By Melanie Hook (Communications Resources Manager)
15 Mar 2011
We visit the Radha Rani Kiln in Uttar Pradesh (UP) where the Brooke team have only been working since the beginning of January. It’s officially five days since ‘Spring’ began in UP but the mornings still launch with a freezing mist, and we join the equine owners crowding around a fire of sugar cane leaves burning as fast as they are stacked on.
By Peta Jones (Donkey Power Facilitation and Consultancy, South Africa)
19 Jan 2011
I was fortunate enough to go to the Sixth International Colloquium on Working Equids in India in December with the theme of ‘Learning from Others’. During the event, it was very interesting to see how much ‘participation’ is still being debated – after all these decades – with the recognition that the tools are less important than just time to listen.
By Karen Pesjak (Programme Advisor for the Middle East)
23 Dec 2010
It is 6am, I feel cold and wrap myself deeper into my jacket, feeling heavy hearted when watching the first mules and donkeys slowly trotting to the Hosanna grain market, their bodies steaming in the cold morning air, obviously exhausted from their long trip.
By Christine Reix (Veterinary Resources Advisor)
03 Dec 2010
E. Boija from The Donkey Sanctuary in Ethiopia, talked of the success of education programmes they had run for school children.