Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust

GHDT website

Over the years we have provided support for the Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust. With our help, they have built a veterinary clinic and have modified a van into an ambulance, essential to carry the horses and donkeys with more severe injuries to the clinic for treatment.

The Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust provides veterinary care to the working animals in Gambia, as well as making a long-lasting impact through the education of their owners and training of local technicians. Without the work of GHDT the injuries and illnesses could go untreated and lead to further complications or even the death of an animal. The families that rely on them are of course not cruel; they simply did not have the means or the knowledge to treat their animals early. With the help of the GHDT their animals are spared suffering and can continue their work, so the family can work to eat and collect drinking water.

​We have already provided them with much of their diagnostic equipment and at least a major contribution towards the construction of the veterinary/equine Hospital in Makasutu which is functional and is a flagship for the whole of West Africa. Subsequent to our support (amongst others of course) there is now welfare legislation and welfare clubs in schools and the senior politicians bring visiting dignitaries to see the clinic. The whole country is immensely proud of the work that Heather Armstrong has done and we are proud to have been instrumental in supporting this initiative.