The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement Learning Center
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Learn about the VetAID Model, a program that seeks to fill the veterinary void in remote communities. Animal Balance deploys HQHVSN teams (two doctors, four technicians, and one coordinator) to shelters, NGOs, or animal control agencies to set up a temporary clinic to clear their backlog of surgeries. Animal Balance teaches host organizations how to establish and operate sustainable HQHVSN clinics for their community. Plus, we help our teams with their mental health by taking them on incredible adventures to reach locations that are often very far-flung. We share our stories and then more veterinary professionals deploy with us, creating further stories, full of adventure, fun, and a sense of purpose which changes the dialogue, which creates social change.
This webinar is based on a live workshop at The Annual Conference 2023.
This webinar recording is part of the Innovation Bank. The Innovation Bank is a collection of bright ideas, innovative programs, and research that your organization can use for inspiration.
Emma Clifford
Founder
Animal Balance
Emma Clifford, originally from the UK, founded Animal Balance in response to discovering that cats and dogs were being routinely poisoned on the Galapagos Islands. She created Animal Balance to offer a humane management program to the Ecuadorian Government. They agreed and next year we will celebrate 20 years of success of working together to humanely balance ALL species. The model worked so well that Clifford expanded to include 12 other island nations. When the pandemic hit, we pivoted to provide VetAID, a remodeled version of the program for the US.
