Millennium Elephant Foundation (MEF)
Works to improve the care, protection and treatment of elephants in Sri Lanka and has also established a Mobile Veterinary Unit which is called out to provide treatment for elephants in need all over the island. MEF welcomes veterinary surgeons, veterinary students and veterinary nurses to its volunteer programme.
Morris Animal Foundation (US)
Projects include the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Rwanda.
Oxfam
Work with poor people, regardless of race or religion, in their struggle against hunger, disease, exploitation and poverty in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East through relief, development and research overseas and public education at home.
PAWS (Protection of Animals Welfare Society) - Mauritius
PAWS run sterilisation campaigns, provide education in schools, find suitable homes of unwanted pets (mostly dogs). WSPA and the Marchig Foundation have donated to them a fully kitted-out mobile ambulance, drugs and equipment.
Looking for vets – preferably for a minimum of six months – to help with mass sterilisation campaign of dogs and cats. PAWS will provide accommodation and a daily living allowance while on the island and will also provide a motor scooter for personal use and will assist with other transport needs.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 1.8 million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world.
PETA India
Small programme to alleviate the suffering of some animals made to work for the sugar mills in Sangli, Maharashtra, India. To focus on identifying the factors that are causing the animals to suffer, e.g. poor nutrition, husbandry, cart/harness design and try to eliminate them, education programme to make workers aware of importance of treating the animals humanely.
People for Animals, Orissa
Animal Birth Control programme - targeted to sterilise and immunise about 12000 stray dogs depending on funds. Looking for experienced volunteer to give guidance to the team.
Phangan Animal Care (PAC) - Thailand
PAC’s goal is to make a sustainable improvement in the quality of life of Koh PhaNgan’s animals by providing emergency relief and nursing care to all sick and injured individuals.
Long-term objectives include: to replace poisoning of dogs as the method of population control by the more humane method of neutering; to eradicate the rabies virus from the island, through an intensive vaccination programme.
PAC needs a continuous supply of volunteer veterinarians to help complete the surgical work.
Practical Action
Practical Action, formerly Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), were founded in 1965 to enable poor people in Africa, Asia and South America to develop and use productive technologies and methods which give them greater control over their own lives and which contribute to the long-term development of their communities.
Advice and assistance is available to individuals, organisations, institutions, governments and international agencies through publications, a technical enquiry service, project support and consultancies.
Project Abroad
Placements are available in India, Ghana and a new programme in Romania. Volunteers will be involved in vaccinations, operations, laboratory work, post-mortem examinations and the routine treatment of domestic animals and pets.
The aim is to improve the understanding of problems facing vets in developing countries and to give volunteers the opportunity to make an impact on the welfare of animals.
Placements are available for between six weeks and three months, or even a year, and would suit an undergraduate as a summer placement or anyone looking for a worthwhile way to spend their sabbatical.
Romania Animal Rescue
Romania Animal Rescue concentrates on spay and neuter programmes in Galati, Romania. Often in need of veterinarians for neutering programme and help for the community care of stray street dogs.
Rolda
Based in Galiti, neutering programme and help for the community care of stray street dogs.
Royal Geographical Society
Founded in 1830 to advance geographical science and geography teaching and to act as a focal point for British geographical and exploration activity.They run a library and have large map, atlas and photographic collections. RGS organise lecture series, conference and academic meetings. Arranging its own expeditions, examining and supporting others. Training and advice is given to those undertaking expeditions.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The RSPCA's vision is to work for a world in which all humans respect and live in harmony with all other members of the animal kingdom.
Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land
UK-registered charity providing help for the donkeys of Israel, to improve their status and promote their welfare through education. Rescue centre based at Moshav Gan Yoshiya, near Netanya and Hadera. Welcome voluntary help at rescue centre.
Save the Children
Founded in 1919 to strive to promote the rights of the child and to influence national and international policy and practice to achieve lasting benefits for children.
Save the Children is the UK's largest international voluntary agency concerned with child health and welfare with operations spanning 30 countries and some 100 projects in the UK.
Work overseas principally involves running long-term health, nutrition, education, community development and welfare programmes.
Save the Dogs (STD)
Romanian association that care for dogs.
Soi Cats And Dogs (SCAD)
Formerly SOI Cat & Dog Rescue, SCAD is dedicated to improving the lives of dogs and cats living on the streets of Bangkok by reducing their numbers through animal birth control, education and adoption programmes.
Send a Cow
Send a Cow is a Christian charity that enables poor farmers in Africa to become self-reliant by providing them with livestock, training and advice. We work with some of the most vulnerable groups in Africa, including children orphaned by war, families affected by AIDS, and disabled people.
Skiathos Dog Shelter
Supported by the British charity Greek Animal Rescue, the shelter relies on short-term voluntary veterinary assistance – neutering and general veterinary care. There is no permanent vet on the island.
SNIP International
SNIP International is the only UK-based animal welfare organisation specifically dedicated to promoting the neutering of stray and feral cats and dogs on a worldwide basis.
Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA)
SPANA treats more than 300,000 working animals each year through a network of 18 refuges and some mobile veterinary clinics throughout Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Syria, Mali, Mauritania and Ethiopia. Its education programme teaches children and animal owners the principles of care and respect for their animals.
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Fiji (SPCA)
Set up to take care of Fiji’s population of cats and dogs.
Spay Panama
This US-based NGO welcomes volunteer vets, nurses and students.
Spay Our Strays (SOS)
To alleviate problem of stray dogs and cats by a programme of neutering. Cats are returned to their home ground. Dogs are re-homed in either Spain or Northern Europe.
Tanzania Animal Welfare Society
NGO (registered in Tanzania) deals with stray dog and cat population control; provides community humane education; delivers animal health care to stray and neglected animals. Contact Dr Thomas Kahema at tzanimal@yahoo.com
TAWS (see World Association for Transport Animal Welfare and Studies)
Teaching and Projects Abroad
Teaching and Projects Abroad is the leading global organiser of overseas voluntary work placements.
Tibet Charity
The Animal Care programme runs a free veterinary clinic concentrating on sterilisation and vaccination programmes for domestic pets and stray animals in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Tree of Life for Animals (T.O.L.F.A.)
The Tree of Life for Animals is a grassroots organisation in India set up to improve the abject suffering seen in stray animals residing on every street.By reducing numbers, through sterilization, providing rescue and veterinary care to those that are ailing and vaccination to prevent disease, the lives of these animals can be dramatically improved.
Tsunami Memorial Animal Welfare Trust (TMAWT) – Sri Lanka
The non-profit Tsunami Animal-People Alliance is dedicated to reducing rabies and dog bites in the disaster zone and refugee settlements of Sri Lanka by the combination of vaccination and sterilisation.
Without sterilisation, new generations of animals needing vaccination will continue to be produced.
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
UFAW is a science-based animal welfare charity which regularly funds animal welfare research to find better ways of caring for animals, whether they are on farms, in zoos or laboratories, in the home or the wild.
VetAid
VetAid works alongside communities to provide long-term solutions to better care for their animals. It trains local people to provide basic animal health care and improve livestock production systems. It works with other agencies to help cover the full range of human and animal health needs.
Veterinaires Sans Frontiers (VSF)
VSF's vets are aiming to help the least fortunate people in the poorest areas of the world. In a lot of developing countries cattle are the most important source of healthy food.
Veterinary surgery is however in most cases non existent, thus the danger of epidemics is never far away. And exactly there lies the problem: when the herd dies, so does the village. Because of this veterinary help on the spot is a must.
Veterinary Christian Fellowship (VCF)
To unite Christians within the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions through their common loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ and to assist them in the integration of their faith into their professional lives.
Vets Beyond Borders (VBB)
Vets Beyond Borders, previously known as Vetcharity, is an Australian-based, not-for-profit, incorporated organisation. They co-ordinate and run veterinary based animal welfare and public health programs in developing communities of the Asia and Pacific region.
An important part of their projects is the training of local veterinary and para-veterinary staff to ensure that the work can continue and that the benefits for the animals and communities are ongoing.
Vetwork UK
Vetwork UK is a charity set up by a group of veterinarians with an interest in community-based animal health and welfare projects. This website is a place for sharing ideas and field experiences on an informal basis.
VIDA
US and Costa Rica based organisation. Provides free spay/neuter clinics and runs humane education programmes. Offers volunteer programmes in several countries in Central America.
Volunteers in Irish Veterinary Assistance (VIVA)
VIVA is an Irish non-governmental development agency. It is a non-sectarian non-profit organisation whose main aim is to encourage and promote sustainable development in agricultural projects in under-developed countries.
There are programmes in Kosovo, Tanzania and Kenya – to combat Hydatid disease, to feed livestock and to educate local farmers.
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
VSO recruits and posts overseas people with relevant skills and qualifications to work for up to two years in the fields of technical trades, education, agriculture, health care, technology, social and business development.
Wildlife Information Network (WIN)
Supporting wild animal health, welfare and conservation by facilitating and improving the care, treatment and husbandry of wild animals through education, research and sharing of information.
World Animal Net (WAN)
World Animal Net is the world's largest network of animal protection societies with consultative status at the UN. They work to improve the status and welfare of animals with over 3,000 affiliates in more than 100 countries.
World Association for Transport Animal Welfare and Studies (TAWS)
The aim of TAWS is to promote improved management, health and welfare of transport and draft animals.
World Horse Welfare
Operating internationally, World Horse Welfare, formerly the International League for the Protection of Horses, is one of the world’s leading equine welfare charities and improves the lives of many of these horses.
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
WSPA promote cooperation between animal protection societies on an international scale, and promote the conservation and protection of animals in any part of the world.
WSPA campaign to end abuses in whaling, sealing, the fur trade, illegal trafficking in wildlife, bullfighting, experimentation; working to improve humane slaughter, livestock transportation, stray animal control and disaster relief.
World Vets
This US-based NGO addresses not only veterinary issues but also human health issues impacted by zoonotic diseases in developing countries. Destinations range from Costa Rica and Peru to Romania and Southeast Asia. They welcome volunteer vets, vet nurses and students.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
WWF raise money for the conservation of endangered wild animals, wild plants and wild places, and to promote the wise use of the world's natural resources.
Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS)
Registered UK charity which supplies veterinary resources and aid to animal charities in developing countries. These include volunteer vets, support staff and medical supplies.
Zebra Foundation
The Zebra Foundation for veterinary zoological education has been created by the British Veterinary Zoological Society, a specialist division of the BVA, with the object of assisting veterinary surgeons, from anywhere in the world, to gain additional experience or qualifications in zoo and wild animal medicine.
Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
ZSL is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats.
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