As the vast majority of the poorest in our societies are engaged in physical work, Barefoot Acupuncturists focuses its work on treating chronic pain, which is a major cause of reduced economic activity in these communities. Our services have been developed to give the poorest communities access to affordable and efficient healthcare, limited mainly to pathologies for which acupuncture has been recognised to be an effective treatment. We provide more than 16,500 treatments each year and are inviting you to enable hardworking individuals from low-income communities in India live productive, healthy lives with dignity.