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

“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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Stories From Around The World

Veterinary Care That Moves: Why Animal Health Systems Must Adapt to a Mobile World

Veterinary Care That Moves: Why Animal Health Systems Must Adapt to a Mobile World

Posted Mar 2nd, 2026

As the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists unfolds, VWB explores why mobility is not a barrier to care — but a blueprint for designing resilient, equitable animal health systems in rangeland and remote communities.

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From Herd to Health: Khadia Diallo’s Path to Community Care in Senegal

From Herd to Health: Khadia Diallo’s Path to Community Care in Senegal

Posted Jan 27th, 2026

Khadia Diallo’s story reveals how women Community Animal Health Workers in rural Senegal are strengthening disease prevention from the ground up — caring for animals, supporting families, and translating One Health principles into everyday practice through the COHERS program.

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People, Practice, and Prevention: Community Awareness in Rural Senegal

People, Practice, and Prevention: Community Awareness in Rural Senegal

Posted Jan 9th, 2026

A community awareness event in rural Senegal offers a window into how local partners and Community Animal Health Workers are building a culture of prevention through dialogue, trust, and repeated engagement under the COHERS program.

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