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Join us on International Volunteer Day (Dec. 5) for a free virtual event: Committed to Solidarity

Posted Nov 23rd, 2022 in Stories, News, VETS, Volunteer Stories

This Monday, December 5th, is International Volunteer Day, and you're invited to join Veterinarians Without Borders (VWB/VSF) and other Canadian volunteer organizations, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, for a free virtual event: Committed to Solidarity. The event will take place from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET.

Join us and hear partners and volunteers discuss their volunteer experiences, along with gender equality and justice, decolonization of international aid, citizen participation, communication, and the environment. There will be an opportunity to take part in a Q & A period after the panel. All past, present, and future international volunteers are welcome!

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Stories From Around The World

A Door to Dignity: Josephine’s Journey to a Healthier Rwanda

Posted Oct 14th, 2025

Josephine Mukagasana’s story shows how Community Hygiene Clubs are transforming health and confidence across rural Rwanda—empowering families to embrace handwashing, hygiene, and shared responsibility through the COHERS program’s One Health approach.

Ask an Expert: "How Can Healthy Wildlife Help Protect People and Pets in the North?" with Dr. Naima Jutha, Wildlife Veterinarian & NWT's Chief Veterinary Officer

Posted Oct 9th, 2025

In this edition of Ask an Expert, we connected with Dr. Naima Jutha, Wildlife Veterinarian and Chief Veterinary Officer for the Government of the Northwest Territories. Based in Yellowknife, Dr. Jutha leads the Wildlife Health Program within the Department of Environment and Climate Change, monitoring and responding to emerging health threats among northern wildlife populations.

Crickets and Confidence: How Cambodian Women Are Farming Their Way to Resilience

Posted Oct 4th, 2025

This field report from Cambodia shares the impacts observed by VWB’s Senior Program Manager, Katia Major, highlighting how the AGROW and VETS programs are empowering women, improving livelihoods, and strengthening communities through climate-smart farming, sustainable livestock and insect production, and One Health practices.

The most rewarding part of my placements was helping others and seeing the many lives that are impacted along the way.
- Nikki Sheedy

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