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The World Food Day should draw attention to the fact that millions of people worldwide are still suffering from hunger. The concern about whether the next meal will provide enough food for oneself and the family is unfortunately omnipresent for many people in developing countries, but it is hardly imaginable for people in...
This is the title of the current aid project of Veterinarians without Borders and at the same time the focus of the campaign VACCINATE FOR AFRICA 2020. Our goal is to hold workshops on food fraud in the poorest regions of the world and to carry out on-site inspection. In cooperation with local food control authorities and universities, we train experienced...
Meshack Dionis is proud of his first rice harvest! Last year he took part in our ongoing training programme Mobile school for Sandawe agro-pastoralists. Thanks to heavy rainfalls in his region, Meshack has decided to grow rice. The young plants were provided to him by with Veterinarians without Borders.
"The rice is of very good quality!", tells us Meshack during...
Bedingt durch die bundesweiten Einschränkungen nach Auftreten von COVID-19 und deren massive Auswirkungen auf die Tierärzteschaft haben wir den Termin für unsere Aktion IMPFEN FÜR AFRIKA auf den 12. bis 18.10.2020 verschoben.
Unser aktuelles Hilfsprojekt Globaler Lebensmittelbetrug - Zeit zu handeln!, dem die Spenden von IMPFEN FÜR AFRIKA zugutekommen, ist...
For our ongoing projects we have been able to win a renowned international airline as a partner. It covers 100 % of our flight costs. With its more than 160 destinations worldwide, we can act even more flexibly in the future.
With regard to our project "Global Food Fraud - Time for action", this cooperation enables us to hold workshops and provide...
Ihnen allen gilt unser ganz besonderer Dank! Durch Ihre tatkräftige, oft bereits langjährige, Unterstützung von IMPFEN FÜR AFRIKA ermöglichen Sie es uns, schnell und unbürokratisch jenen Menschen in Ostafrika zu helfen, für die eine tierärztliche Versorgung keine Selbstverständlichkeit ist. Das gilt gleichermaßen für pastorale Gesellschaften und ihre Viehherden, als auch für die...
The work of veterinarians is associated with great responsibility for animals and humans. Not only are they experts on animal health. For many pet owners, the vet is also a savior in need, they encourage or give comfort.
In developing countries, veterinary work focuses on livestock farming. Sudan, Ethiopia and Tanzania are those African countries with the largest numbers of...
At the Vetmeduni Vienna, the working group "Global Food Safety", headed by Prof. Dagmar Schoder (President of Veterinarians without Borders), conducts research on this important topic. In 2008, the group was able to uncover a food scandal concerning milk powder in Africa that was contaminated with melamine and lead. Prof. Schoder was thus...
Africa depends on milk powder imports due to food bottlenecks. In addition, mothers are often malnourished or HIV-positive. To feed their babies, they depend on milk powder. But: Even low levels of harmful substances have serious consequences for babies and toddlers.
The market for milk powder and infant foods is particularly vulnerable to fraud. For example, cheap urea or melamine is added to the milk powder to fake an increased protein content, or the highly toxic and carcinogenic formaline to ensure longer durability.
Our parent organization Vétérinaires sans Frontières International (VSF-Int) is looking for a...
Our parent organization Vétérinaires sans Frontières International (VSF-Int) is looking for new...
As part of the opening of the vernissage of the visual artist Guido Rupp, alias "GuRu", paintings...
Our Tanzanian employee John Laffa wishes all supporters and friends of Veterinarians without...
Sweet potatoes are very popular in Africa. In Tanzania, many small traders sell steamed sweet...
We congratulate our Maasai student Lucas Moreto! As reported, Lucas is studying law at the TUDARCO...