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VETS Volunteer Voices: Where Knowledge Meets the Farm in Kenya’s Dairy Heartland

Posted Apr 2nd, 2026 in Africa, Featured, Kenya, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

In this edition of #VETSVolunteerVoices, we shift perspective — from volunteer reflections to the voice of a local VETS program partner working directly with farmers on the ground. Meet Rebecca Ndembo, an Extension Officer with Wakulima Dairy in Kenya. For several years, Rebecca has worked alongside farmers and VETS volunteers to strengthen dairy practices, improve animal health, and support more resilient rural livelihoods.

VETS Volunteer Voices: Building Power Through Partnership in Ghana’s Poultry Sector

Posted Mar 4th, 2026 in Africa, Featured, Ghana, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

In this edition of #VETSVolunteerVoices, we shift perspective — from volunteer reflections to the voice of a local leader shaping change on the ground. Dr. Victoria Norgbey has dedicated over four decades to strengthening Ghana’s poultry sector and empowering women through WIPVaC-Apex Ghana, a key VETS partner.

VETS Volunteer Voices: How My Vietnam Placement Shaped the Path I Took — and the Work I Do

Posted Jan 24th, 2026 in Africa, Featured, Kenya, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers. Meet Kavitha Misra, a Gender Advisor in Vietnam from February 2021 to October 2023. Drawing on her volunteer experience — and her ongoing role as VWB’s Gender Advisor — Kavitha reflects on how her placement shaped her confidence, perspective, and approach to gender-responsive One Health work.

VETS Volunteer Voices: Learning Goes Both Ways in Kenya

Posted Oct 19th, 2025 in Africa, Featured, Kenya, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Grace Friesen, an Animal Health Advisor who spent three months in Kenya (May–August 2025) with our local partner, Meru Dairy, helping farmers improve herd health and milk production while learning firsthand how knowledge exchange can strengthen entire communities.

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

Posted Oct 4th, 2025 in Asia, Featured, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

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.

VETS Volunteer Voices: Learning, Teaching, and Growing Together in Meru

Posted Sep 29th, 2025 in Africa, Featured, Kenya, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Méli-Jade Léveillé-Blais, an Animal Health Advisor who spent three months in Kenya (May–August 2025) with our local partner, Meru Dairy, training farmers, building local leadership, and strengthening community resilience through better dairy practices.

VETS Volunteer Voices: How Small Changes Spark Big Dairy Futures

Posted Sep 22nd, 2025 in Africa, Featured, Kenya, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Maddalena Jacobson, an Animal Health Advisor who spent three months in Kenya (May–August 2025) with our local partner, Wakulima Dairy, strengthening dairy management practices and supporting women farmers to build more resilient livelihoods.

VETS Volunteer Voices: From Gender Analysis to Community Action in Ghana

Posted Sep 14th, 2025 in Africa, Featured, Ghana, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate volunteers from the field. Meet Dayo Olaniyan, a Gender Advisor who spent three months in Ghana (May–August 2025) with our local partner, GAPNET, strengthening gender equity in livestock production and empowering rural communities.

VETS Volunteer Voices: Strengthening the Human-Animal Bond in Ghana

Posted Sep 7th, 2025 in Africa, Featured, Ghana, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. This blog was written by Kayla Williams, a Veterinary Student and Animal Health Advisor who supported our VETS partner, the Apex Body of Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC-Apex), in Ghana from May to August 2025.

VETS Volunteer Voices: Zoonoses, Data, and Muddy Boots in Cambodia

Posted Jul 22nd, 2025 in Asia, Featured, News, Stories, VETS, Volunteer Stories

#VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you the stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Elise Tessier, an Epidemiology Advisor who spent 10 weeks in Cambodia (March–May 2025) supporting a zoonotic disease risk reduction project with our local partner, AVSF Cambodia.

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Displaying posts in Volunteer Stories

VETS Volunteer Voices: Where Knowledge Meets the Farm in Kenya’s Dairy Heartland

VETS Volunteer Voices: Building Power Through Partnership in Ghana’s Poultry Sector

VETS Volunteer Voices: How My Vietnam Placement Shaped the Path I Took — and the Work I Do

VETS Volunteer Voices: Learning Goes Both Ways in Kenya

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

VETS Volunteer Voices: Learning, Teaching, and Growing Together in Meru

VETS Volunteer Voices: How Small Changes Spark Big Dairy Futures

VETS Volunteer Voices: From Gender Analysis to Community Action in Ghana

VETS Volunteer Voices: Strengthening the Human-Animal Bond in Ghana

VETS Volunteer Voices: Zoonoses, Data, and Muddy Boots in Cambodia

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