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🌟 DAY 5 of #IDW2026 — Prosperity is Resilience

For San Davy in rural Cambodia, #resilience meant moving away from migrant labour & building a diversified farm that could support her family.

🔗 Read San Davy’s story: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2024/04/30/seeds-of-change

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🌟 DAY 4 of #IDW2026 — Prosperity is Gender Equity

For Louise Mukarugwiza in rural Rwanda, #genderequity begins with being part of the decisions that shape community health. 

🔗 Louise’s story: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/10/01/house-calls-to-one-health

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🌟 DAY 3 of #IDW2026 — Prosperity is Prevention

For Khadia Diallo in Senegal, #diseaseprevention is noticing when something changes, acting early & protecting animals before crisis happens.

🔗 Read Khadia’s story: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/19/herd-to-health

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🌟 DAY 2 of #IDW2026 — Prosperity is Food Security

For Ruth Wakariti and her family in rural Kenya, #foodsecurity means healthy cows, reliable milk production, & a steady income.

🔗 Read Ruth's story: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2024/09/16/farm-to-future

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#ProsperityThroughPartnership

🎉 It’s #IDW2026 — and this year’s theme is “Prosperity through Partnership”. 

Follow along this week as we explore what prosperity through partnership looks like — through the people putting it into practice.

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#InternationalDevelopmentWeek
#ProsperityThroughPartnership

🦠 #WorldNTDDay: COHERS integrates animal health, sanitation, community leadership, and behaviour change to address Taenia solium in Rwanda. This is #OneHealthinPractice.

👉 Learn more: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/11/06/people-pigs-possibility

#NTDs #Prevention

📢 NEW BLOG: Through #COHERS, Khadia Diallo's knowledge as a herder & mother has been strengthened, allowing her to serve her community as a #CAHW. Her work bridges home & herd, animal health & family wellbeing.

🔗 Khadia’s story: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/27/herd-to-health

#OneHealth

#VETSVolunteerVoices 🌏 Meet Kavitha Misra, a Gender Advisor who spent 2 years in Vietnam working alongside local partners to strengthen gender-responsive One Health programming.

🔗 Read Kavitha’s full story of learning & impact: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/24/vvv-my-vietnam-placement

📢 NEW BLOG: There is music, laughter & a stack of illustrated cards passed from hand to hand under a mango tree... This is how community awareness begins through #COHERS in #Senegal. 

🔗 Read more: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/09/people-practice-prevention

#OneHealth #VetsWithoutBorders

❓Question for you… 

When you think about VWB, what do you want to learn more about? Animal health, volunteers, #OneHealth — or something else?

👉 Take the survey: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=8v7yzNk5DkKQk2AleAfGzrxg3whLkIBOhb0gdXsIAytUNkMxSFJDMFQwOTlBNktSSlJHRVQ2SDFQMS4u

🙌 This is what’s possible when people come together!

👉 Swipe through key impacts from VWB’s 2024–2025 Annual Report, then explore the full report to meet the people and communities behind the numbers.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/reports-and-financials

🙌 2026 is the UN International Volunteer Year (#IVY2026)! For more than 20 years, volunteerism at VWB means working alongside communities to strengthen animal health and livelihoods through #OneHealth.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/volunteer

#Volunteerism #SDGs #VolunteerWithPurpose

📢 NEW BLOG: An Ounce of Prevention

Meet the Community Animal Health Workers in rural Senegal who are putting prevention into action — before outbreaks take hold.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/05/ounce-of-prevention

#FromtheFieldFriday #Senegal #OneHealth #PreventionFirst

🐾 VWB is now recruiting RVTs & DVMs for our #NAHI Spring 2026 clinics — delivering essential #veterinaryservices in fly-in and drive-in communities across #Nunavut and the #NorthwestTerritories.

🔗 Learn more & apply: https://www.vwb.org/site/nahi-clinics

#OneHealth #NorthernCanada

🚨 Last chance for two wins:

1️⃣ Your gift is MATCHED (2X impact for animals in Ukraine!).
2️⃣ Get your 2025 TAX RECEIPT.

Don't miss the 11:59 PM ET cutoff. 

⏰ https://vwb-ca.donorsupport.co/page/FUNLNHWMJTB?utm_source=social&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=hm_ca_2025&utm_content=dec_31

If you’re dreaming of a career that creates real impact, VWB’s Emerging Leaders Program (#ELP) is your chance to step into the field & make it happen.

✅ Fully funded
✅ Meaningful, practical experience
✅ A launchpad for your career

🚨 Applications open until January 5th !

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/ELP

💭 Imagine yourself here… Morning sun, the sound of cattle in the distance & the chance to put your skills to work alongside farmers & local partners in Ghana or Kenya.

🐄 Real impact
🌿 Real learning
💙 Fully funded

If you’ve been waiting for a sign… this is it.

Apply today: https://www.vwb.org/ELP

🐾 Your year-end gift helps bring essential mobile clinics and training to remote communities. Right now, your donation is MATCHED.

♥️ Make 2x the impact: https://vwb-ca.donorsupport.co/page/FUNLNHWMJTB?utm_source=social&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=hm_ca_2025&utm_content=dec_16

⏰ There’s still time to apply! VWB’s Emerging Leaders Program (#ELP) offers fully funded international volunteer placements for recent grads & veterinary students ready to make impact.

This isn’t just volunteer work — it’s a launchpad for global leadership.

🔗 Apply today: https://www.vwb.org/ELP

🎁 HOLIDAY DOUBLE MATCH! 

Help families & pets fleeing war in Ukraine.

$1 = $2 for food, medicine, & care

👉 https://vwb-ca.donorsupport.co/page/FUNLNHWMJTB?utm_source=social&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=hm_ca_2025&utm_content=dec_9 
#DoubleYourImpact #UkraineAnimals #VetsWithoutBorders

🌟 Canada has a new way to celebrate #volunteerimpact — and VWB is proud to be part of it!

#TimetoAct is a national movement honouring volunteering, community involvement & every gesture—big or small—that contributes to positive change.

👉 Join the movement: https://timetoact-canada.ca/

🎉 Our 2024–2025 #AnnualReport is live!

What you’ll find inside: program-by-program impact, stories of change from around the world, and a look at how One Health is shaping the next 20 years of VWB’s work.

👉 Read the full report: https://www.vwb.org/site/reports

#VWB20 #OneHealthOneFuture

📢 NEWS: Until December 31, every $1 becomes $2 to fuel lifesaving animal care & strengthen community-based animal health systems.

🔗 Read the release: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/12/05/press-release-holidaymatch2025 

❤️ Make your holiday gift: https://www.vwb.org/holiday2025

#HolidayMatch

🌍 It’s #VolunteerDay tomorrow, but we can’t wait to celebrate the passionate volunteers behind our programs — because their impact is local, global & lasting.

🙏 Thank you! You make a world of difference.

💙 Get involved: https://www.vwb.org/volunteer

#InternationalVolunteerDay #IVD2025

🚨 #GIVINGTUESDAY IS LIVE! Today is the day!

Your gift has a #TRIPLEMATCH for VWB. Turn $1 into $3 for frontline animal care.

This 3x impact ends tonight! 

👉 https://vwb-ca.donorsupport.co/page/FUNZWDJBXPH?utm_source=social&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=gt_ca

✨ It’s happening tomorrow!

Join us online for an hour of connection, reflection, and celebration as we mark #20years of impact.

📅 Tuesday, December 2, 2025
🕖 7:00-8:00 PM EST
💻 Virtual on Zoom

📩 RVSP today: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eLBtxXiRTBGo6Nv4GYCGoQ 

See you soon! 🥂

🚨 48 HOURS! #GivingTuesday (Dec 2) is almost here, and our #TRIPLEMATCH is ending!

Turn $1 into $3 for frontline animal care!

👉 Lock in your 3x impact now! https://vwb-ca.donorsupport.co/page/FUNZWDJBXPH?utm_source=social&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=gt_ca

#AnimalHealth #OneHealth

♥️ Join us for an evening of stories, connection, and celebration.

🗓️ Tuesday, December 2, 2025
🕛 7:00-8:00 PM EST
💻 Virtual on Zoom

📩 Learn more & RSVP today: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/11/17/20th-anniversary-celebration

⚠️ Did you know? In Ghana’s Upper East, only 6 veterinarians serve more than 3 million livestock.

That’s why women like Ida, Margaret & Anna are stepping up as #CommunityAnimalHealthWorkers providing lifesaving animal care.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/11/24/women-transforming-ghana

🦠 Across Africa and Asia, CAHWs play a frontline role in stopping #antimicrobialresistance (#AMR) before it starts. With practical training, they help farmers care for livestock safely & responsibly.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2024/11/01/poultry-prevention-progress

#WAAW2025 #GoBlue