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The Brooke
Welcome
• Film
• History
• The Brooke today
• The need
• The approach
• Questions
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A short film…3
History of the Brooke – over 75 years!
• Founded in 1934 by Dorothy Brooke
• Ex-cavalry horses sold into life of hard labour after WW1 ended in 1918
• Raised £20,000 to help end suffering of these once proud horses and mules
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History of the Brooke – over 75 years!
• Bought 5,000 old horses and mules
• Local horses and donkeys, were also desperately in need
• Cairo Old War Horse Memorial Hospital
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The Brooke Today
• UK’s leading overseas working equine welfare charity
• Mission
– ‘to alleviate the suffering of horses, donkeys and mules working in the poorest parts of the world, and to improve the lives of the poor communities who depend upon them’
• Reached over 1.17 million working animals last year
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Where We Work7
Imagine…8
The Need – The Animals
• The issues:
– Poor feeding/malnutrition
– Heat exhaustion/thirst
– No veterinary care or knowledge
– Poor shoeing
– Disease
– Road accidents
– Overloaded/overworked
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The Need – The Animals
• 80% of the problems could be prevented
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The Need – The People
• The Issues:– Dependence on working animals is increasing
– Poverty
– Lack of knowledge
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The Need – The People
• It is estimated that the 1.17 million animals that the Brooke reached last year benefited 7 million people
• These animals support some of the world’s poorest people, who rely on their animals for their livelihoods
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The Approach - Research
• University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Science
• Observational research provides data which tells us more about problems locally and their cause
• Effective advice to animal owners and local people
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The Approach - Overseas
• Over 1000 skilled staff working in the field
• Only employ people from the country of operation
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Field Clinics15
Mobile Veterinary Teams
• Immediate relief- on the spot care and treatment
– Mobile vet teams
– Field clinics
– Community animal health workers
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Education and Training
• Sustainable approach
• Quicker response/treatment
• Promote good animal welfare practices
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Community Training Sessions18
Summary19
How you can help
• Fundraise
– Individual events
– Group fundraising
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•Donate
• Leave a legacy
• Spread the word
• Challenge yourself
– Overseas horse rides
– Skydives
– Runs
Where Will The Money Go?
• £7.16 could help us reach one more hardworking horse or donkey
• £10 could pay for anti-rabies vaccinations for 20 hardworking horses and donkeys
• £30 could pay to train a community animal health worker, who will work with communities to improve animal welfare
• £40 could pay for a vet for a day, who will treat sick and injured horses and donkeys, and train their owners.
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