DIO Diergeneeskunde In Ontwikkelingssamenwerking

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DIODiergeneeskunde In Ontwikkelingssamenwerking

• Foundation for Veterinary Medicine In
  Developmentcooperation
• Founded in 1987 by vet students

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Mission Statement

• Mission to contribute to the fight against
  poverty in the world (mainly South)
• Vision healthy animals, healthy humans!
• Policy DIO provides veterinary information and
  support to the underprivileged in the world,
  regardless of origin and political or religious
  beliefs.

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Objectives

• 1. Veterinary Information Service
• 2. Structural support
• 3. Raising awareness
• 4. Cooperation

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Veterinary Information Service(V.I.S.)

• This is the question and answering service of
  DIO.
• Number of questions fluctuates a lot.
• 2003 only 20 questions
• 2004 40 questions.
• Very often project proposals and inquiries for
  cooperation.
• There is a standardized fill-in form on the
  website.

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Structural Support

• Local Projects (most financial support)
• Sending books, documents, materials
• Extended V.I.S. ? more advices.
• Another project Agrodoks
• DIO produces in cooperation with Agromisa
  boorlets about animals health, called Agrodoks.

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Raising Awareness

• Symposia once a year, broad public.
• Information Evening for veterinary students.
• DIO-Dialoog our medium.
• Small presentations, debates, stands on
  exhibitions and so on

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Cooperation

• VSF Europa
• INTI
• Others
• INTI? also ITDG, Agromisa, ATOL and WOT are in
  INTI.
• Others ? faculty, university.

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Board October 2004

• Chair Mariska Leeflang
• Treasurer Andre Steenbergen
• Secretary Janneke Allaart
• VIS Hanneke Mertens
• PR and education Shaula Bouwman
• General Koen Tjoa
• E-mail firstname_at_dio.nl
• Change of board November 2004

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VSF Europa

• DIO is member of VSF-E from the beginning of
  VSF-E.
• The only member consisting of only (but at this
  moment mainly) students.
• The only member with only volunteers.
• Lenny Hogerwerf is our VSF representative and she
  is the president of VSF Europa untill April 2005

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Students meeting

• Last General Assembly in Solothurn (May 2004),
  the idea was raised of an international network
  of student organisations for vet med in dev coop.
• DIO wants to exchange experiences, gain more
  questions and see what we can do for others.

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More Information

• www.dio.nl
• dio_at_dio.nl
• firstname_at_dio.nl