What we do
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium helps livestock keepers in eight African countries to build a better future. That future begins with healthy animals. But we do more than just vaccinating and taking care of herds. We help the population to improve their livestock farming and everything that is connected to it. From microcredits, sales, water and pasture management to training, agricultural equipment, emergency aid, peace negotiations and advocacy.
Burkina Faso
Many Malian refugees live in camps in the north of Burkina Faso. To prevent malnutrition, we ensure that there is enough milk for their children. We do this by improving local milk production. Read more.
Burundi
In Ngozi, we donate goats and a vegetable garden to poor families. We teach them how to overcome malnutrition by eating varied foods. Animal manure increases harvest on the field and there is money for the mutuality. Read more.
DR Congo
In North Kivu, rabbits steal the show. They reproduce quickly and provide important income and nutritious meat. We therefore donate these animals to disadvantaged families, which in turn pass on the offspring to other families in need. Read more.
Mali
North of Bamako we focus heavily on local poultry farming, run by women. By improving animal health, breeding techniques and sales, women get more eggs and income from their chickens. Read more.
Niger
For more than ten years, we are working to improve access to animal healthcare in the Nigerian countryside. We help private veterinarians and train community animal health workers. When the herds are healthy, the people are too. Read more.
Uganda
In Karamoja, a dry and poor region in northern Uganda, we donate Kenyan goats. They are larger than the local goats and produce more milk. We build better goat shelters so that the animals do not suffer from rain and mud at night. Read more.
Rwanda
In the poorest region of Rwanda, we build biogas plants with small dairy farmers. The cow manure provides gas for cooking. This way, families do not have to cut firewood, a win-win situation for farmers and the environment. Read more.
Tanzania
Near Arusha, we help Maasai villages to obtain proprietary rights for their traditional, common lands. This way they can maintain their age-old way of life and move around with their herds looking for water and grassland. Read more.
Everyone lives from livestock keeping
In the areas where we work, almost everyone depends on livestock farming. We help poor farming families that are suffering from hunger, drought, floods and conflicts. We do this together with ten local partner organizations.
Activity report
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Belgium
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium strongly focuses on global solidarity and the exchange of expertise. We work with journalists, students, livestock farmers and veterinarians. We inform and raise awareness around sustainable food production and consumption. We organize exchange trips, lectures and debates. We help politicians worldwide to adapt their international policies to the needs of African family livestock farmers.