International award for equine welfare volunteer
A British volunteer working for the The Gambia Horse together with Donkey Trust has been recognised for her efforts at a prestigious honour ceremony.
Jen White, a 24 twelvemonth sometime graduate from Surrey, was awarded the prize of ‘Ceva International Volunteer of the Year 2013’ at the honour ceremony held past times Ceva Animal Health inwards Birmingham on Apr 4.
White has been volunteering for the The Gambia Horse together with Donkey Trust (GHDT) for over a twelvemonth inwards her capacity every bit Manager of Operations at their headquarters inwards The Gambia.
The Ceva Animal Welfare Awards “were created to formally recognise veterinarian professionals together with individuals who operate tirelessly to amend creature welfare. These difficult working people accept gone the extra mile to amend creature welfare, together with educate people to ensure the standards proceed to improve.”
White has worked to amend the welfare of horses, donkeys together with diverse other animals which she encounters inwards her daily duties. White together with her staff are oftentimes to live on found at regular creature wellness clinics inwards the surrounding expanse of their base of operations inwards The Gambia, together with she too co-ordinates regular educational programmes, helping farmers, children together with communities to sympathise together with aid for the donkeys that are together with thus vital to their ain livelihoods.
White says of her operate inwards The Gambia: “I am absolutely delighted to accept won this award. I am together with thus passionate most the operate that GHDT does, together with it is a existent honour for me to live on recognised for my business office inwards the charity.”
Heather Armstrong, Director of GHDT, says of the award: “I am real proud that a GHDT volunteer has won such a prestigious honour for the operate they produce for us. I give my real sincere thank y'all to Jen for the difficult operate together with dedication that she puts into the job, specially every bit she does it inwards a voluntary capacity. We are incredibly lucky to accept her at GHDT.”
The The Gambia Horse together with Donkey Trust is currently raising funds to opened upwards a minute centre for equine welfare inwards The Gambia, to assist thousands to a greater extent than animals together with their owners who are inwards need.
The The Gambia Horse together with Donkey Trust was established inwards 2002 past times Armstrong together with her sister, the belatedly Stella Brewer Marsden. A salubrious working equine tin increase a family’s income past times 500%, together with thus through improving equine welfare it is possible to amend the lives of their owners. The The Gambia Horse together with Donkey Trust industrial plant inwards a holistic together with sustainable agency through a multifariousness of community evolution together with educational programmes. These programmes include preparation of equine professionals every bit good every bit schoolhouse together with farmer pedagogy programmes together with a twice weekly ‘Donkey Club’ that local children tin attend amongst their donkeys.
The The Gambia Horse together with Donkey Trust is a Registered Britain Charity (Charity No. 1096814).
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