Discover our activity report for 2016. Each year, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium reports on its activities and projects over the past year. This is how we show our committment and accountability to our donors, volunteers, employees and partner organizations in Belgium and Africa.
Adventure in Tanzania
In 2016, RTBF’s program Code Adventure made a stopover in Tanzania for a special trip among the Masai with Khyl, an 11-year-old Belgian.
Policy brief: building resilience through livestock
In Africa, most livestock and agricultural systems are run by families. Family farmers adapt relatively well to changes in their environment. But the number of families coping with stresse, shocks, risks and disasters is constantly growing. Their resilience is under pressure.
Poultry as a stepping-stone to a better future for Malian women
By supporting local poultry farming in Mali, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium contributes to strengthening the leadership capacities of women.
Strengthening resilience to food and nutrition insecurity in the Sahel and West Africa
In the Sahel, around 65% of the active population works in the agriculture sector. More than half of these are women. Recurring crises pose real concerns for the achievement of sustainable food and nutrition security in the region.
Why mobile phones are indispensable for livestock keepers
Only 30 kilometres from the Nigerian capital Niamey, you arrive in a very remote area and you get the feeling being in the middle of nowhere: no houses, routes or cars (only a group of giraffes who passes by very gracefully). But, unlike what you may expect, all the bars on the cell phone are visible: optimal reception.
Annual report 2015
Read our activity and financial reports for 2015. Each year, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium reports on its activities and projects over the past year.
Milk moustaches and healthy animals in Malian refugee camp
‘Smiling faces and milk moustaches, three times a week this scenario is guaranteed in the refugee camp’, explains Hama Boureima Dicko from Vétérinaires Sans Frontièrs Belgium in Burkina Faso. ‘We buy milk from local diaries and afterwards we transport it to the refugee sites. It’s a way of supporting two groups at the same time: the refugees and the local woman who are in charge of the milk production.’
Policy brief: quality animal health services adapted to pastoralism in Western Africa
In its fourth Policy Brief, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium gives an overview of the current situation regarding animal health services in Western Africa and makes recommendations to ensure quality services adapted to pastoralists’ needs.
Edward Loure wins Goldman prize for his struggle for traditional Masaai land rights in Tanzania
On Monday, April 18th, Edward Loure received the Goldman Environmental Prize for his longstanding dedication to land rights in Tanzania. Loure, a Maasai herder himself, works for Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT), a local NGO with whom Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium fights for land rights of Maasai pastoralists. Thanks to their pioneering work in northern Tanzania, pastoralists now have legal certainty about their traditional access to land.