08/20/2025
Our team is back home after a week of volunteering in Samana, Dominican Republic. Project Samana is an organization that treats both owned and stray domestic animals, provides vaccinations and spaying/neutering services, and helps with other critical needs an animal may require. Residents gather outside the pop-up clinic and are treated on a first-come, first-served basis. Running a veterinary clinic in a different country, often without access to standard equipment/medications, and frequently experiencing power outages, while working in hot, humid climates, requires a great deal of courage and dedication from each individual. In 3.5 days, the volunteers performed an estimated 178 surgeries for the Samana community. We want to thank the staff from MVRH (and other veterinary professionals) who volunteered their time to make a giant difference in these families' lives. You are all admirable.
