My Nonprofit Reviews

I was invited to go to Granada, Nicaragua on a week long horse project with World Vets in 2014. As a complete layman I did not know what to expect. I have owned horses for over 45 years but I was not prepared for what I was about to experienced. It was not only a new experience but it was life changing. The horses work so hard for their humans with little or no supportive care. It was not that the people didn't want to help their horses but they had no means. There was no horse clinic or horse doctor to go to even if you wanted to. When World Vets went out into the Barrio at least 100 people showed up every day to get help for their animals. It was inspiring. The owners wanted to learn what ever we could teach them and we taught them a lot, about foot care, wound care, teeth maintenance, worming and gelding their stallions. Not only has World Vets helped the lives of the horses in Nicaragua but their projects have inspired other organizations to come in and do the same thing which just spreads the care in even larger numbers. I have never worked so hard and learned so much about horses and about people. I was so exhausted at the end of the work day but then we would have a fun experience in between and we would all bond and gear up for our next onslaught of horses in need of care. There was some pretty serious wounds, galls, and eye injuries that had to be dealt with and World Vets just did the job with kindness and gentleness and went on to the next problem when they were done. I would go back every year if I could. I would rate them five stars plus!