Ghana SPCA: Humane Ed Field Trips & Community Vet Clinics
Field Trips are a once in a lifetime opportunity for Ghana's students, who would otherwise never get a chance to learn about animal care and welfare!
Ghana SPCA also sponsors free vet clinics in poor communities with a high number of domestic animals.
On September 12, 2020, after several months of covid-19 lock down and restrictions against large gatherings, the Ghana SPCA emerged stronger than ever! Still with covid-19 safeguards in place, GSPCA, in collaboration with the Ga East Vet Clinic, vaccinated 113 dogs and 6 cats against rabies. This community clinic took place in an area called Dome-Konca in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra region. This is one of the community projects that the GSPCA is embarking on for -at the least- the rest of the year. GSPCA is focusing on holding rabies clinics in poor communities with high numbers of domestic animals.
Watch a video of the September 12 rabies clinic in Dome-Konka, Ga East District, Accra:
In November 2019, Ghana SPCA took a group of Humane Ed students from Trust Academy to the Accra Polo Club, where the deputy stable manager, Moses Ampofo Kwasi, explained to them about grooming and other horse care (diet, exercise, and being gentle and kind), and stable management (pictures below). Students love these trips to the Accra Polo Club, where they get firsthand experience with horses and learn so much about them!
A trip to LEMLA Vet Services (clinic, grooming, boarding facilities, and pet supply shop) is one of GSPCA's most popular field trips. In this video, the Zebra Kindness Club from Trust Academy visits LEMLA.
On Saturday, 18 May 2019, Ghana SPCA took a group of students from Trust Academy on a field trip to LEMLA Veterinary Services. Pupils toured most departments of the facility-the consulting rooms, the surgery theater, pet hostel (short and long term kenneling) for small and large dogs, the grooming room, and the pet shop. We believe this will help bring about change in the attitude of pupils towards animals. For most of them, this is their first time visiting a vet hospital and seeing a surgical theater for animals and most of all observing washing and grooming of dogs. We thank management of the facility for this privilege and hope to be back. GSPCA organized and led the field trip, which was funded by Animal-Kind International. (click on a photo to see full size)
Watch a video of the field trip to the LEMLA Veterinary Clinic (above)-we're sure some of these students will decide to become vets, vet techs, and animal welfare advocates!
In October, GSPCA took students from 3 schools on a field trip to the Livestock & Poultry Research and Education Center, LIPREC at the University of Accra. 40 students from North Legon School Complex, Amrahia, and Kwabenya went on the field trip, funded by Animal-Kind International.