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The story of LITTLE HERBALLITTLE HERBAL is not just any old company selling alternative medicines; it has very interesting beginnings... |
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Back in 1998, Lesley Robinson took a well-earned break from her stressful 16- year career, as Clinical Marketing Manager for a pharmaceutical company, to go to Zimbabwe with her husband, Glyn. What happened to her there was to change her entire life.
Working in the world of conventional medicine, Lesley was never really involved with the herbal alternatives. But, in rural Africa, the alternatives are all they know and can afford. In the traditional villages you often have to go a very long way to see a medical doctor, so the villagers still rely on n'angas, whom we know in the western world as witch-doctors, or healers. Lesley was lucky enough to witness the work of the traditional healers firsthand. |
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For a number of months, a painful knee problem had been plaguing Lesley, and the pain had become quite severe in the days leading up to her holiday in Zimbabwe. When she realised that she would not be able to enjoy her holiday to the full as she could barely walk, she decided to take up the offer of visiting a witch-doctor for treatment.
Roseanna was a real witch doctor, complete with leopard skins and a necklace of teeth. She told Lesley to come back the next day, because on Wednesdays the spirits took a day off! The next day, Roseanna gave Lesley a liquid made from a boiled root and told her to apply it to her knee. Lesley thanked her, but did not truly believe that her 'medicine' would work. Yet, after just one day of applying the medicine, Lesley walked 10 kilometres through the bush, tracking black rhino - something you cannot do if you are not prepared to run very fast! Since that day, Lesley has had no more problems with her knee.
And, since that day, Lesley herself has become a bit of a witch-doctor - well, as close as you can get to one in West Yorkshire! Roseanna sparked off an interest in African Herbal medicine which led to Lesley ending her career in pharmaceuticals and starting Little Herbal.
Little Herbal specialises in traditional African remedies, and Lesley only takes on products that she knows work well. Over the last seven years, Little Herbal has grown from strength to strength. It has been featured in articles in newspapers, and on radio and television, and its products have treated thousands of people all over the world and given them hope. The story is an inspirational one, and proves that it is never too late to change your life. You never know what is around the next bush! |
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Little Herbal donates money to help with southern African clinics, schools, and those desperately in need. We personally make sure that the money is allocated wisely. Our most recent projects include the building of a maternity unit at a rural clinic, the donation of sports equipment to a village school. On a more personal level, we have bought cows for needy families, and mattresses for their children to lie on instead of bare, earth floors.
Lesley is a popular guest speaker at a variety of events and to social groups where she talks about the origins of Little Herbal and some of the charitable work that the company is involved in. Any monies received for doing these talks is sent directly to Africa to support many needy projects.
If anyone is interested in having her as a guest speaker then please contact Little Herbal.
These people are suffering terribly, yet they remain cheerful, proud and polite. They rarely ask for anything, yet they need so much.
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After receiving so much from Africa, we want to give something back.
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