We join the world and the #animalprotection community in mourning the passing of the remarkable Jane Goodall earlier this week. AHAC’s Co-founder and program director, Kahindi Lekalhaile, had the pleasure of meeting Jane at a 2009 Wildlife Conservation Network conference in San Francisco where he was representing Save the Elephants, and what most stuck with him from his time with her was her outside the box way of thinking about changing the world for animals. Her philosophy was that change often starts small, and that we shouldn’t necessarily work towards big solutions, but rather focus on simply making a difference in whatever concrete ways we can. Everyday, our actions shape the world, and it’s in those actions and moments, in our unfolding dialogue with the world around us, that change happens. Sometimes it’s easy to feel hopeless or overwhelmed by the magnitude of the challenges facing people, animals, and our shared environment. But if we can all take Jane’s advice, and simply focus on what we each can do in the here and now to make the world incrementally more kind, just, peaceful, and harmonious we will have made a difference. No action, however small, is insignificant. Let Jane’s passing be a reminder that none of the good we do today is invalidated by any future outcome that awaits us. 🌱🌍🦋 (fb)

Today is #WorldRabiesDay, and we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight the important work being done by AHAC in collaboration with volunteers and partner organizations across Africa to combat rabies as part of our broader goal to advance #OneHealth and unify the well-being of people, animals, and the environment. One of the brilliant veterinarians who recently volunteered her time and expertise to join our 2025 service trip to Kenya - Dr Guylaine Charette, CEO of the American Animal Hospital Association - recently wrote a wonderful article about her experience supporting this work that depicts very vividly what these trips entail and why this work matters: https://www.aaha.org/trends-magazine/publications/beyond-the-clinic-volunteering-and-vaccinating-in-kenya/ She writes, “I’ve spent the better part of my life vaccinating dogs and cats, but none of my experiences would compare to the two weeks I recently spent vaccinating animals against rabies in Kenya as a volunteer with (AHAC)…. Despite the physical rigor of the days, it was the emotional toll that got to many of us. To see the dire need for help in these communities filled with such beautiful people, to see the condition of the sometimes emaciated or wounded animals, is enough for one to want to give everything in their power to make a difference for them.” In addition to our annual trip to Kenya, we have also facilitated trips with partners in Tanzania Education for African Animal Welfare (@EAAW) Meru Animal Welfare Organization, and we are in the process of expanding these trips to South Africa, Uganda, and other countries across the continent to leverage our connections and resources here in North America to support local, grassroots partner organizations to facilitate these animal welfare clinics that reach thousands of dogs, cats, and donkeys annually with rabies and distemper vaccines, as well as critical deworming and parasite control medications. To learn more about our upcoming veterinary service trip opportunities and how you can get involved, get in touch with us at info@humananimalcoexistence.org (fb)