Veterinarians Without Borders North America

NEW 'Ask an Expert': How do Arctic foxes impact people? 🐾 NWT Wildlife Vet Dr. Naima Jutha discusses #OneHealth, rabies, and how combining science with traditional knowledge protects pets, people & wildlife from #ClimateChange. Read: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/10/09/ask-an-expert-naima-jutha

#FromtheFieldFriday 🦗 Last month, VWB’s Katia Major, travelled to #Cambodia to observe the lasting impacts of the #AGROW and #VETS programs—initiatives designed to strengthen climate resilience and women’s livelihoods.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/10/04/crickets-and-confidence

#OneHealth

#OnTargetTuesday 🎯 Between May–August 2025, 59 new Community One Health Champions were trained in Kenya through the VETS program—40 of them women.

One of them, Margaret Kajuju, nearly doubled her milk yield by improving calf care, silage, and hygiene.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/vets

📢 NEW BLOG: Meet Louise Mukarugwiza from rural #Rwanda. Once focused on human health, #COHERS training opened her eyes to the links between people, animals & the environment—turning her into a #OneHealth leader. 

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

📢 NOW HIRING: Communications Officer

If you’re passionate about storytelling that makes a difference in animal welfare, global health, & community resilience, this role is for you! Use your skills to help amplify our #OneHealth mission worldwide. 

👉 Learn more & apply: https://www.vwb.org/careers

🐾 From 14 kennels to 300+ animals, Kyiv’s Patron Pet Center is redefining animal care—even in war. Their new cat wing offers healing & hope. Read more: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/09/25/building-hope-patron-pet-center
 
#BuildingHope #AnimalWelfare #Ukraine

#VETSVolunteerVoices 🐄 Meet Méli-Jade Léveillé-Blais, Animal Health Advisor in #Kenya with Meru Dairy.

🗣️ “Our role isn’t to stay indefinitely, but to share knowledge and build confidence.”

🔗 Read her full blog: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/09/29/vvv-growing-together-meru

🧡 We honour Survivors, their families, and the children who never came home.

At VWB, reconciliation is not confined to one day—it is a commitment to walk with Indigenous communities and uphold the knowledge that connects people, animals, and the land.

#TruthAndReconciliation #EveryChildMatters

🐓 In PaOr village, #Laos, village vet & Women’s Union rep KoEr grew her flock from 4 to 20+ healthy chickens after VETS training in vaccination & animal care.

Her leadership is now helping other farmers adopt better practices. 💪

🔗 More about VETS: https://www.vwb.org/vets

#OneHealth #WomenInAg

#VETSVolunteerVoices 🐄 Meet Maddalena Jacobson, Animal Health Advisor in #Kenya.

From training farmers in calf care & cow comfort to seeing women like Eunice grow thriving herds, her placement showed small changes spark big futures.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/09/22/vvv-big-dairy-futures

⏰ Just days left! Don’t miss VWB’s World Rabies Day Webinar 🐾 Rabies is endemic in arctic foxes across Canada’s North + Alaska—learn how experts are driving change. 🗓 Sept 29 | 12–1pm EST 

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9SAdzqulT7i8leQaIwzybA#/registration

#OnTargetTuesday 🎯 From May–Aug, 8 VETS volunteers (with our #EmergingLeadersProgram) trained 1,607 smallholder farmers in #Ghana & #Kenya — including 882 women.

Focus: 🐄 calf rearing, 🦠 biosecurity, 💉 vaccinations.

Healthier herds = stronger communities.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/vets 

#OneHealth

#FromTheFieldFriday 🐾 Since June 2025, our partner #HappyPaw has run spay/neuter clinics in Ukraine, reaching 1,510 animals (604 dogs 🐶 + 906 cats 🐱). Every surgery prevents suffering & supports communities. 💙💛 Learn more: vwb.org/ukraine

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Since 2005, we’ve carried a vision: healthier animals, thriving families, resilient communities.

This is the heart of #OneHealth.

Watch our #20thAnniversary video & let's keep building the future together! Thank you for being part of our story.

📽️ https://youtu.be/v_09b0tpl_g

#20YearsofImpact

#VETSVolunteerVoices 🐐 Meet Dayo Olaniyan, Gender Advisor in #Ghana with GAPNET. From training 230+ community members to gender analysis, her placement showed how equity drives resilience.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/09/14/vvv-gender-analysis-ghana

#OneHealth 

@canadadev.bsky.social

🌍🤝 #SouthSouthCooperation shows the power of shared knowledge. At VWB, we work with partners across the Global South to strengthen animal health systems, empower women, and build resilience—proving local solutions can tackle global challenges.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/our-theory-of-change

#VETSVolunteerVoices 🐓 Kayla Williams, vet student & Animal Health Advisor, spent 3 months in #Ghana with WIPVaC-Apex, strengthening animal care & empowering women farmers. Read how her placement redefined the human–animal bond...
🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/09/07/vvv-human-animal-bond

#FromtheFieldFriday 🐖 In #Ghana, Mama Amesinu II—a traditional leader & member of AWARFA-N—completed VETS trainings & #CAHW certification to help her community fight parasites & boost pig health.

When leaders lead by example, change spreads.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/vets 

#OneHealth #Livelihoods

#OnTargetTuesday 🎯 Last month in Nyamagabe District, #Rwanda, #COHERS reached 4,405 people in 20 villages with #Praziquantel to combat #Taeniasolium.

🤝 A partnership of VWB, UGHE, WaterAid Rwanda & University of Guelph — we are tackling #zoonotic diseases together.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/cohers

#VETSVolunteerVoices 🌎 As a VETS Technical Advisor in Kenya, Dr. Karin Orsel:

✅ Visited 20+ dairy farms
✅ Led technical workshops
✅ Opened dialogue on gender in farming
✅ Mentored new volunteers

“Change takes time—but VWB is focused on the long-term.”

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/vets

#OneHealth

❓ What if #HumanitarianAid protected both people & animals? Safeguarding livestock, pets & wildlife is vital to health, food security & resilience.

▶ See how #OneHealth makes response stronger: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/08/18/missing-link-humanitarian-response

#WorldHumanitarianDay

#VETSVolunteerVoices 🐄 In Kenya, VWB #volunteers Maddalena Jacobson & Laura Vivas joined a local vet to treat a heifer with pneumonia—turning concern into care. As Animal Health Advisors, they supported Wakulima Dairy to strengthen #animalhealth, one farm visit at a time.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/vets

📚 On this #YouthDay, we’re spotlighting #VETSvolunteers Kayla Williams & Hannah Riegger, who taught rural Ghanaian students how animal, human & environmental health are connected. The kids were curious & engaged in #OneHealth learning.

💡 Knowledge sparks lasting change.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/vets

@janinemitchell.bsky.social

📢 We’re thrilled to welcome Janine Mitchell as VWB’s new Executive Director!

With 20+ years of global health & #OneHealth leadership in 30+ countries, she’ll guide our next chapter under the 2025–2030 Strategic Plan.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/08/11/press-release-new-ed-janine-mitchell

🐾📸 It’s LIVE! Enter your pet in the Animals & Ales contest by Aug 25 for a shot at a brewery label & prizes. Each vote = $1 for animals in need. 🍻

🍁 vwb.org/animals-and-ales-canada
⭐ vwb.org/animals-and-ales-us

#AnimalsAndAles #PetPhotoContest #CheersToPets

#VETSVolunteerVoices 🐓 In rural #Ghana, farmers gathered as #volunteers Kayla Williams & Hannah Riegger discussed the #I2vaccine—an eyedrop that protects #poultry from #NewcastleDisease.

One eyedrop at a time: healthier flocks, protected incomes, stronger communities.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/vets

🎉 VWB is #20YearsOld! From our first field project in Ghana to rebuilding livelihoods in South Sudan, we’ve gathered 20 moments that shaped us.

🌍 Twenty years. Twenty moments. One mission.

🔗 Explore them all: https://www.vwb.org/20years

#VWB20 #OneHealth #GlobalImpact #AnimalHealth #Anniversary

#OnTargetTuesday 🎯  In May, 543 farmers, Community One Health Champions & extension officers in #Kenya received hands-on #training from #VETS #volunteers to build skills, boost productivity & empower local leaders to drive change from within. 

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/vets

#OneHealth #VolunteerAbroad

🎥 #FromtheFieldFriday… with a twist!

We just dropped a new video from Gjoa Haven, NU, where 3 local Community Animal Health Workers were trained in pet first aid + care. 

Made possible by PetSmart Charities of Canada + the Hamlet of Gjoa Haven.

🎬 https://youtu.be/3Bi1mYugUaw?si=KJTs8Yjpm3yXzEAk