🌍 This #EarthDay, we’re recognizing the role #pastoralist communities play in caring for the land — and the need to support and protect these systems.
✍️ Sign the manifesto: https://campaign.vsf-international.org/pastoralism/
#MotherEarthDay
#HealthyRangelands
#Pastoralism
#OneHealth
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📍 We’re in Whistler, BC for Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals.
Our team is on-site connecting with partners and sharing our work across the animal welfare sector.
Come find us at our booth if you’re here — we’d love to connect.
More from the Summit soon.
#OneHealth
📍 Next week, VWB is heading to @humanecanada.ca's Summit for Animals in Whistler. Our Northern team will be on-site, and is also part of the program, with sessions featuring Dr. Michelle Tuma and Dr. Trace MacKay.
If you’re attending, we’d love to connect 🤝
#SummitForAnimals #HumaneCanada
🌟 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Human Resources Advisor, Kenya
Support VWB’s partner Wakulima Dairy to strengthen HR systems, support staff development, and enhance organizational effectiveness.
📢 www.vwb.org/site/volunteer/human-res...
#VETSVolunteerVoices 🐄 Meet Rebecca Ndembo, an Extension Officer with Wakulima Dairy in Nyeri County, Kenya — working alongside farmers and VETS volunteers to turn practical training into everyday change.
🔗 Read Rebecca's story: www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/04/02/vvv...
🌟 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor, Laos
Join VWB as a Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor Volunteer in Laos to strengthen M&E systems, improve data quality & support evidence-based program delivery.
📢 www.vwb.org/site/volunteer/monitorin...
🌟 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Animal Health Advisor (Dairy), Kenya
Support VWB’s partner Wakulima Dairy to strengthen herd health practices, improve productivity, and advance sustainable dairy systems.
📢 www.vwb.org/site/volunteer/dairy-adv...
🎥 Watch the replay of our Women's Month 2026 webinar!
In this conversation, panelists reflect on how volunteer exchange strengthens animal health systems while supporting women’s leadership in livestock care.
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqEXtlXSbVo
⏰ Tonight at 7 PM EDT — Join us this evening for our Women’s Month #webinar exploring how volunteer exchange helps share knowledge, strengthen animal health systems, and support women’s leadership in livestock care.
🎟️ us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_41_4...
🌟 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Agronomist Advisor, Kenya
Support VWB’s partner Meru Dairy to advance climate-smart agriculture, improve feed production, and strengthen resilience for small-scale farmers.
📢 www.vwb.org/site/volunteer/agronomis...
💬 In this Women’s Month conversation, Dr. Trace MacKay, Madalyn Nielsen, and Kavitha Misra will reflect on their experiences working with communities and about women’s leadership in animal health systems.
📅 March 26 | 7:00 PM EDT
🎟️ www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/03/11/wom...
🌟 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Animal Health Advisor (Dairy), Kenya
Support VWB’s partner Meru Dairy to strengthen herd health practices, improve productivity, and advance sustainable dairy systems.
📢 www.vwb.org/site/volunteer/dairy-adv...
📣 On March 26, join us for a special Women’s Month webinar exploring how volunteer exchange helps strengtheng animal health systems and support women’s leadership in livestock care.
📅 March 26 | 7:00 PM EDT
🎟️ Register now: www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/03/11/wom...
#VETSVolunteerVoices 🐔 Meet Dr. Victoria Norgbey, a leader in Ghana’s poultry sector and former President of WIPVaC-Apex Ghana — a women-led organization working strengthening poultry production and women’s leadership.
🔗 www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/03/04/vvv...
🌟 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Advocacy Advisor, Cambodia
Support VWB’s partner AVSF to strengthen advocacy strategies, deepen stakeholder engagement, and promote evidence-informed programming.
📢 www.vwb.org/site/volunteer/advocacy-...
🐂 In our latest blog, we explore why mobility-aware animal health systems are essential resilience infrastructure — from Northern Canada to South Sudan and Ghana — and what #IYRP2026 should push us to do differently.
📖 Read the blog: www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/03/02/vet...
🌟 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Strategic Plan Advisor, Ghana
Support VWB’s partner WIPVaC Apex in strengthening organizational strategy, guiding long-term planning, and advancing sustainable program delivery.
📢 www.vwb.org/site/volunteer/strategic...
🌟 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Gender Advisor, Ghana
Join VWB as a Gender Advisor Volunteer in Ghana, working with our partner WIPVaC Apex to strengthen gender-responsive programming, empower women leaders & support inclusive initiatives.
📢 www.vwb.org/site/volunteer/gender-ad...
🌟 DAY 5 of #IDW2026 — Prosperity is Resilience
For San Davy in rural Cambodia, #resilience meant moving away from migrant labour & building a diversified farm that could support her family.
🔗 Read San Davy’s story: www.vwb.org/site/blog/2024/04/30/see...
@canadadev.bsky.social
🌟 DAY 4 of #IDW2026 — Prosperity is Gender Equity
For Louise Mukarugwiza in rural Rwanda, #genderequity begins with being part of the decisions that shape community health.
🔗 Louise’s story: www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/10/01/hou...
@canadadev.bsky.social
🌟 DAY 3 of #IDW2026 — Prosperity is Prevention
For Khadia Diallo in Senegal, #diseaseprevention is noticing when something changes, acting early & protecting animals before crisis happens.
🔗 Read Khadia’s story: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/19/herd-to-health
@canadadev.bsky.social
🌟 DAY 2 of #IDW2026 — Prosperity is Food Security
For Ruth Wakariti and her family in rural Kenya, #foodsecurity means healthy cows, reliable milk production, & a steady income.
🔗 Read Ruth's story: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2024/09/16/farm-to-future
@CanadaDev
#ProsperityThroughPartnership
🎉 It’s #IDW2026 — and this year’s theme is “Prosperity through Partnership”.
Follow along this week as we explore what prosperity through partnership looks like — through the people putting it into practice.
@canadadev.bsky.social
#InternationalDevelopmentWeek
#ProsperityThroughPartnership
🦠 #WorldNTDDay: COHERS integrates animal health, sanitation, community leadership, and behaviour change to address Taenia solium in Rwanda. This is #OneHealthinPractice.
👉 Learn more: www.vwb.org/site/blog/2025/11/06/peo...
#NTDs #Prevention
📢 NEW BLOG: Through #COHERS, Khadia Diallo's knowledge as a herder & mother has been strengthened, allowing her to serve her community as a #CAHW. Her work bridges home & herd, animal health & family wellbeing.
🔗 Khadia’s story: https://www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/27/herd-to-health
#OneHealth
#VETSVolunteerVoices 🌏 Meet Kavitha Misra, a Gender Advisor who spent 2 years in Vietnam working alongside local partners to strengthen gender-responsive One Health programming.
🔗 Read Kavitha’s full story of learning & impact: www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/24/vvv...
📢 NEW BLOG: There is music, laughter & a stack of illustrated cards passed from hand to hand under a mango tree... This is how community awareness begins through #COHERS in #Senegal.
🔗 Read more: www.vwb.org/site/blog/2026/01/09/peo...
#OneHealth #VetsWithoutBorders
❓Question for you…
When you think about VWB, what do you want to learn more about? Animal health, volunteers, #OneHealth — or something else?
👉 Take the survey: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx
🙌 This is what’s possible when people come together!
👉 Swipe through key impacts from VWB’s 2024–2025 Annual Report, then explore the full report to meet the people and communities behind the numbers.
🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/reports-and-financials
🙌 2026 is the UN International Volunteer Year (#IVY2026)! For more than 20 years, volunteerism at VWB means working alongside communities to strengthen animal health and livelihoods through #OneHealth.
🔗 https://www.vwb.org/site/volunteer
#Volunteerism #SDGs #VolunteerWithPurpose