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