Animal Care and Vet Volunteer Program

As a volunteer with our animal care project in Ghana, you will assist a trained veterinarian, he and a team of experienced vets and nurses covering all species, from pets to farm animals. This projects is open to everyone, including volunteers without any prior experience. It is well set up for vet and nurse students to participate in veterinary training, and for pre vet students to increase their hours of work experience.

Those in clinical years of vet school will assist with surgery however but this is not a surgery training course, so you should not expect your days to be solely based around surgery. Volunteers are encouraged to participate in all aspects of the project, including medicine, animal rescue and inpatient care.

The vets assist the government by managing notifiable and infectious diseases, as well as serving private commercial and subsistence farmers, providing treatment for cows, sheep, goats and chickens. The small animal clinic has a regular stream of dogs, cats and a few exotics come through the doors for routine and emergency treatment.