Salud y Acupuntura Para el Pueblo

Founded in 2015, Salud y Acupuntura Para el Pueblo is a community organisation based in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico working on health, addiction, mental health +1 more.

Salud y Acupuntura para el Pueblo (SAPP) is a community work project founded in Puerto Rico in 2015 in response to the island's health crisis. It runs free community healing spaces offering auricular acupuncture (NADA protocol) to people with limited access to health services, including people affected by addiction, mental health problems and trauma. SAPP also trains health personnel and community members, and advocates for modernising Puerto Rico's acupuncture law and integrating NADA-style treatment into the public health system. Its work has extended to Vieques, Caguas, Aibonito, Utuado, Santurce, Río Piedras, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Harlem, New York.