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What We're Working On

Across Southeast Asia, the health of animals, local communities, and the environment are closely linked. By working with on-the-ground partners in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, we are helping to emphasize the importance of a One Health approach, recognizing the interconnection of human, animal, and environmental health.

Just as we do in Sub-Saharan Africa, VWB/VSF is dedicated to addressing the unique challenges faced in Southeast Asia through our extensive Volunteers Engaged in Gender-Responsive Technical Solutions (VETS) program. In Asia, our VETS program deploys Canadian volunteers to countries like  Laos and Cambodia. The primary goal of the VETS program is to uplift the economic and social well-being of marginalized individuals, with a specific focus on empowering women and girls in these Southeast Asian nations.

Through VETS, VWB is committed to implementing interventions that strengthen agricultural resilience, reduce vulnerabilities, and enhance the capacity of local communities to cope with challenges at the national level in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to promote agricultural best practices and their positive impacts on the environment, to build capacity of our local partner organizations, to enhance income generation activities, and to develop curriculums that train students in animal, human and environmental health programs.

Similarly, our Agriculture-based Growth and Resilience Opportunities for Women (AGROW) program enhanced the resilience of women and girls through animal, human, and environmental health (One Health) in three districts of Cambodia’s Battambang province (i.e., Rattankakmondul, Banan, and Ek Phnom Districts). AGROW employed innovative approaches to environmentally sustainable food production and farm diversification with a focus on cricket, chicken, and cattle farming as well as fodder crop management and vegetable production.

See below to learn more about each of our current projects in Asia.

Current Projects in Asia

farmer in cambodia

Agriculture-based Growth & Resilience Opportunities for Women (AGROW)

PROGRAM DETAILS
PROJECT DATES: 2022 - 2024 (Completed)
PROJECT GOAL:

To improve environmentally sustainable / green agriculture and nutrition of women and women-led groups. To strengthen the economic security from environmentally sustainable / green agriculture and livestock-based production of women and girls.

FUNDING PARTNERS:

Global Affairs Canada 

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Cow in Laos

Volunteers Engaged in Gender-Responsive Technical Solutions (VETS)

PROGRAM DETAILS
PROJECT DATES: 2020 - 2028 
PROJECT GOAL:

To work to improve the economic and social well-being of the world’s most marginalized people, particularly women and girls, in six countries across Africa and Asia (i.e., Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam).

FUNDING PARTNERS:

Global Affairs Canada

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  • Agriculture-Based Growth and Resilience Opportunities for Women (AGROW)

    Our work in Cambodia focuses on climate-smart farming and agricultural best practices as well as supporting related income-generating work for women in rural communities. 
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  • Cambodia

    Our work in Cambodia focuses on climate-smart farming and agricultural best practices as well as supporting related income-generating work for women in rural communities. 
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  • Laos

    Veterinarians Without Borders works in Laos with local partners with a focus on nutrition, empowering women, food security, and disease management.
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  • Vietnam

    Our work in Vietnam focuses on remote rural areas where unproductive land and childhood malnutrition have a damaging impact on community health. 
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Stories From Around The World

VETS Volunteer Voices: From Community Medicine to Calf Care in Kenya

VETS Volunteer Voices: From Community Medicine to Calf Care in Kenya

Posted Jul 8th, 2025

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you inspiring stories from the field, showcasing the impactful work of our dedicated VETS program volunteers. Meet Dr. Riley Bauman (DVM), an Animal Health Advisor who spent two months in Kenya (April–June 2025), working alongside smallholder dairy farmers and Meru Dairy staff to promote animal health, gender equity, and sustainable livelihoods.

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The Silent Threat of Anthrax: Making the Case for Community-Led Zoonotic Surveillance

The Silent Threat of Anthrax: Making the Case for Community-Led Zoonotic Surveillance

Posted Jul 4th, 2025

This article explores the persistent threat of anthrax and the critical need for community-led surveillance in preventing zoonotic outbreaks. It highlights how VWB’s One Health approach—through the COHERS program, CAHW training, and gender-responsive outreach—strengthens local capacity to detect and manage neglected diseases, protecting both human and animal health in vulnerable communities.

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VETS Volunteer Voices: Business Plans and Bold Futures for Ghana’s Women Farmers

VETS Volunteer Voices: Business Plans and Bold Futures for Ghana’s Women Farmers

Posted Jun 25th, 2025

#VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. This blog was written by Guy Audet, a Business Development Advisor who supported our VETS program partner, WIPVaC-Apex, in Ghana from March to May 2025.

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  • I loved being placed in Ghana and believe I made a significant impact to the communities.
    - Madison Russel

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