To ensure ‘No woman is left behind’ in line with the Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 5 (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture; achieve…
Meaningful youth engagement in agriculture is key to the improvement of the social wellbeing of communities as it plays a critical role in enhancing food security. Active involvement of the…
VWB Northern Animal Health Initiative September 27 - October 9, 2021 Fort Liard NWT, Wrigley, NWT and Taloyoak, NU Over 16 days in September and October 2021, a small group…
Organisational development and capacity building require both individual and collective efforts. As a Gender Advisor, my role includes developing the capacity of the team at the Institute of Environmental Health…
Young people remain the most marginalized sub-population in Kenya, characterized by low development indicators and poor resilience to shocks. When COVID-19 hit Kenya, it shook the economy exacerbating unemployment and…
I heard about the VETS volunteer opportunity through a colleague of mine who mentioned that VWB/VSF was looking for national volunteers because COVID-19 had prevented the Canadian volunteers from joining…
I was fortunate to be able to volunteer with Veterinarians without Borders for two consecutive years in 2017 and 2018. The reason I returned for a second placement was because…
I have been volunteering and working in collaboration with VWB/VSF in a variety of forms since 2013, inclusive of seven trips to Kenya, and one year providing distance supervision. This…
I volunteered with VWB because I wanted to better understand how human-animal-environmental relationships (One Health) were driving the emergence of zoonotic infectious diseases in Southeast Asia. I wanted to learn…
When the opportunity was presented to me to join VWB/VSF as a volunteer to undertake assignments in Ghana, West Africa, I was thrilled and elated. The volunteer assignment offered me…