofit funding stack: tax-deductible individual donations (one-time, monthly recurring, birthday pledges, matching gifts), Facebook fundraisers, Amazon Smile contributions, foundation grants (notably a two-year grant from the Maine Access to Health Foundation plus Fisher Charitable Foundation support), and product sales through its online Shop for the two textbooks (with bulk and international shipping). Beneficiary services are provided free of charge. Operations are volunteer-heavy: total paid staff is limited to an Executive Director and Program Assistant, with an 8-member volunteer Board of Directors and a broader volunteer practitioner base providing on-the-ground capacity across North America, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and additional Caribbean states.

Name

Homeopaths Without Borders

Legal name

Homeopaths Without Borders

Website

https://hwbna.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Homeopaths Without Borders is a U.S. nonprofit founded in 1996 that provides free homeopathic healthcare—mobile clinics, emergency response, and practitioner training—to under-resourced and disaster-affected communities in more than 20 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Homeopathic Healthcare Services

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Border Management & Humanitarian Border Assistance (BPADAHAL)

Keywords

• Humanitarian homeopathy
• Mobile health clinics
• Homeopathic education
• Emergency medical response
• Community health programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Hebron

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals supporting humanitarian homeopathy. Options include one-time gifts, monthly recurring donations, birthday pledges, and matching gift programs.
2. Facebook Fundraising: Users can create fundraisers on Facebook for HWB's programs in Haiti and North America.
3. Product Sales (Shop): Sales of educational materials including Essential Curriculum books ($90), with bulk orders available for schools and international shipping.
4. Grants and Foundation Support: Two-year grant from Maine Access to Health Foundation to expand services to Wabanaki tribal network. Additional support from Fisher Charitable Foundation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Homeopaths Without Borders is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that delivers homeopathic healthcare to under-resourced communities through mobile community clinics, emergency response teams, telehealth consultations, and practitioner education/training programs. It also publishes and sells the Essential Curriculum for Learning Homeopathy textbooks to support training in homeopathic medicine.

Product overview

Homeopaths Without Borders is a humanitarian organization offering a portfolio of homeopathic healthcare services rather than a software product. Its core offerings include Mobile Community Clinics providing direct care to under-resourced populations, Emergency Response Teams for disaster relief, and Education & Training Programs that teach homeopathy to local practitioners. The organization also publishes two curriculum textbooks—the Essential Curriculum for Learning Homeopathy (Second Edition, 252 pages) and the Essential Curriculum for the Childbearing Year (200 pages)—which serve as teaching and field manuals for training new homeopaths. Telehealth consultations were added as a service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The products work together as a comprehensive humanitarian homeopathy program combining direct care delivery, emergency response, professional education, and published training materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Essential Curriculum for Learning Homeopathy (Second Edition) Structured textbook-based homeopathic training curriculum published by HWB and sold to practitioners, students, and educators of homeopathic medicine.
• Essential Curriculum for the Childbearing Year Specialized HWB publication covering homeopathic care for the childbearing year, sold to practitioners and expectant parents.
• HWB Mobile Community Clinics Field-deployed mobile clinics delivering homeopathic treatment directly to under-resourced communities that lack access to conventional healthcare.
• HWB Emergency Response Teams (ERT) Deployable teams of trained homeopaths dispatched to epidemic outbreaks and disaster zones to provide homeopathic treatment in acute humanitarian crises.
• HWB Education & Training Programs Structured training programs teaching homeopathic medicine to local practitioners and community health workers to build sustainable local capacity.
• HWB Telehealth Consultations Remote homeopathic consultations provided to beneficiaries who cannot be reached by in-person mobile clinics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 80% of Chikungunya patients felt 'a little' or 'much better' after homeopathic treatment
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Trinity Health HUBminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Long-time supporters who contributed prizes to HWB raffles. Portion of subscription fees goes to donating arnica and cell salts to Haiti annually.
• NibezuncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership with Nibezun for Penobscot Nation community telehealth homeopathic clinic. Hired clinic coordinator, created community advisory council, and provided 12 monthly free/low cost telehealth clinics. Received two-year grant from Maine Access to Health Foundation to expand services to Wabanaki tribal network.
• Association Des Homéopathes Haïtiens (AHH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Haitian homeopathic organization that championed mobile healthcare system serving thousands traumatized by August 2021 earthquake. Mobile clinic co-directors work with regional Ministry of Health authorities and local community leaders.
• Androscoggin HomeopathicsminorOthers · 1 January 2014Steve Kottler donated laptop computer to Jean-Francois Louinard for use in his clinic in Haiti
• Bucoseh OrganizationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Supported HWB's work in the Belle Anse region of Haiti. Cindy Balthazar and Pierre Balthazar provided support for community homeopath training.
• Washington Homeopathic ProductsminorOthers · 1 January 2005Provided homeopathic remedies for Sri Lanka tsunami mission and ongoing Haiti operations
• Natural Health SupplyminorOthers · 1 January 2005Provided homeopathic remedies for Sri Lanka tsunami mission
• Belle Anse Timoun Family SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity center and school for underprivileged children founded by Beckert Descollines. Supported HWB's work in the Belle Anse region of Haiti.
• B.Jain PublishersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvided funding, donations of remedies and books for Sri Lanka clinic through contacts Kuldeep Jain
• Project Somos Children's VillageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren's village in Guatemala co-directed by Heather Knox and Greg Kemp, providing homeopathic care to children raised with higher consciousness
• American Medical College of HomeopathyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with HWB to offer certification program for Haitian nursing students in conjunction with their Phoenix-based institution
• HylandsminorOthersDonated remedy kits for student training in Haiti
• BoironminorOthersDonated remedy kits for student training in Haiti
• Hahnemann LabsminorOthersDonated remedy kits for student training in Haiti

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• National Center for Homeopathy: US-based nonprofit promoting access to and education in homeopathy. Shares HWB's mission of advancing homeopathic practice and education, but focuses on advocacy and practitioner support in the US rather than humanitarian field delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Direct Relief: Large humanitarian medical aid organization delivering supplies, mobile care, and emergency response globally. Comparable to HWB in its humanitarian-healthcare mission and disaster-response orientation, but operating at much greater scale and without a homeopathic specialty.
• American Red Cross: Major humanitarian organization providing disaster relief, emergency health services, and community-based training. HWB parallels the American Red Cross on emergency response, community health education, and disaster deployment, but is materially smaller and more specialized.

Others

• Boiron: Major homeopathic remedy manufacturer that donates remedy kits to HWB training programs. Boiron is an ecosystem enabler and product supplier rather than a competitor, with overlapping interest in expanding homeopathic practice globally.

Direct peers

• Partners In Health: Provides healthcare to the poor in Haiti and other low-resource settings, trains local clinicians, and pairs care delivery with long-term capacity building. HWB shares the same Haiti-centric footprint and the 'treat-and-train' service model, though PIH operates at far greater scale.
• International Medical Corps: Global humanitarian nonprofit delivering mobile health services, training, and emergency response in conflict and disaster settings. Closely comparable in mission, mobile clinic model, and training of local health workers in under-resourced communities.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders): The most direct peer: a global humanitarian medical organization that deploys mobile clinics, trains local health workers, and responds to disasters and epidemics in under-resourced regions. HWB operates an analogous humanitarian-healthcare model, with the principal difference being homeopathy vs. conventional medicine.
• Hesperian Health Guides: Nonprofit publisher of community-health training manuals used by lay health workers worldwide. Hesperian's model of producing and distributing practical field curricula for low-resource healthcare delivery closely parallels HWB's Essential Curriculum products.
• Homeopaths Worldwide (UK): International homeopathic charity providing treatment and training in underserved regions. The closest modality-specific peer to HWB, deploying homeopaths abroad and supporting local training — directly comparable in mission and approach.
• Global Outreach Doctors: Nonprofit sending volunteer medical teams to disaster and underserved regions, combining emergency response with training of local providers. Directly comparable in deploying volunteer clinicians to disaster zones for humanitarian healthcare delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fundraisers
• Xx.com/hwbnaORG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/homeopaths-without-borders

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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