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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 1d

🎉 Exciting news! VWB’s Dr. Michelle Tuma has been nominated for Worldwide Vets’ 2025 Golden Star Award! 🐾 🗳 Vote Oct 20–Nov 13 to show your support: https://www.worldwide-vets.org/goldenstaraward

💙 #GoldenStarAward #AnimalWelfare

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 2d

Join VWB’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP)!

🌍 Gain fully funded, international volunteer experience in Ghana or Kenya. We need recent grads & current Vet/Grad students for Animal Health Advisor roles.

Deadline: Nov 5, 2025

🔗 Apply Now: vwb.org/elp

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 5d

🌾 On this #WorldFoodDay, we're shining the spotlight on #Cambodia — where sustainable farming & women’s leadership are transforming lives from the ground up through #OneHealth practices.

🔗 Explore #AGROW's full impact: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/05/15/agrow-program-impact

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 6d

🧼 In #Rwanda, Josephine Mukagasana turned knowledge into dignity. Through #COHERS, she gained a safe latrine & the confidence to lead her community in hygiene & health.

💪 This #DayofRuralWomen, we celebrate women driving #OneHealth change.

🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/10/14/door-to-dignity

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 6d

Happy RVT Week! 🥳🐾 RVTs are the backbone of animal health and crucial to VWB's work. Thank you for your skill, compassion, and dedication to pets everywhere! Give a virtual high-five!

#RVTWeek2025 #VeterinaryTechnologist #RVTsRock

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 8d

🛡 On this #DisasterRiskReductionDay, we're highlighting our commitment to reduce disaster risks & build resilience through a #OneHealth approach.

🔗 Strategic Plan 2025-2030: https://www.vwb.org/files/VWBNAStrategicPlan2025-20301.pdf

#IDDRR #InternationalDayforDisasterRiskReduction #OneHealth

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 11d

#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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 14d

#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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 18d

📢 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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 19d

📢 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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 19d

🐾 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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 20d

#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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 21d

🧡 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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 25d

🐓 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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 26d

#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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 27d

⏰ 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<a href="/hashtag/%2Fregistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#/registration

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · 28d

#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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · Sep 19

#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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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · Sep 18

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

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · Sep 17

#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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · Sep 12

🌍🤝 #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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · Sep 10

#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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · Aug 29

#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

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Veterinarians Without Borders North America @vetswithoutborders.bsky.social · Aug 26

#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

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