The Brooke Hospital

Who is the Brooke?
The Brooke is the UK’s leading overseas equine welfare charity and our aim is to improve the lives of horses, donkeys and mules working in the poorest parts of the world. These animals form the backbone of the economy in many developing countries, supporting countless poor communities where many people earn less than a dollar a day.

What does the Brooke do?
With over 800 staff in the field, the Brooke’s mobile vet teams and community animal health workers, and our partner organisations worldwide, provide free treatment to animals and train animal owners, local healers, farriers, saddlers, feed sellers, harness and cart makers. We currently operate across ten countries in Asia, Africa, Central America and the Middle East.

A Brooke mobile team rescue a brick kiln donkey

What is our goal?
Our goal is that by 2016, Brooke will have increased the number of working animals we reach from 730,000 to measurably improving the lives of two million suffering horses, donkeys and mules who need our help most in the world.

Please visit http://www.thebrooke.org/ for more inf

and show an owner how to treat his horse's inflamed eye

ShelterBox 

We instantly respond to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict by delivering boxes of aid.

Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless. The contents are tailored depending on the nature and location of the disaster, with great care taken sourcing every item to ensure it is robust enough to be of lasting value

Earthquake survivors outside their ShelterBox tent

The cost of a box is £490, including delivery direct to those who need it. Each box bears its own unique number so as a donor you can track your box all the way to its recipient country via the website

Highly trained ShelterBox Response Teams distribute boxes on the ground, working closely with local organisations, international aid agencies and Rotary clubs worldwide.

Since its inception in 2000, ShelterBox has firmly established itself at the forefront of international disaster relief, providing emergency shelter for the people who need it most on every continent.

Please visit http://www.shelterbox.org/

All this is inside a ShelterBox