The Donkey Sanctuary's partnerships in Nepal, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka range from owner support to ensuring working equid welfare.

Outdoor azolla cultivation training (Credit: Sanjeevani)

Promoting sustainable donkey feed in India

27 October 2021
Our CERF fund has helped hundreds of donkey and mule-owning families in Uttarakhand, India, to feed their animals sustainably with home-grown produce during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Donkey and mule carrying bricks in Nepal

Working with Animal Nepal to help donkeys hit by coronavirus pandemic

14 July 2021
We joined forces with Animal Nepal to provide urgent food and relief supplies to labourers and their working donkeys and mules after they were left stranded in the brick kilns of Nepal in the wake of the pandemic. Find out more here.
Laden horse in India

Urgent action to halt African Horse Sickness in Thailand

6 May 2020
The International Coalition of Working Equids (ICWE) has responded to an outbreak of African Horse Sickness in Thailand by offering support for working equids and their owners.
Working donkeys with cart of bricks, Egypt

UK charities give a voice to working equines in Asia Pacific region

25 November 2019
Leading animal welfare charities recently came together in Bali, Indonesia, to support governments in improving the welfare of working equids in the Asia Pacific region.
Donkey receives food amid India flooding

Relief for desperate donkeys in Indian floods

30 August 2019
When devastating floods hit Maharashtra State in India, thousands of donkeys were left in need of emergency care. Thankfully, The Donkey Sanctuary has funded a local charity to provide support to the disaster-stricken donkeys.
Donkeys walking to India brick kiln

New technology leads understanding of working donkeys on a global scale

28 June 2019
From its headquarters in the small seaside town of Sidmouth, Devon, The Donkey Sanctuary has developed ground breaking methods of tracking and understanding the lives of working donkeys all over the world.
Pens of donkeys at market in Tanzania

Pakistan halts new plan to export donkeys

29 March 2019
Earlier this year, the Livestock Development division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province announced plans to ‘farm’ and export 80,000 donkeys to China within three years. This week, media reports from Pakistan revealed that objections have meant that the project is now shelved.
ICWE members hero

Charity coalition unite to tackle global working equid welfare

7 March 2019
The International Coalition of Working Equids (ICWE), made up of Brooke, The Donkey Sanctuary, SPANA and World Horse Welfare, came together for a workshop as part of the 7th Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference held in Bangalore, India.
Transporting bricks in Nepal

Nepal brick kilns workshop targets lasting change for donkeys

5 December 2018
The Donkey Sanctuary has co-hosted a South Asia regional workshop in Nepal on animal welfare, child and bonded labour and the environment in brick kilns.
Donkeys turned out into field

Charities put equine health on the agenda at China talks

24 October 2018
The Donkey Sanctuary and World Horse Welfare are in Beijing this week for animal welfare talks, with equine health specifically on the agenda for the first time at such an event in China.