Brooke USA

Brooke USA Empowering Equines. Empowering People. They can have a life worth living with our help.

Brooke USA works directly by funding partners to do whatever will most improve the welfare of working horses, donkeys and mules through the alleviation of existing suffering and the development of equine welfare practices and facilities to prevent and reduce suffering in the future. Our vision is a world in which working horses, donkeys and mules are free from suffering, and better able to support

the people who depend on them in the world's poorest communities. Brooke USA delivers practical programs and provides support, advice, funding and infrastructure to its global network of employees, partners and supporters to make that vision a reality -- all funded by our generous donors.

Thanks to Brooke USA’s funding, Animal Relief for Rural Communities – South Africa (ARRC) has transformed the daily live...
12/07/2025

Thanks to Brooke USA’s funding, Animal Relief for Rural Communities – South Africa (ARRC) has transformed the daily lives of working donkeys in Selwane.

This year, 48 donkeys were fitted with properly constructed harnesses and bridles — designed to reduce pressure sores, rubbing injuries, and discomfort. Owners are already seeing the difference, with healthier animals and improved performance.

This is real, measurable welfare change.

🧡Help us fund more projects like this: www.brookeusa.org/give

Stay connected to the heart of our mission. 🧡When you subscribe to the Brooke USA newsletter, you’ll receive:✨ Inspiring...
12/06/2025

Stay connected to the heart of our mission. 🧡

When you subscribe to the Brooke USA newsletter, you’ll receive:
✨ Inspiring stories of hope
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Be part of the community working to improve the lives of working horses, donkeys, and mules around the world.

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Today, on International Volunteer Day, we proudly celebrate the extraordinary individuals who give their time, talents, ...
12/05/2025

Today, on International Volunteer Day, we proudly celebrate the extraordinary individuals who give their time, talents, and hearts to Brooke USA.

Our volunteers are the energy behind our events, the voices elevating the mission of working equines, and the dedicated advocates raising awareness for the Ejiao Act (H.R. 5544). They show up—rain or shine—to spread compassion, educate their communities, and champion a cause that desperately needs to be heard.

From event support and donor engagement to grassroots outreach and legislative advocacy, our volunteers are creating real, lasting change for horses, donkeys, and mules around the world.

To every volunteer who has stood beside us this year:

Thank you. 🧡

Your generosity fuels our mission. Your passion amplifies our impact. And your belief in a kinder world helps ensure that working equines and the people who depend on them are never forgotten.

Today, we honor you. Happy International Volunteer Day!

🌍We’re honored to be featured in Ker & Downey’s latest Quest Travelblog! 🌍Our travel partner, Ker & Downey, has expanded...
12/04/2025

🌍We’re honored to be featured in Ker & Downey’s latest Quest Travelblog! 🌍

Our travel partner, Ker & Downey, has expanded their giving program to include the Brooke USA Foundation—and we couldn’t be more grateful. Their beautifully written article highlights why supporting working horses, donkeys, and mules around the world is not just important, but essential.

For 600 million people in some of the world’s poorest regions, 100 million working equines are their lifeline—their transportation, their income, their partners in survival. Brooke USA raises funds to ensure these animals, and the communities who depend on them, can thrive together with dignity, health, and economic opportunity.

It was Brooke Egypt that first captured the attention of Ker & Downey—a country cherished by their team and travelers. In Egypt, working equines transport passengers and goods, carry building materials in brick factories, support agriculture, and guide tourists through ancient landscapes. Their well-being is vital to the families who rely on them every day.

We are humbled to see our mission shared with Ker & Downey’s global audience, and we look forward to building an even greater impact together.

📖 Read the inspiring feature here: https://kerdowney.com/blog/beyond-the-pyramids-brooke-egypt/

🧡 We are so close to giving them rest. 🧡Because of you, we are only $7,000 away from reaching our $100,000 Giving Tuesda...
12/03/2025

🧡 We are so close to giving them rest. 🧡

Because of you, we are only $7,000 away from reaching our $100,000 Giving Tuesday goal — will you help us? 🐴

Your generosity has created a wave of hope across Kenya for the horses and ponies who have carried too much for too long. The funds raised through “Ridden to Ruin: Used for Fun. Left in Pain.” will bring medical care, education, and lasting reform — giving these animals the chance to heal, and their owners the tools to do better by them.

Every dollar you gave is already working — turning pain into possibility, exhaustion into rest, and struggle into compassion.

From all of us at Brooke USA: thank you for standing with us, and for them. 🧡Please consider making your end-of-year gift today at www.brookeusa.org/givingtuesday to help us complete the funding for this project.

Far away, another dawn will rise soon — and with it, another day of work for Kenya’s horses.Some will carry children thr...
12/03/2025

Far away, another dawn will rise soon — and with it, another day of work for Kenya’s horses.

Some will carry children through the sand. Others will pull carts through city streets. All of them will carry silent pain they did not choose.

But there’s still hope — and still time. 🌎
West Coast friends, join us before midnight to help reach our $100,000 goal.

💛 Every gift is matched, every heartbeat matters.
🐴 www.BrookeUSA.org/GivingTuesday

As the sun sets, a horse lies down for the first time all day. Her legs tremble beneath her. The night air cools her ski...
12/03/2025

As the sun sets, a horse lies down for the first time all day. Her legs tremble beneath her. The night air cools her skin, but the sores still sting. She sighs — a sound that is not relief, but resignation.

She deserves more than endurance. She deserves peace.

Your late-night gift brings care, training, and lasting change for horses like her.

💛 There’s still time to give — and every dollar is matched.

🐴 www.BrookeUSA.org/GivingTuesday

12/03/2025

When the veterinarians conducted their first exam of the Mombasa beach horses, their hearts sunk. The marks from the girth were raw; the saddle had pressed into bone and shifted the spine. Some horses were blind, others were struggling to hold their own weight. They had given everything they could and finally they will feel the sense of respite.

This is a situation where, after intervention, the owners were unwilling to cooperate, and law enforcement was called in to take action. Eleven ponies and even two camels were removed from the owners, and criminal charges are being pressed. This is what our partners found:

▪️One pony was working blind, wounded and suffered extreme infections and other health issues, he unfortuantely had to be euthanized.
▪️More than half the ponies were too young to have been backed, all very thin and some evidence of stunted development due to malnutrition and damage due to misuse.
▪️Four of the ponies were found to be pregnant.
▪️None of the ponies were fit to work.

All of these issues were preventable, and they were all due to chronic neglect and abuse.

Your compassion can stop this cycle. Help us to educate and provide training and techniques to owners that can and will make a difference before it gets to this point.

💥 From 7:00–8:00 p.m., your gift will be matched twice — once by The Holly Fund and again through our final Power Hour match.

Give hope to the horses who can’t ask for it themselves.
💛 www.BrookeUSA.org/GivingTuesday

Her body trembles as she’s finally untacked. A shallow wound runs along her spine — tender, raw, ignored. She drinks gre...
12/02/2025

Her body trembles as she’s finally untacked. A shallow wound runs along her spine — tender, raw, ignored. She drinks greedily when the small amount of water finally reaches her bucket, and the grass she receives, her only meal.

This is the quiet suffering we’re fighting to end.

Because of you, we’re closer than ever to our $100,000 goal — helping provide the care, training, and relief these horses desperately need.

💛 Every gift heals another back, another heart, another life.
🐴 www.BrookeUSA.org/GivingTuesday

The children smile for the camera, the parents laugh and make memories, but at what expense? Beneath the saddle, under t...
12/02/2025

The children smile for the camera, the parents laugh and make memories, but at what expense? Beneath the saddle, under the reins, there is an invisible worker. This horse goes without water, wonders when the next bit of food may be given. Her coat bakes in the sun as her breath comes shallow and quick. Sweat darkens her thin coat, dust clinging where skin has cracked from friction and heat. The sound of laughter fills the air — and she lowers her head, waiting for the ride to finish, knowing there will be another one.

Pain is her routine. Stillness, her only escape.

This hour, you can change her story. Brooke USA is funding rescue and care for horses suffering in silence, while bringing education to prevent this pain from repeating.

💥 Until 4:00 p.m., your gift will be matched twice!
💛 Give her comfort: www.BrookeUSA.org/GivingTuesday

The foal shifts his weight, trying to ease the ache in his legs. The bit has rubbed sores into the corners of his mouth....
12/02/2025

The foal shifts his weight, trying to ease the ache in his legs. The bit has rubbed sores into the corners of his mouth. His ribs show where the saddle has rested and rubbed for too long. He is too young to be ridden, and yet his saddle stays on, and the next ride approaches.

Quietly, he waits for another ride. He has no choice. His bones will not fuse correctly, and he will be plagued with a lifetime of problems, but this is only one story of the many. One foal forced to be ridden for fun too soon.

Across Kenya, horses like him carry the weight of survival — working long hours under the sun, exhausted and in pain.

💛 Brooke USA is fighting to end this suffering through “Ridden to Ruin: Ridden for Fun. Left in Pain.”

Our next Power Hour begins at 3:00 p.m., and your gift will be matched twice.

🐴 Help him rest. Help him heal.
👉 www.BrookeUSA.org/GivingTuesday

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Brooke USA’s Mission Is To Significantly Improve The Welfare Of Working Horses, Donkeys And Mules And The People They Serve Throughout Asia, Africa, The Middle East And Latin America By Raising Funds And Responsibly Directing Them To The Areas Of Greatest Need.

Through the programs we fund, Brooke USA helps equine owners, service providers and governments in the developing world to implement scientifically-proven, practical, sustainable and culturally relevant solutions to enormous animal welfare challenges.

Brooke USA raises funds to support a wide variety of programs for working horses, donkeys and mules to help them become (and remain) healthy and happy now and in the long-term, which also benefits the very poor families who depend on those animals to help them earn a living.

Making a difference in the lives of these animals benefits the very poor families who depend on them to earn a living.