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Writing for #InternationalWomensDay, Clare Twelvetrees is Brooke’s Director of Strategy and Performance. She has worked in the development sector for over 15 years, working previously as interim CEO for the Cherie Blair foundation for Women.
The International Coalition for Working Equids (ICWE) hosted an event at the United Nations Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) in Zimbabwe at the end of February.
Social media stars Teddy the Shetland and This Esme are supporting Brooke’s first ever Donkey Dash on Sunday 12 July at Highfield Farm, the home of the prestigious Wellington Horse Trials in Hook, Hampshire.
On 24 February, the Kenyan government announced a ban on the slaughter of donkeys in Kenya, after being presented with a petition by donkey owners who marched to the Cabinet Secretary’s office.
International animal welfare charities Brooke and The Donkey Sanctuary took their donkey skin trade campaigns to the Queen Sofia Foundation in Madrid Spain last month, alongside a group of Spanish NGOs.
Traditional Chinese medicine manufacturer Dong-E-E-Jiao is reported to have donated over £100,000 worth of ‘Ejiao’ to several Chinese hospitals in a bid to treat and prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, officially named COVID - 19.
To mark World Radio Day on 13 February, Emma Hume, Brooke’s Global Communications Officer, speaks to the staff running our communications programmes in Pakistan, East Africa and West Africa about the power of radio to bring about behaviour change.
Brooke Ethiopia was named joint best performing Non-Government Organisation (NGO) along with Life Water at this year’s GO NGO Annual Forum Meeting in Shashemene on 30 January, a jump from third place in 2019.
Brooke has published its first ever Research Review, giving key insights into the charity's research processes, achievements and learnings for 2019.
As the worst swarms of locusts in 25 years continue to threaten food supplies in parts of East Africa, the Middle East and Asia, donkey owners in Kenya have been desperately trying to protect their animals from biting flies, using human clothes to offer protection.
