Iboga, ibogaine, and Missoko Bwiti healing for Gabonese people — care that does not otherwise exist in the country.
Since 2017, high-dose tramadol mixed with alcohol — known locally as “kobolo” — has spread through Gabonese secondary schools. Teachers describe students becoming aggressive and violent overnight. The drug is sold openly near schools, and children as young as 12 are affected.
This is a documented opioid crisis with no treatment infrastructure to receive the people it harms. Conventional treatment does not exist at the scale needed — and for iboga-based care, it does not exist for Gabonese nationals at all.
The medicine that heals the world was born here.
Gabonese people cannot access it.
Native to Gabon. Iboga is protected as a national treasure under Gabon's constitution. Its use is legal, culturally sanctioned, and ancestrally familiar.
Clinically supported. In published studies, 80% of patients reported elimination or drastic reduction of opioid withdrawal symptoms after ibogaine, and 30% reported lasting abstinence.
Ceremony as medicine. Traditional Bwiti ceremony addresses the spiritual and psychological roots of addiction alongside the physical — something clinical pharmacology alone cannot do.
Health workers and village referrals identify candidates. Basic medical screening, including cardiac and liver checks, is conducted.
One to two weeks of dietary preparation, counseling, and cultural orientation led by Bwiti practitioners.
Traditional Missoko Bwiti ceremony administered by trained Nima practitioners. Duration of 12–36 hours depending on substance history.
Three to five days of community-based integration, family engagement, and traditional teachings.
Community monitoring and follow-up, connection to village support structures, and an optional additional ceremony at three months.
Sponsor a full treatment series for one Gabonese patient — assessment, ceremony, integration, and aftercare.