Young Volunteer Program 2018 – Vets without Borders

School Visits in Kenya

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:August 29, 2018
Post Category:Kenya / Uncategorized / Young Volunteer Program 2018

While teaching seminars takes up most of our days here, we also got to spend a few highly enjoyable days visiting 8 different schools in the Mukurwe-ini area to teach…

Wrapping up our time in Tanzania

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:August 21, 2018
Post Category:Tanzania / Young Volunteer Program 2018

It’s hard to believe that our time in Tanzania is almost over! Throughout July and the beginning of August, we have continued our calf management seminars with the Africa Bridge…

Youth Volunteers Working Hard in Uganda

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:August 15, 2018
Post Category:Uganda / Young Volunteer Program 2018

Wasibota! Good Afternoon! It has been very busy this month in Mbarara! Between meetings, farm visits, school presentations, and vaccinations, all of the volunteers have had their hands full this…

Young Volunteer Updates from Yua

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:August 13, 2018
Post Category:Ghana / Young Volunteer Program 2018

Wυntεεŋa (Good afternoon) from Yua, Ghana! We’ve been in Yua for a month and a half now, and can’t believe how fast the time is passing! As per our last blog…

Project update from Tamale, Ghana

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:July 30, 2018
Post Category:Ghana / Young Volunteer Program 2018

This past month, we have travelled to two districts in the Northern region of Ghana to meet farmers in rural communities. The road was often rough but our driver expertly…

It Takes a Village – A Day in the Life of the VWB Vet Students in Kenya

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:July 23, 2018
Post Category:Kenya / Uncategorized / Young Volunteer Program 2018

Hello all! The weeks are just flying by! For this blog post, we would like to describe what a typical day looks like for us, and the number of people it…

Hello from VWB’s Team Tanzania!

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:July 19, 2018
Post Category:Tanzania / Young Volunteer Program 2018

Since our last update, we have been hard at work in the villages of Kisondela ward, holding calf management seminars for the members of Africa Bridge’s dairy cow co-op. We…

Nogambaki from Mbarara, Uganda!

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:July 4, 2018
Post Category:Uganda / Young Volunteer Program 2018

We would like to introduce everyone to our VWB summer placement team! We will all be working on SNV’s TIDE (The Inclusive Dairy Enterprise) initiative. Carina and Katelyn will be…

Hello from Yua!

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:June 26, 2018
Post Category:Ghana / Young Volunteer Program 2018

Ya Bulika (Good morning) from Yua, Ghana! We’ve currently been in Yua, a village in the Upper East Region for a little over a week, and have adapted to the…

Veterinarians without Borders’ Young Volunteers Program 2018 – Introducing Team Tanzania

Post Author:VWB Editor
Post published:June 26, 2018
Post Category:Kenya / Young Volunteer Program 2018

In May 2018, Brent Ludwig, Megan White, and Dr. Roger Thomson arrived in Tanzania after a training session in Ottawa. They touched down in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania on…