Our teams and partners work tirelessly to reduce the suffering endured by domestic and working donkeys. These animals provide families and communities with livelihoods around the world.

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Asella family stand firm against donkey slaughterhouse

1 November 2019
Erwin with nara farming donkeys, Namibia

World Food Day 2019: donkeys provide lifeline for !nara fruit farmers

16 October 2019
Samuna stood with donkey

Samuna and her donkeys at the heart of a community

3 September 2019
Margartu with donkey, Ethiopia

Donkeys vital to the Bulbulla waterpoint children

10 May 2019
Boy with Tanzanian donkey

Hope for the hardworking donkeys of Tanzania

3 May 2019
Donkey carrying water

The Donkey Sanctuary is granted NGO status

10 April 2019
Ethiopian donkey Tinishi is put on a drip

The Donkey Sanctuary Ethiopia saves injured donkey

22 March 2019
ICWE members hero

Charity coalition unite to tackle global working equid welfare

7 March 2019
donkey loaded with jerry cans in Somaliland

Advocating for lasting change in Somaliland

16 October 2018
Donkeys carrying water in Kenya

Working equines on the agenda at UN General Assembly

5 October 2018
A tired mule working in a brick kiln

Rewarding welfare progress in Nepal

11 June 2018
Working mules in Nepal

Brick kilns of neglect in Nepal

11 June 2018
Bricks being carried in a Nepalese brick kiln

Life and death in Nepal's brick kilns

11 June 2018
Tanzania - Roots and Shoots community programme

Branching out for donkeys in Tanzania

20 March 2018
Well-balanced "Scotch" cart, Zimbabwe

Breakthrough in a long-held dream

16 October 2017
Donkeys working in Kenya

Helping Lamu's hidden donkeys

9 August 2017
Tumme and Bukke collect water, Ethiopia

Sharing the burden

7 March 2017

Helping improve the lives of working donkeys

Pack saddle workshop

How to make, fit and use a packsaddle