vet looking through a microscope
vet looking through a microscope

Train: Animal welfare training

Investing in the future: community training

Many of the injuries we see could be prevented with an understanding of basic animal care. At SPANA, we’re working to make sure that wherever we treat, we also train.

By building skills and knowledge within communities, we’re helping to improve animal welfare in a sustainable way, preventing injuries and promoting compassion.

Meanwhile, by distributing comfortable tack, and by training local artisans to produce appropriate alternatives, we’re working hard also getting to the root cause of common problems.

Sharing skills: professional training

Our vets provide vital treatments to hundreds of thousands of animals each year – but millions more still need our help. That’s why we also deliver professional training that improves skills in low-income countries across the world, supporting local vets, vet students, farriers and technicians.

We’re working with teachers too, sharing the techniques and knowledge they need to deliver effective humane education that can transform the communities in which animals work.

89.9K

animal owners trained in the last year

260

teachers trained

1,988

veterinary students trained in the last year

Man and horse walking down road

Helping working animals in Ethiopia

Find out more about how SPANA helps working animals in Ethiopia.

Helping working animals in Jordan

Find out more about how SPANA helps working animals in Jordan.

Grey and brown carriage horses

Helping working animals in Morocco

Find out more about how SPANA helps working animals in Morocco.

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Helping working animals in Zimbabwe

Find out more about how SPANA helps working animals in Zimbabwe.

Donkeys in Tanzania forest

Helping working animals in Tanzania

Find out more about how SPANA helps working animals in Tanzania.