Brooke

Who we are

Brooke is an international animal welfare charity dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules. Operating in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, we reach over two million working horses, donkeys and mules – more than any other organisation. We employ around 900 staff worldwide, including vets, animal welfare experts and development specialists.

The lives and welfare of people and animals are intertwined. Over 100 million working horses, donkeys and mules provide invaluable support to daily life for an estimated 600 million people (eight percent of the world's population) in some of the poorest places in the world, through haulage, transportation and production. Healthy working horses, donkeys and mules help to put food on their tables, send their children to school and build better futures for themselves and their families.

As well as continuing to reduce the immediate suffering of the world’s most vulnerable working horses, donkeys and mules, our strategic goals for the period 2019 – 2021 are to achieve global impact and sustainable improvement. This drive for large-scale lasting change will be supported through further embedding of our advocacy with local, regional and national governments to develop policies that promote the recognition of the role of working horses, donkeys and mules in developing countries and protect their welfare.

Brooke Values

We are proud to be Brooke. We are resourceful, share new ideas and help each other succeed. Together we make change happen.