"Maisha Bora" - Belgian Food Security Programme for the Districts of Longido and Simanjiro - 2015-2020

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Maisha Bora International Partners: Veterinarians without Borders Belgium (VSF-B)

  • Maisha Bora International Partners: Veterinarians without Borders Belgium (VSF-B)

Vétérinaires-sans-Frontières/Veterinarians without Borders - Belgium (VSF-B) is present in Arusha, Tanzania since 2015 and responsible for the overall coordination of the Livestock Component of the Maisha Bora Food Security programme.

VSF-B is an international NGO specializing in all aspects of livestock keeping. It is a member of VSF international (consisting of the different country VSFs). VSF-B is currently active in three countries in West Africa (Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali) and five countries in East and Central Africa (Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo).
 

The vision of VSF-B is “Healthy Animals - Healthy People” and its mission is to optimize livestock farming in order to improve the well-being of disadvantaged populations in developing countries
 

VSF-B, through their programmes, wants to help people to:

  • Improve animal husbandry practices
  • Improve livestock productivity
  • Improve animal health care and access to veterinary services,
  • Improve human health (infectious zoonotic diseases) by improving animal healthcare and utilization and handling of livestock products,
  • Improve access to pasture and pasture management,
  • Help in conflict management between different land uses.  
Presently local partners are Ujamaa Community Resource Team and HEIFER Tanzania.

Activities include:
  • Land use planning and improved management of grazing resources,
  • Introduction of poultry rearing and of improved breeds of cattle and goats,
  • Farmer/pastoralist field school approach to improve cattle, goat, and chicken husbandry practices,
  • Training of Community Animal Health Workers and improving veterinary services.  
For more information see: www.vsf-belgium.org

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