Vets Without Borders has an open Animal Health Research Advisor volunteer position at Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) based in Vélingara, Senegal.
Download Volunteer Placement PDFPosition Title: Animal Health Research Advisor
Country: Senegal
Location: Vélingara, Senegal
Partner Organization:Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF)
Duration: 4 months
Start Date: November 2022 (Negotiable)
Pre-departure Training: VWB/VSF will provide training orientation.
Eligibility: Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only
Language: French and English (essential), Pulaar and/or Wolof (desirable)
Academic Requirements: Degree in Veterinary Medicine or Social Science with strong background in animal health
Fundraising: VWB/VSF encourages each volunteer to raise funds towards the organization’s operations.
VWB/VSF covers most of the costs of being an overseas volunteer, including:
Veterinarians Without Borders/Vétérinaires sans Frontière is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our team.
We are committed to inclusive and equitable employment practices and strive to create a workplace that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion. VWB/VSF Canada welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, including members of racialized groups, Indigenous peoples, women, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.
Please let us know if you require an accommodation and we will work with you to ensure an equitable hiring process. Thank you for your interest in VWB/VSF Canada.
The primary purpose of the Animal Health Research Advisor position is to research and compile the ethnoveterinary knowledge and practices by breeders in the department of Vélingara, Kolda Region, where the “Thiellal” project is located ("Health for All" in Pulaar).
All volunteers are expected to promote gender equality, environmental sustainability, and good governance within their placement responsibilities
Volunteers Engaged in Gender Responsive Technical Solutions (VETS), funded through the Volunteer Cooperation Program at Global Affairs Canada, will engage 190 volunteers to work with local partner organizations in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Volunteers will help create integrated animal health systems to increase the livelihoods and household nutrition of small-scale farmers. The VETS program utilizes the skills of volunteers to build local partner capacity to support community members, primarily women, to reduce poverty. Through improved production of livestock and crops, volunteers help improve family income and nutrition.
The VETS program is built around the One Health concept, which recognizes that the health of people, animals, and the natural environment are interconnected. This project promotes the production of more and better food and increased incomes from livestock, all the while promoting land rehabilitation and conservation for sustainable development.
In the global south, more than 90 percent of food animals are raised by subsistence farmers. However, small-scale livestock producers, the majority of whom are women, have very limited access to quality and affordable animal health services.
Aside from the risks associated with the loss of valuable livestock that provides important protein and/or income for low-income households, zoonotic diseases that can be passed from animals to humans offer a very real threat to human health on a wider scale.
Veterinarians Without Borders/Vétérinaires sans frontières (VWB/VSF) works for and with communities in need to foster the health of animals, people, and the environments that sustain us. VWB/VSF works nationally and internationally to train animal health workers, increase food security, and improve animal and public health.
VWB/VSF provides overseas volunteer placements for veterinarians and other animal and public health professionals.
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