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Last month, Brooke Pakistan provided food rations to 1000 working horses, donkeys and mules across Peshawar, Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan and Karachi, as communities continue to feel the harsh economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Kenyan media has reported that the ban on the donkey skin trade, achieved earlier this year, has been effectively lifted just four months after being announced.
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This April, Brooke Pakistan teamed up with the Aman Foundation to provide equine owning communities with 450 bottles (100ml) of hand sanitiser to help protect them from Coronavirus.
This spring, Pakistani women from equine owning communities in the district of Faisalabad put their stitching skills to good use by creating 500 face masks to help protect their communities from Covid-19.
Migrant workers and labourers in India’s informal sector experience the highest amounts of socio-economic disruption and are considered particularly vulnerable during COVID-19.
India announced a countrywide lockdown on 24 March 2020, following the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. Just prior to the announcement, the central government released an exhaustive list of essential items and services, which included veterinary services.
Women from equine owning communities have produced almost 3,000 cotton face masks after the Indian government made masks mandatory for people across populous areas including Delhi and Mumbai.
In Brooke countries of operation, animal health practitioners are still delivering essential services to animals and communities, despite severe constraints.
Brooke is marking World Health Day by reiterating a call for a global ban on the trade of donkey skins and a crackdown on cross-border smuggling of donkeys for their skins.
