Christie Yakubu is the Country Manager, Ghana with Veterinarians Without Borders North America/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Amérique du Nord.
Christiana "Christie" Kankani Yakubu joined the Veterinarians Without Borders in May 2025 as the Country Manager for Ghana. Christie brings over 23 years of experience in development work, spanning work across Ghana, East Africa, and Europe. She has a strong track record in project and partnership management, women’s economic empowerment, One Health coordination, community mobilization, and gender-transformative programming.
Prior to joining VWB, Christie served as Country Director for the Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada for 7 years, overseeing multi-country programs in Ghana and Senegal. She also worked in CARE Ghana, MEDA, Winrock International, TechnoServe among others.
Christie has designed and implemented innovative empowerment models such as the Gender Model Family, Male Gender Champions, Women Volunteer Extension Models, Women Sales Agent model, and Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA). Her leadership is grounded in inclusive, community-led approaches, and she is passionate about promoting gender equality in Agriculture production and Animal Health Systems.
On September 30, VWB joins Canadians in marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. We reflect on the importance of listening, learning, and respectful relationships in our work alongside Indigenous communities in northern Canada, and share resources for continued learning.
Watch a replay of our World Rabies Day 2026 webinar, which brought together perspectives from Alaska, Ukraine, and Laos to explore why rabies persists despite being preventable — and what stronger access, local capacity, coordination, and resilient animal and human health systems can contribute to progress toward ending human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Dr. Joseph Ansong-Danquah, a Ghanaian-Canadian veterinarian who has volunteered with VWB in Ghana since 2017. In 2026, Joseph is completing his final VETS placement after nine years of supporting farmers, communities, partner organizations and fellow volunteers across the country.
