In order to ensure the success of our interventions, FVAI is engaged in projects that respond to very specific criteria:

• Impact: FVAI’s interventions must have a tangible impact. Therefore, we prefer targeting small communities with less than 20 000 inhabitants.
• Sustainability: In order to ensure the continuity of its actions, FVAI will be working with its local partners on a recurring basis.  A unique or one-time intervention rarely leaves a lasting impact.
• Local Partnership: FVAI always works conjointly with a local and well structured non-governmental organization that shares the same vision, and is active in the community year round. At all times FVAI must have the consent of local veterinarians, and as much as possible works in close collaboration with them.
• Safety and security: FVAI works in safe, peaceful, and politically stable countries.

Belize

Located in: Central America
Population: 340 000 inhabitants
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Creole, Mayan, Garifuna
Local Partner: Hopkins Belize Humane Society (HBHS)

FVAI in partnership with the Hopkins Belize Humane Society, has sterilized more than 700 animals since January 2014.

Tanzania

Located in: Africa
Population: 51000000 inhabitants
Languages spoken: Swahili, English and numerous dialects
Local Partner: Mbwa Wa Africa

FVAI in partnership with Mbwa Wa Africa has sterilized more than 750 animals since February 2017.

Baja California (Mexico)

Located in: North America
Population: 637 000 inhabitants
Language spoken: Spanish
Local Partner: Animalandia

For the first time in May 2015, FVAI in conjunction with  the shelter K9 Rancho del perro, sterilized free of charge more than 100 dogs and cats in the village of El Centenario, a suburb of La Paz. In February 2019, FVAI returned to Baja California and sterilized 86 animals in 2 days with the help of its new local partner, Animalandia, an extraordinary shelter situated in Loreto.

Botswana

Located in: Africa
Population: 2 000 000 inhabitants
Languages spoken: Tswana, English
Local Partner: Maun Animal Welfare Society

In February 2015, the volunteers of FVAI sterilized close to 300 animals in the African bush during a 12 day clinic/safari. In February 2016, our volunteers sterilized 100 animals in Maun and 141 animals in the different villages of the Okavango Delta

Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)

Located in: South America
Population: 25 000 inhabitants
Language spoken: Spanish
Local Partner: Darwin Animal Doctors and the Agencia de Regulación y Control de la Bioseguridad y Cuarentena para Galapagos (ABG)

In May 2014, FVAI sterilized more than 300 animals on Santa Cruz Island, as well as another 112 animals in April 2016.