#VETSVolunteerVoices 🎥 Meet Zainab Baqiri, a VETS volunteer who recently returned from #Laos, where she worked on #climatechange and #disasterriskreduction projects with our local VETS partner, CARE International in Lao PDR.
🌍 As Climate and Gender Advisor, Zainab helped build resilience among vulnerable communities—particularly women and ethnic minorities—by leading trainings on climate adaptation, sustainable agriculture, and gender-inclusive solutions.
🙏 This work, made possible through the VETS program funded by Canada’s International Trade - Global Affairs Canada, has equipped local leaders with the tools and knowledge to adapt to climate impacts and foster lasting change.
🔗 Watch Zainab’s story and learn more about how the VETS program is driving global impact and how you can get involved: www.vwb.org/vets
#VETS #VolunteerAbroad #ClimateChange #Resilience #GenderInclusion #SustainableAgriculture #EmpowerCommunities #CapacityBuilding
🙌 On this #InternationalVolunteerDay, we are celebrating the transformative potential of #international #cooperation in driving sustainable, community-led change!
📽️ WATCH as six #VETS volunteers work alongside smallholder farmers in rural #Kenya, tackling challenges like limited access to resources and training. By focusing on animal health, gender equity, and sustainable farming practices, these volunteers helped improve food security, empower women farmers, and strengthen livelihoods.
🌟 DYK? By 2028, the VETS program aims to reach 135,000 small-scale farmers with the support of local partners and 190 international volunteers!
👉 Ready to make a global impact? www.vwb.org/volunteer
🙏 Thank you Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada for making the VETS program possible and investing in #OneHealth without borders!
📽️ WATCH on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMI3ETEvjHc
#VolunteerDay #DayoftheVolunteer #EmpowerCommunities #GenderEquality #SustainableDevelopment #OneHealth #VolunteerWithPurpose #VolunteerAbroad #GoFortheGoals
❄️🐾 Animals across the North need your help to access veterinary care. This #GivingTuesday, DOUBLE your impact!
In remote communities across Northern Canada, basic veterinary care is near non-existent. With your donation, we can equip our no-cost veterinary clinics with essential tools like vaccines and surgical kits to ensure pets stay healthy and safe. Every dollar donated today is matched, meaning double the support for our work in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Help make a life-changing difference for pets and their families! 🐾❤️
👉 Donate now: vwb.givingtuesday
📽️ On this #InternationalDayfortheEradicationofPoverty, we invite you to watch how Canadian volunteers are helping rural communities in Kenya improve #livelihoods and overcome #poverty.
🐄 Watch how VETS volunteers work hand-in-hand with smallholder farmers to improve dairy farming practices, enhance livestock health, and strengthen livelihoods. By empowering women farmers through gender-responsive solutions, the VETS program is tackling poverty head-on, promoting economic and social well-being in rural communities.
🙌 Together, we can help break the cycle of poverty and uplift communities worldwide.
👉 Ready to make a global impact? www.vwb.org/volunteer
🙏 Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada
📺 Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMI3ETEvjHc
#EndPoverty #OneHealth #SustainableDevelopment #VETSProgram #EmpowerCommunities #PovertyEradication #VolunteeringAbroad #VolunteerWIthPurpose #GoFortheGoals #GenderEquality #Livelihoods #GlobalSolidarity #VWB #Kenya
🎥 On this #RuralWomensDay, we invite you to watch the inspiring journey of Nancy Kauera Kiambi, a farmer and mother from Meru County, Kenya, who has transformed her farm and her community through our VETS program.
🐄 Through VETS, Nancy became a Community One Health Champion (COHC), gaining skills in animal health, sustainable farming, and gender equity. With these tools, she has boosted milk production, improved livestock health, and empowered other women in her community to take leadership roles.
💡 In rural Kenya, where 70% of farmers are women, gender equity is critical to ensuring sustainable development. Women like Nancy are leading the way—enhancing food security, livelihoods, and the well-being of entire communities.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OaeRNb0bHRQ
🙌 Join us in celebrating the essential role of rural women in building healthier families, stronger communities, and a more sustainable world.
🙏 Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada
#InternationalDayOfRuralWomen #EmpowerRuralWomen #GenderEquity #SustainableFarming #WomenInAgriculture #VETSProgram #OneHealth #Kenya #DairyFarming #CommunityLeadership
Many of our on-the-ground partners in Ukraine face incredibly dangerous situations when rescuing animals from frontline areas. 12 Вартових is one of these amazing partners. Recently, they completed a mission in Donbas — an eastern region on the frontlines. While there, they rescued stray and abandoned dogs and cats, as well as animals that have been surrendered by their guardians who, due to the war, can no longer care for them. Once animals have been rescued, they are placed in shelters like Patron Pet Center where they can receive care, heal, and find loving, forever families.
Interested in supporting animals in need, just like those in Ukraine?
Visit vwb.org/donate
#veterinarycare #Ukraine #onehealth #veterinarianswithoutborders #12guards #dogs #cats
🎉 This #InternationalDayOfCharity, we’re celebrating the power of rural women, international cooperation, and volunteerism! Meet Nancy Kauera Kiambi, a farmer and mother from rural Kenya who, through the VETS program, became a Community One Health Champion.
🐄 By learning vital skills in animal health, sustainable farming, and gender equity, Nancy has transformed her farm and empowered her entire community.
📽️ Watch her inspiring leadership journey and see how the VETS program, along with our local partner organizations and volunteers, is making a difference for farmers in rural Kenya.
ℹ More about VETS: www.vwb.org/site/vets
💪 Together, we can create lasting change by uplifting communities through cooperation, collaboration, education, and empowerment.
🙏 Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada
🙏 Meru Dairy Co-operative Union LTD
#DayOfCharity #Volunteerism #InternationalCooperation #OneHealth #Empowerment #WomenFarmers #SustainableFarming #CommunityLeadership
🚨Update from the frontlines🐾
🐾🎥 Our amazing partner in Ukraine, Happy Paw, has just wrapped up a critical veterinary mission near Kharkiv—a dangerous frontline area where access to essential services, like veterinary care, is nearly impossible due to the ongoing conflict.
Hear directly from Natalia, a dedicated veterinarian, and Maryna, a resilient administrative officer, as they share updates from this latest mission. 🙌
#Ukraine #VeterinaryCare #FrontlineHeroes #AnimalRescue
🌾 DID YOU KNOW…? Chopping Napier grass is a key practice we promote through our VETS farmer trainings for several important reasons:
🌿 Improves Digestibility: Smaller pieces make it easier for cows to absorb nutrients.
💧 Reduces Waste: Ensures efficient consumption with minimal leftovers.
🌀 Enhances Fermentation: Perfect for making high-quality silage.
⚖️ Uniform Feeding: Guarantees consistent nutrition for all cows.
🗣️ Here’s what Nancy Kawira, a VETS-trained Community One Health Champion and dairy farmer in Nyeri County, Kenya, has to say:
"Chopping our Napier grass has made a big difference on our farm. This practice, together with other improvements we have made, has improved our cows' health and increased our milk production from 20L to 70L per day!"
🔗 Learn more about VETS: www.vwb.org/site/vets
#VETSProgram #DairyFarming #AnimalHealth #CowNutrition #NapierGrass #FarmLife #OneHealth #ImproveFarmerLivelihoods
🙏 Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada
Calling all pet and beer lovers! 🍻
Make your furry friend famous by having them featured on a special beer label through our first-ever Animals & Ales US pet photo contest! We’ve partnered with five amazing breweries to make a paws-itive impact for animals and communities in need.
Contest runs May 31 - June 16, 2024. Entering is free and each vote is a $1 donation to help animals in need.
Visit vwb.org/animalsandales to find a participating brewery near you and enter your pet now!
No purchase necessary to enter or win. Void where prohibited. Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 21 years of age. All federal, state, local and municipal regulations and laws apply. The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Contest is void in the State of Utah.
Participating breweries: 902 Brewing Co. Denali Brewing Company Karben4 Brewing Northway Brewing Co. Spyglass Brewing
It's officially official!! Patron Pet Center, one of our amazing partners in Ukraine, just opened their brand new 40-unit shelter with the proud support from Veterinarians Without Borders!
The first dogs who had been temporarily living in cages are now moving into their new safe and warm shelter rooms.
Thank you to everyone who has supported our recent Ukraine fundraising campaigns. With your support we're able to ensure amazing organizations like Patron are able to provide food and care for animals on the front lines.
