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The BIG FIX Uganda

Gulu City, Uganda

Animal welfareHealthMental health
NGOFounded 2012Regional reach11-50 staff
Profile last updated: August 7, 2026

About

Founded in 2012, The BIG FIX Uganda is a non-governmental organisation based in Gulu City, Uganda working on animal welfare, health, mental health.

The BIG FIX Uganda is a non-profit project of The BIG FIX that runs a veterinary hospital and mobile clinics in Gulu City and surrounding districts in Northern Uganda. It takes a One Health approach to improve the health and welfare of animals and people, combining veterinary care, animal welfare education, rabies prevention and community initiatives. Its Comfort Dog Project offers animal-assisted trauma therapy for war trauma survivors. The organisation works in partnership with local governments in Gulu, Omoro, Oyam, Amuru, Pader and Nwoya districts and is registered in Uganda as an international non-governmental organisation.

Location

Gulu City, Uganda

Founded

2012

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

International Non-Governmental Organization

Legal name

The BIG FIX Uganda

Registration

8229

Staff

11-50

Focus areas

animal welfareOne Healthveterinaryrabies preventionanimal-assisted therapyhuman-animal bondNorthern Uganda

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Animal welfareHealthMental health

Works for

AnimalsCommunitiesVictims of violence

How they work

Direct servicesAwareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

The Comfort Dog Project

Mental health · Uganda

Africa's first animal-assisted trauma therapy programme, pairing war trauma survivors, including former child soldiers, with rescued street dogs for a 20-week healing programme.

Animal welfare education programme

Animal welfare · Uganda

Teaches children and adults about animal welfare, rabies prevention and kindness toward animals through school visits and a weekly radio programme.

Rabies vaccination clinics

Health · Uganda

Large-scale rabies vaccination clinics in remote villages in Northern Uganda to reduce animal suffering and protect people from disease.

Countries of operation

Uganda

Funding & support

Ways to support

DonateMonthly givingLegacy givingShop

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Bio-Security, Animal Welfare Alliance of Uganda, Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Human-Animal Bond Research Institute, United Against Rabies Forum, The Underdog International, The BIG FIX

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