Initial Evaluation 
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Severity Assessment
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Mild 2–3 treatments/week
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Moderate & Severe | Higher frequency & duration
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10-Treatment Cycle
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Follow-Up Evaluation
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Continue / Modify / Transition Care

RAHMA.clinic is hoping to duplicate this pilot project in the Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh afterward as well as in receptive communities along the land route.

• Initial clinics are staffed by licensed acupuncturists treating cohorts of PTSD patients with auricular acupuncture.
• From these groups, patients who find relief are invited to train as community practitioners.
• Graduates form the backbone of a permanent clinic, supervised minimally by visiting acupuncturists.

The result: low-cost, high-impact trauma care that does not depend on continuous external aid.

PHASE 1 | 10,000-Treatment Field Clinic Infrastructure
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Portable treatment systems
Reusable clinic gear
10,000-treatment supply model
Transportation infrastructure
Operational protocols
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PHASE 2 | Legal & organizational foundation for RAHMA.clinic
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501(c)(3) formation
Governance & compliance
Grant infrastructure
Donor systems
Operational structure
Partnership development
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PHASE 3 | Field Deployment
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4–6 month deployment cycle initially
Community partnerships
Clinic setup
Patient intake
Clinical evaluations
Treatment operations
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PHASE 4 | Treatment & Clinical Operations
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100–200 treatments/day (Experienced practitioners)
50–100 treatments/day (Trauma Acupuncture First Responders)
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Initial evaluation
10-treatment cycle
Follow-up evaluation
Quarterly reassessment
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PHASE 5 | Responder training & apprenticeship
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Identify community members who have received support from treatment
Train 10 women + 10 men in the Trauma Acupuncture First Responder Program
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Observation
Point location
Blood-borne transmission safety protocols
Clinic documentation
Supervised treatment
Clinic operations
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PHASE 6 | Redeployment, Training, Infrastructure Expansion
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Temporary departure period
Rest & resupply
Infrastructure refinement
Planning with local partners
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Return deployment
Additional treatment cohorts
Expanded responder training
Leadership development
Operational transfer
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Development of resilient treatment infrastructure
Superadobe / low-cost climate-adapted structures
Community-built treatment environments
Renewable energy & water systems
Long-term operational stabilization

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Transition toward community-supported continuity
Reduced dependency
Expanded local treatment capacity

• Adjunctive & integrative support model
• Not a replacement for medical or psychiatric treatment rather an adjunct to care — the project is designed to complement existing medical, psychological, and community care.
• Portable & field-ready infrastructure
• Low-cost scalable treatment systems
• Trauma-informed operational design
• Community partnership focused
• Train local responders as early as possible
• Reusable systems supporting long-term sustainability
• Outcome-aware without overmedicalizing care
• Functionality, sleep, regulation, and stabilization prioritized

Initial evaluations performed in collaboration with psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, or other qualified mental health professionals using standardized assessment tools appropriate to the treatment environment and population being served.

Quarterly follow-up evaluations performed by qualified mental health professionals when operationally feasible.

Potential assessment domains:

• Sleep quality
• Stress reactivity
• Pain & somatic symptoms
• Functional capacity
• Emotional regulation
• Social connection
• Daily functioning
• Observed nervous system regulation

10–12 high-back treatment chairs

Portable shade systems

Mobile transport infrastructure

Reusable operational equipment

Large-capacity deployment duffels

Protected equipment systems

Minimal setup footprint

Scalable treatment layout

High patient throughput capability

Designed for operation in diverse environments

Create resilient and portable humanitarian trauma-support systems capable of functioning within underserved communities, refugee settings, disaster environments, and regions affected by violence, displacement, and chronic stress.

Develop scalable local training systems allowing communities to increasingly sustain treatment operations themselves over time.

Support nervous system regulation, functional restoration, emotional stabilization, and community resilience through low-cost, repeatable, field-deployable treatment systems.