
Vuela Vuela Tonkiri
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I am founder and director of Tonkiri Integrative Wellness and Learning Centre situated on the shores of the Whitemouth River in the Southeast corner of Manitoba, Canada. Tonkiri is an off-grid land-based treatment centre. At Tonkiri we practice plant medicine as taught to us by the Ashaninka elder and healer Maestro Juan Flores from the Peruvian Amazon. I have studied Amazon plant medicine under the guidance of Maestro Flores for over 18 years. Tonkiri was opened in 2015 and it is inspired by Maestro Flores' healing centre Mayantuyacu. At Tonkiri we offer plant ceremony work year-round. The Tonkiri community has grown significantly over the years and we are excited to be entering our next phase of work. We have been working hard over the last couple of years towards securing a Health Canada exemption for our work. Fingers crossed we will be successful in 2024. Along this journey we are building alliances with various Indigenous organizations and we are working towards offering our healing services to all Indigenous communities in Manitoba once we have our exemption. As many of you know, it is a lot of work to maintain Tonkiri and difficult to operate our off-grid operation year round. Many of of our buildings are in need of regular maintenance and there are numerous projects we just don't have the funds to do. Over the last few years we have also had to weather an increase in cost on all fronts, from acquiring our medicines, to gas, to propane, to food and much more. I have been resisting increasing our price as I want to keep our work accessible to everyone. I am hoping this Gofundme campaign can help us better do the work we do as we work towards the next phase of the vision. The Tonkiri team really appreciates your support.
Onward and upward we go.
Much love
Jim Sanders
Director - Tonkiri
Organizer
Jim Sunday
Organizer
Winnipeg, MB