We’ve been overwhelmed by the compassion and generosity shown in response to our Gaza appeal. Thank you – your support is helping our mobile team reach donkeys and horses in desperate need, even in the most challenging circumstances.
It’s thanks to donors like you – and especially those who’ve chosen to give a regular gift – that we’re able to go beyond emergency response and build lasting, life-changing programmes. In places like the brick kilns of Egypt, where donkeys work long, gruelling days in the heat, your support is bringing not just relief, but real change.
Today, we’re sharing a story from Egypt about the power of education to improve welfare for donkeys – and how, with your help, we’re changing attitudes.
Egypt Update
As part of our work to raise awareness of animal welfare among young people, we recently invited school students aged 13 to 18 to see one of our veterinary teams in action. The visit – run in collaboration with the General Syndicate of Veterinarians – gave students a first-hand look at what it takes to care for working animals.
Thanks to you, we’re reaching the next generation with the message of kindness towards animals.
The visit will help the children learn why it’s important to be kind to animals and treat them with care. They will also begin to understand how important vets are, and how animals, people and the environment are all connected.
Moments like this stay with children – a chance to connect with donkeys and learn how to treat them with compassion.
Our senior vet team, headed up by Dr Shaaban, also ran a special vet training day at the teaching hospital of Moshtahar Veterinary Faculty.
Watching carefully the students learn how proper hoof care can prevent pain and injury.
During the day, our team were able to treat 34 working donkeys and horses – as well as providing hands-on training to six trainees, including vet students, teachers, and recent graduates.
Dr Shaaban uses ultrasound to examine a donkey with a long-term leg injury – showing trainees how to diagnose and treat tendon problems.
The focus was on how to carry out physical check-ups, and the trainees were keen to learn more about how to care for working animals like donkeys and horses.
Quick action for a donkey in distress – treating colic before it becomes life-threatening.
Thanks to your support, we’re helping to shape a new generation of vets who understand the needs of working animals and know how to give them the care they deserve.
Below you can see a trainee vet putting learning into practice – working directly with donkeys under the expert guidance of Dr Shaaban.
Putting learning into practice – a trainee vet carries out a hands-on examination, building confidence and skills to care for working donkeys, mules and horses.
Every workshop, every treatment, every young person inspired to care – it all starts with your support. Together, we’re creating a kinder future for donkeys. Thank you.
Thank you ♥️♥️
Everything our vet teams do to support working donkeys, mules, and horses is only possible because of you. Your generosity helps us protect animals and support their owners across the West Bank, Gaza, and Egypt – as well as care for rescued donkeys at our sanctuary in Israel and our rescue centre and hospital in the West Bank.
Thank you for making this vital work possible.
Thanks to your support, the lives of donkeys in the brick kilns, and wider communities, are improving.