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Lemia Alice, a program participant in South Sudan, on how edible insect farming improved her access to food and nutrition

Posted Feb 28th, 2023 in Africa, Stories, Featured, News, South Sudan

In Moli Tokuro Boma of Pageri Payam, which is located in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria State, the project supported a group of beneficiaries, among them Mrs. Lemia Alice who is a 43-year-old single mom of seven children, four girls and three boys. She and her family returned from refuge in Uganda two years ago. Life has not been easy in the camps, which is why she decided to spontaneously move back home.

"Knowledge is power": Supporting dairy farmers in Kenya through gender responsiveness training

Posted Feb 24th, 2023 in Africa, Stories, Featured, Kenya, News

Margaret David is a happy farmer from the Nkandone society of Meru Dairy Union. She is a proud farmer after benefiting from Veterinarians With Borders/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Canada's (VWB/VSF) Volunteer Engaged in Gender Responsive Technical Solutions (VETS) project.

Gender equality training on farms in Kenya: "Empowering women and girls"

Posted Jan 31st, 2023 in Africa, Stories, Kenya, News

VWB/VSF is supporting gender equality training on farms in Kenya. "We can now see couples working together, which means the implementation of knowledge and skills we train farmers in is more effective."

Edible insects farming and training improved nutrition and incomes in Jonglei and Eastern Equatoria States, South Sudan

Posted Jan 25th, 2023 in Africa, Stories, News, South Sudan

Veterinarians Without Borders/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Canada and our local partner, BaseNet, recently implemented a 10-month research project titled, "Edible insect farming for improved nutrition and incomes in South Sudan". The project was generously funded by Global Affairs Canada's Fund for Innovation and Transformation (FIT) Program. It was developed on the basis that edible insect farming has the potential to mitigate the affects of malnutrition and gender-related challenges, and t...

"A new dawn for development volunteering"

Posted Jan 17th, 2023 in Africa, Stories, News

I am glad to have taken part in the International Conference for Volunteering Organizations (#IVCO2022), which was held in Senegal under the theme of "a new dawn for volunteering in development". This gave me a chance to listen to other volunteers share their experiences and gave me a different perspective on volunteering for international development.

VETS volunteers, Johnson & Nafhtari, share how VWB/VSF volunteers are helping dairy farmers in Kenya

Posted Nov 4th, 2022 in Africa, Stories, News, VETS

VETS volunteers, Johsnon & Nafhtari, explore how VWB/VSF is helping farmers in Kenya increase animal welfare and production.

“You have to work together”: A Kenyan couple’s story on improving their small-scale dairy farm

Posted Jul 28th, 2022 in Africa, Stories, Kenya, News

VWB has only recently expanded their work to the Meru Dairy Cooperative Union in Meru and utilizes a One Health approach to provide dairy cooperative extension officers and smallholder dairy farmers with trainings that will improve human, animal, and environmental health. This is done by exploring topics related to the health and nutrition of dairy cattle, as well as gender equity and financial empowerment of farmers. Most of the farmers that the volunteers visit have one to three cows and...

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VETS Volunteer Voices: More Than a Message — Strengthening Communications in Cambodia

Posted Jun 19th, 2026

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories from the field shared by passionate VETS program volunteers. Meet Daniel MacIsaac, a Communications Advisor who spent six months in Cambodia (September 2025–March 2026) with our local partner, AVSF Cambodia, helping strengthen communications systems, build staff capacity, and support the organization in telling the stories behind its work.

Ask an Expert: "How is war reshaping veterinary care, rural livelihoods, and community resilience in Ukraine?"

Posted Jun 9th, 2026

In this edition of Ask an Expert, we spoke with Yana Zhambekova, Ukraine Country Director at Veterinarians Without Borders North America (VWB), about the realities facing rural communities, livestock keepers, and veterinarians across Ukraine today.

VETS Volunteer Voices: Returning to Kenya to Grow Sustainable Dairy Solutions

Posted May 27th, 2026

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Donald Hilborn, an Agricultural Advisor from Ontario who recently completed his third VETS placement in Kenya (March–April 2026) with our local partner, Meru Dairy, supporting small-scale dairy farmers in building more sustainable and resilient feeding systems.

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