Projects
Good Practice Case Examples
NGOs often do not have the mandate, capacity or funds to develop or review their programmes with regard to animal welfare. However, as animal welfare is a defining factor for the success of rural development programmes, it needs to be considered and included.
This platform addresses those needs in particular by providing good practice cases as model examples for organizations who want to improve their overall project performance.
Good practice cases can provide knowledge on how to operationalize welfare related considerations like appropriate environmental, nutritional, health and behavioural conditions which promote a positive mental state of the animals involved in development projects.
They also report the challenges implementing NGOs have to overcome when animals are a part of projects, many of which have to do with capacity building and lack of resources and infrastructure among others.
Animal Welfare and Food Security
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany (VSFG) – Ethiopia
Integrated response to complex emergency
The project addressed urgent livelihood needs and contributed to improving food and nutrition security and better health outcomes for vulnerable communities and their animals in affected districts in Ethiopia.
WTS-GP-Ethiopia.pdf
Animal Welfare and Farmers Training
The Rwanda Animal Welfare Organization (RAWO) – Rwanda
Raising animal welfare awareness for livestock farmers in Musanze District, Rwanda
The project focused on animal welfare in the livestock sector by building capacity and increasing awareness among farmers about the fundamental needs of animals.
WTS-GP-Rwanda (RAWO).pdf
Animal Welfare and Organic Farming
Skills Oriented Development Initiatives (SODI) – Uganda
Green Light Revolution 2: Reforestation, food security, processing and marketing for smallholder communities in Uganda
The project promotes a holistic approach to address difficult living conditions of rural communities by promoting organic farming, which encompasses reduction of inputs cost, circular management, inclusion and improvement of livestock production and regeneration of the environment.
WTS-GP-Uganda (SODI).pdf
Animal Welfare and One Health
The Donkey Sanctuary – Kenya
Donkey Health and Welfare Improvement Program
The project addressed the issue of increasing infections (rabies and tetanus) in donkeys which result in deaths, causing families´ losing its source of livelihood. It is also an example of One Health/ One Welfare approaches as these zoonotic diseases also pose a public health risk to humans.
WTS-GP-Kenya.pdf
Animal Welfare and Food Safety
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany (VSFG) – Uganda
The Role of Animal Welfare in Influencing Food Safety
The project focuses on evaluating the implications of animal health and welfare issues on public health concerns (like foodborne diseases in humans and antimicrobial resistance), driven by the intensification of pig farming in Uganda.
WTS-GP-Uganda (TRAWIFS).pdf
Animal Welfare and Community Education
Animal Welfare Advocates Association – The Gambia
Nationwide communities´ sensitization programme
With the goal of improving animal welfare, the Advocates travel around the country visiting communities and raising awareness about animal welfare through diverse educational activities at schools, in communities and with animal keepers.
Coming soon!