VSF Germany is a non-governmental, non-profit making organization, engaged in the field of veterinary relief and development work. Founded as a students’ initiative in 1991 at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, the head office of VSF Germany is still located at the University of Hanover, Germany.

Since the beginnings the organization has developed very dynamically. Nowadays VSF Germany works in about 15  projects in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia. The regional office East Africa based as Kenyan NGO in Nairobi coordinates the implementation of the projects.

VSF Germany’s work focuses on those people, whose livelihoods depend heavily on livestock. It is our goal to improve their living conditions. For them healthy animals do not only have a high cultural value but simply mean food security and income generation.

In Germany VSF Germany has more than 230 members and focuses on informing the German public about the situation of pastoralists in developing countries.

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