The Laikipia Rabies vaccination campaign is a donor-funded project that was conceptualized and initiated at Mpala Research center in the year 2015 and is currently undertaken under the Mpala Research Center, the County Government of Laikipia and other key partners (both local and international).
The campaign is aimed at providing free and accessible rabies vaccination to the population of arid and semi-arid Laikipia who cannot afford or access the vaccination services normally.
Currently in its fourth year running close to 16,000 dogs have been vaccinated so far with the objective for 2018 bing to vaccinate 15,000 dogs in the larger Laikipia county. This will translate into a healthier population and break the rabies virus circulation in the domestic dog population while at the same time affording protection for the wildlife in the vast conservation areas (Laikipia being one of the worlds top Conservation Zones).
The ultimate goal is to kick rabies out of Laikipia in-step with the global objective of eliminating this dangerous disease by 2030.
Rabies is 100% preventable through vaccination and mass vaccination of domestic dogs has been shown to be the most effective way to get rid of rabies in a particular population.
Support for this project is open and will allow even more dogs to be vaccinated for free, any support can be channeled to;
https://www.classy.org/campaign/laikipia-rabies-vaccination-campaign/c147468
or
Making a donation through:
Mpala Research Trust
AIC: 0102895062002
Standard Chartered Bank
Nanyuki Kenya
Mpesa Paybill Number: 310066 (Account Number: LRVC 2018)
We can end rabies and the suffering associated with it.
Each dog vaccinated is one less Rabies risk
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