Animals
Animals – Caring & Protecting
Animals are part of our lives, whether they live in the nature or at farms, in the city or in our homes. Their wellbeing affect us in various ways; through their labour contribution among the working equines; through their contribution as farm animals, through their companionship as pets, and even as tourism attractions as wildlife. When animals are suffering, our ecosystem suffers. Zoonotic (contagious and infectious) diseases can spread through improper disposal of carcasses and unvaccinated populations of stray dogs and other animals. Abandoned large animals like horses, donkeys and mules even pose a road safety threat in some of our countries of operation. That is why our programmes have a One Health approach – seeing our living environment as one holistic system where one part cannot function properly without the other. We do this through practical action combined with awareness raising and lobby and advocacy
Elnet Foundation State of the Art Mobile Veterinary Clinic
The large number of abandoned equines, both horses, donkeys and mules alike, face the likelihood of spending their final years abandoned on the road side, having to fend for their own survival by eating scraps, finding grass and water on their own and having no one to care for them when they get sick or injured. From Elnet Foundation we are determined to bring a change by introducing a state of the art mobile veterinary clinic. The mobile veterinary clinic will provide free services to abandoned equines, whilst providing both clinical services, as well as community trainings and awareness, to equine owners. We are in close collaboration with our donating partner ElAuto Engineering and Trading P.L.C. to produce this one of a kind mobile veterinary clinic in Ethiopia. By working closely with the Directorate of Animal Health of the Ministry of Agriculture in the regional states as well as in Addis Ababa, our ambition is to see this becoming institutionalized in the long run.
Elnet Foundation Animal Sanctuary
An abandoned horse, donkey or mule may not be in the shape for bouncing back to becoming riding horses, but letting these abandoned horses and donkeys to roam with fit-for-riding horses can cover costs for their feeding and veterinary care as visiting tourists will pay for riding on the healthy animals. Through combining animal sanctuaries with eco-lodges, or so called “glamping places” (glamour camping), we hope to promote Ethiopian tourism from within and outside of Ethiopia and to contribute to local job creation. We believe in the vast potential of Ethiopian tourism, and as one of our contributing donors, El Tour & Travel (ElTnT) are arranging for hiking trips to relatively unexplored and beautiful locations, we are planning to set up these eco-lodges in combination with animal sanctuaries. We believe that the intervention can be self-sustainable with time and that the local job stimulus will make people more aware of animal welfare as it will contribute to their local economies.
yehu Getachew Merga is a dedicated finance professional with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Addis Ababa University, awarded in 2017. With over six years of experience as a Finance and Administration Officer at FH Ethiopia, a prominent international NGO operating in the Kembata Zone of southern Ethiopia, Sintayehu has a proven track record of managing financial operations in challenging environments.
Mr. Gonfa Balcha Robele serves as the General Manager of Succoth Trading PLC, the business wing of the Elnet Foundation. He holds a BSc in Physics from Addis Ababa University, a Master’s in Art Leadership from Vision International University, California, and an MBA from Rift Valley University. Mr. Gonfa has a diverse professional background, having taught Physics in high schools and preparatory schools for over 12 years, and served as a School Director for approximately four years.
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