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

    #VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Méli-Jade Léveillé-Blais, an Animal Health Advi...
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  7. VETS Volunteer Voices: How Small Changes Spark Big Dairy Futures

    #VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Maddalena Jacobson, an Animal Health Advisor wh...
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  8. VETS Volunteer Voices: From Community Medicine to Calf Care in Kenya

    #VETSVolunteerVoices brings you inspiring stories from the field, showcasing the impactful work of our dedicated VETS program volunteers. Meet Dr. Ril...
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  9. Farming for the Future: How VETS Is Empowering Kenyan Farmers to Grow, Adapt, and Thrive

    In Meru County, Kenya, Community One Health Champion Ann Kagwira is improving her farm’s productivity and herd health through ongoing collaboration wi...
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  10. More than Milk: How One Kenyan Woman Is Cultivating Leadership, Livelihood, and Lasting Change

    Megan Sylka, Senior Program Officer at VWB, shares how her recent visit to Kenya revealed the powerful ripple effects of the VETS program—highlighting...
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  11. VETS Volunteer Voices: Strengthening Dairy and Soil Health in Kenya

    #VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you the stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Donald Hilborn, an Agricultural Advi...
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  12. A Champion of Change: Mercy Mwangi’s Impact as a Community One Health Champion

    Mercy's journey from smallholder farmer to Community One Health Champion underscores the transformative power of VETS, equipping women with the tools ...
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  13. VETS Volunteer Voices: Advancing Dairy Cow Management and Community Health in Nyeri County, Kenya

    #VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you the stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Paige Villeneuve, an Animal Health A...
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  14. VETS Volunteer Voices: Empowering Women Farmers and Fostering Gender Equity in Kenya

    #VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you the stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Madalyn Nielsen, a Gender Advisor Vo...
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  15. From Farm to Future: Empowering Women Dairy Farmers in Rural Kenya

    Ruth Wakariti's journey from smallholder farmer to community leader highlights the transformative impact of programs like VETS, empowering women to th...
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  16. VETS Volunteer Voices: Enhancing Dairy Production and Farmer Livelihoods in Kenya

    #VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you the stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Dr. Muller Fotsac (DVM), an Animal H...
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  17. Nurturing Mother Earth: Transforming Kenya's Dairy Sector through Composting

    As we mark International Mother Earth Day in 2024, we explore how composting is revolutionizing the dairy sector in Kenya, fostering sustainability an...
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  18. VETS Volunteer Voices: Making a Difference in Kenya

    #VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you the stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field! This story was contributed by K. Calahan,...
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  19. VETS Volunteer Voices: Interview with Dave in Kenya, January 2024

    #VETSVolunteerVoices aims to bring you the stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field! Meet Dr. Dave Douglas (DVM), a volunteer ...
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  20. Today's calf is tomorrow's cow: Improving the health of heifers at small-scale farms in Kenya

    Charles Mauku's VETS training on calf rearing and disease prevention led to remarkable results, tripling his calf's weight within three months while a...
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  21. Women farmers accelerating community prosperity in Mukurwe-ini

    Through our VETS program, our volunteer gender specialists are supporting women in Kenya by increasing their farms' dairy production and animal health...
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  22. CASE STUDY: Wakulima dairy, Kenya, "Enhancing livelihoods for small-scale farmers"

    VWB/VSF VETS volunteers are training farmers in Kenya to improve the health of their cows and calves. This case study looks at local farmer, Mary Wamb...
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  23. 5 ways that women are helping build food security across the globe

    On International Women's Day, we take a look at five ways that VWB/VSF is working with women in farming and agriculture, worldwide, to help them addre...
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  24. Veterinarians Without Borders' #IDW203 Webinars - Feb. 8 & Feb. 10

    As part of #IDW2023, Veterinarians Without Borders/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Canada (VWB/VSF) will be hosting two webinars focused on building a mo...
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  25. Join us on International Volunteer Day (Dec. 5) for a free virtual event: Committed to Solidarity

    December 5, 2022 is International Volunteer Day....
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  26. Veterinary students & VWB volunteers, Alanna & Vanessa, work with dairy farmers in Kenya

    Veterinary students and VETS YVP volunteers, Alanna and Vanessa, worked with dairy farmers in Kenya....
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  27. “You have to work together”: A Kenyan couple’s story on improving their small-scale dairy farm

    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 ...
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Stories From Around The World

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

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.

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Ask an Expert:

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.

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

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.

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