The BIG FIX Uganda
Gulu City, Uganda
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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.
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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.
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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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