Overseas Projects

Donkey & Owner

The BEVA Trust constantly strives to improve education and training that ultimately leads to improvements in equine welfare.

On the 30th November 2010 the Trust supported the FVE/BEVA Transport Meeting in Brussels. The meeting presentations and proceeding can be viewed here.

Over the past few years the Trust has been working closely with a number of established charities focusing on the welfare of working equids overseas. As part of the work abroad, The Trust has been funding a CPD programme overseas in Egypt in collaboration with Animal Care Egypt (ACE). Based in Luxor the ACE centre provides free care and treatment for local animals.

The BEVA Trust has also donated £16,000 to World Horse Welfare's equine veterinary education programme in Romania. Project Romania is an extensive five year education programme that is raising the standard of veterinary education in Romania, through a series of expert practical courses and seminars.

Owner & Horse

The programme focuses on educating those directly involved with the horse, i.e. veterinary practitioners and students, the horse owning community, farriers, saddlers and government officials who supervise and administer welfare legislation.

Over the past few years The BEVA Trust has also joined forces with the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA) on a number of projects. The journals abroad scheme was jointly launched in 2007. This scheme distributes BEVA members' unwanted copies of EVE and EVJ journals to veterinary schools and clinics in the developing world. If you are a BEVA member and are interested in donating your journals abroad please email the BEVA Trust Secretary Nadine Head. The BEVA Trust also supports vital CPD material for SPANA overseas clinical staff.