Our Projects

600 million people depend on the labor of 100 million working horses, donkeys, and mules to survive.

For those living in poverty in equine-dependent communities — across the globe and right here in the United States — a working equine is their best means of making a living. Without healthy working horses, donkeys, and mules, families would be unable to put food on their tables, send their children to school, or build better futures for themselves. When these animals suffer, the people who depend on them suffer too.

At Brooke USA, everything we do is built around this reality. Our 2026 priority projects reach some of the most vulnerable animals and communities in the world — from coal mines in Pakistan to gold fields in Tanzania, from the streets of Havana to Native American reservations on the Great Plains. Each project is grounded in local partnership, practical care, and a commitment to change that lasts long after we leave.

Our work takes four forms — each one essential, each one connected to the others.

Animal Care: Direct, hands-on treatment and improved handling that relieves suffering now, for the animals that need it most.

Owner Partnership: Working alongside the people who depend on these animals every day to tackle the most common and most damaging problems at their root.

Stronger Health Systems: Building local veterinary capacity so that quality care is available, affordable, and sustainable long after any single project ends.

Policy Change: Advocating at local, national, and international levels to ensure that working animal welfare is written into the policies and systems that shape these communities.

Together, these four areas form an approach that goes beyond emergency relief — one built for lasting change. Your support reaches communities where outside resources are rare and the difference they make is immediate, tangible, and real.

Brooke USA tackles human poverty by funding programs that improve the welfare of working equines as these animals are lead contributors to sustaining and improving family livelihoods. Poverty cannot be overcome in equine-dependent communities without healthy and cared for working horses, donkeys, and mules.

Brooke USA Aims To Improve The Lives Of Working Horses, Donkeys And Mules - Both Now And In The Future.