WORLDWIDE TRAINING SERVICE (WTS)

Human health is inextricably linked with animal health and disease control, particularly in developing regions. Many human diseases, such as rabies, can be controlled by improving animal health and controlling feral populations by neutering. In addition, many people rely on working animals for their livelihood. A greater knowledge of animal care leads to a healthier, more productive life for the animal, providing owners with the means to support themselves.

WVS is committed to improving the treatment and welfare of all animal species throughout the world. Our mission is to help prevent and relieve suffering and to improve the moral perception of animals whilst benefiting the people who live alongside, or are dependent upon, these animals.

Education is essential in order to achieve these objectives and is the key to ensuring the sustainability of our work; Worldwide Training Service (WTS) is the educational arm of WVS.

In 2007 the first WTS team visited Uganda. You can learn more about the aims and findings of the trip, as well as reports by some of the team members, by clicking the links below:

Uganda 2007 - By Jacqui Foulger. A teacher's account of the first WTS trip.

Joy Back to Uganda with Teachers - Joy Howell reports on her return to Uganda with the first WTS team.

Scabies - Ronald Asiimwe provides details of one of the transmissable diseases that pose a threat to Uganda's endangered mountain gorilla population.

Wildlife - A review of wildlife conservation in Uganda and the work of CTPH.

Livestock - A review of livestock use and welfare issues in Uganda.

Teaching - A review of teaching in Uganda and our work at Buhoma Community Primary School.

The next trip will go out at the end of July this year. The team will include vets as well as teachers to begin a health and husbandry education programme with local livestock owners.

Members of Karangara School choir