100K in 100 Days:

We Need Better Treatments.

Not Just for Veterans, But for Everyone

Support Healing. Transform Lives.

Support a movement that honours Indigenous wisdom and uses rigorous clinical methods to explore sacred plant medicine's potential to heal trauma and transform lives.

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The Problem:

Trauma and TBI Are Devastating Lives.

Make Recovery Possible

Since 2011, more U.S. soldiers have died by suicide than in combat.

This crisis reaches far beyond the battlefield.

PTSD, trauma, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) devastate millions of civilians, families, first responders, and athletes worldwide, and current treatments are failing.

  • In the UK, 50–70% of the population will experience trauma, and 1 in 10 are at risk of PTSD.

  • In the U.S., 3.5% of adults have PTSD each year.

  • Globally, hundreds of millions live with trauma that often resists treatment.

For veterans and professional athletes, the consequences of untreated brain injury and trauma can be fatal.

Traditional therapies often fall short, leaving many isolated, desperate, and at risk. Waiting is not an option.

Our brothers, sisters, partners, friends, and children are in danger.

They need a real solution now.

Veterans Event video extract

The Solution:

A Lasting, Life-Saving Approach

At Onaya Science, we are pioneering a truly revolutionary approach that combines:

Sacred Indigenous plant medicine traditions of the Peruvian Amazon

Cutting-edge scientific research, including neuroimaging, gut microbiome, epigenetics, and psychology

The results are life-changing:
Over 82% of veterans in our retreats no longer met diagnostic criteria for PTSD at six-month follow-up.

This is not just a statistic; it’s a lifeline.

For those suffering from trauma and TBI, these ceremonial therapies offer real, lasting improvement where conventional treatments fail.

In 2025–26, we are scaling our work to reach more people than ever before.

We are tackling not only PTSD but also the hidden consequences of brain injuries; conditions that quietly destroy lives and careers. Stories from veterans and athletes alike demonstrate that healing is possible, but action must be taken immediately. 

The first tangible activity this campaign will support is helping us secure the equipment for our January research mission to LaWayra Ayahuasca Retreat, near Medellín, Colombia. 

This clip is from our campaign launch podcast with Onaya Science founders Nige Netzband and Dr Simon Ruffell, speaking with Athletes Journey Home founder and retired MMA Fighter Champion Ian McCall about the vital importance of fully researching ayahuasca’s effects on TBI at this upcoming retreat:

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Listen to the full podcast (link)

We Need Better Treatments,

Not Just for Veterans,

But for Everyone

PTSD and trauma don’t discriminate.

They impact civilians, families, first responders, athletes, and everyday people around the world.

Your support helps us explore treatment that works, for the people who need it most.

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Why We Need You:

100K in 100 Days

We must raise $100,000 in 100 days to save lives and expand this groundbreaking research.

Your donation will directly support:

- Full ceremonial retreat experiences for at least 32 veterans and athletes

- Comprehensive data collection across mind, brain, body, and spirit

- Ethical, respectful collaboration with Indigenous communities

- Building the scientific evidence needed to transform mental health treatment globally

Choose Your Impact

$50 Provides vital supplies for a veteran in retreat


$250 Supports one full day of ceremonial treatment


$1,000 Funds a whole week of scientific data collection


$3,000 Sponsors a veteran or athlete for an entire retreat


Other Every gift makes a difference.

Proof That It Works:

Lives Changed

This is not just a study, it’s a movement. And the results speak for themselves.

So do the veterans who have already experienced this transformation:

“I am the person I’m supposed to be, and I’ve found that again, because for a long time I was lost.”

Veteran participant

“The solution before these ceremonies was always more antidepressants…stronger antidepressants… and it was like ‘to what end, am I going to die on these antidepressants?”

Veteran participant

“Having donors and people who support this is so kind, it’s contributing to the healing of us as individuals, and then hopefully collectively, all of society.”

Veteran participant

Social Proof & Trust

We don’t do this alone. Our work is possible through partnership:

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We are one of the few organizations worldwide conducting rigorous scientific research on sacred plant medicine in traditional ceremonial contexts, with medical oversight, cultural humility, and Indigenous leadership.

At Onaya Science, we are committed to ethical, reciprocal collaboration with Indigenous communities.

We ensure that Indigenous knowledge holders are fully respected, supported, and compensated, and that their wisdom guides our research.

By working together, we honor traditional practices while delivering life-changing healing for veterans, athletes, and others with trauma who have nowhere else to turn.

For many, this is the only hope that works. Without urgent action, lives will be lost; lives that can be saved with your support.

More Ways to Help

Even if you cannot give financially, you can help save lives:

Share this campaign with your network (link/share buttons)

Tell a friend who cares about veterans and athletes struggling with trauma.

Fundraise on our behalf (set up a peer-to-peer page)

This is more than a study. It’s a movement to save lives. Together, we can bring hope, healing, and scientific validation to one of the most urgent mental health crises of our time.

Will you help us change lives in the next 100 days?

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