Worldwide Veterinary Service - Animal charity volunteering vets around the developing world

"Committed to improving the treatment and welfare of all animal species throughout the world"

Worldwide Veterinary Service is a registered UK charity (no. 1100485) that supplies veterinary resources, in the form of volunteer teams, drugs, equipment and advice to help animal charities and non-profit organisations around the world.

Our projects involve teams of WVS volunteers who help our associated charities around the world. Our teams are comprised of both veterinary and non-veterinary volunteers who want to work proactively in the field of animal welfare. We currently send, on average, 3 teams a month to destinations worldwide.

Support us: If you would like to support us or volunteer to help in one of our projects, then you are welcome to join us.

A small annual subscription fee of £2.75 a month or £30 a year, is payable by all our members. Membership fees are an essential source of funding for the charity and we try to ensure administrative costs are kept to a minimum so that more of this money can be used to fund our projects and go directly to helping animals in need all over the world. For further information please visit our Information for volunteers page

Become a ‘Friend of WVS’: No matter what you can afford to donate you will become a Friend of WVS and receive regular updates.

For other ways to help WVS, and to learn about upcoming fundraising events, please visit the Help WVS section of the site.

Charities requiring veterinary assistance are to submit their details via our Information for Charities page.

VetAdventure creates opportunities for animal lovers, vet students and recent new graduates to participate in programmes alongside the WVS teams. Click on the logo to visit the VetAdventure website.

Latest trips

We have lots of places still available in May for vets, nurses and non-veterinary volunteers. Contact the office for details.

Experienced vets and nurses required for our training trips over the summer.

Two experienced small animal vets required for long-term salaried position in Mauritius.

Full-time veterinary position currently available at a charity in Belize.

Vet with equine experience required for minimum six months to manage veterinary operations at a charity in Egypt.

Qualified veterinary technician urgently required for salaried posistion with charity in Thailand. Will include some training of other staff members.

One or two volunteers required to look after house and equipment dispensary in India for approximately three months this summer.

Small animal vet required for long-term voluntary placement in South Africa.

For details of any of these placements please contact us. Volunteers must be WVS members. If you are not a member you can join here.

2008 TRIPS: Please see the upcoming trips list in the Members section of the website for details of all of our 2008 trips. The list is updated regularly so please keep checking back for new trips.