Brooke's timeline

The early years - forging a tradition

1930 Dorothy Brooke arrives in Cairo, Egypt
1931 First fundraising appeal & buying back old war horses begins
1934 ‘Old War Horse Memorial Hospital’ opened
1938  First water trough and shade shelter opens in Cairo, Egypt. First motorised ambulance starts to operate in Cairo

Decades of change - continuing care

1961 Alexandria clinic, Egypt  
1966 Luxor clinic, Egypt   
1988 Jordan clinic (Wadi Musa - Petra)  
1988 Aswan clinic, Egypt   
1989 New mobile veterinary teams begin working
1991 Pakistan clinics begin to open    
1992 India mobile teams begin operating   
1992 Edfu clinic, Egypt   
2000 Marsa Matrouh clinic, Egypt 

Today - reaching out
 
2001 Partnership programmes begin in Guatemala & Kenya
2002 Groundbreaking research programme begins in the field with Bristol University Veterinary School, underpinning the Brooke's approach
2003  Partnership programme begins in Afghanistan
2005 Partnership programme begins in Israel (Palestinian villages in Israel and the West Bank)
2006  Work begins in Ethiopia
2008  Animal health programme begins in Nepal

Tomorrow - the challenge of the future

By 2016 the Brooke hopes to have made life better for two million working horses and donkeys, and the millions of poor people who depend on them across the world.