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Learn, help animals,
while traveling the world with us!

our mission

Our Mission

To help animals who don't have access to veterinary care.

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To provide a safe place for vet staff to learn, talk, build friendships, happy memories and improve mental health within the vet community.

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Our work
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Our Work

We are a UK-registered charity founded by Vet Specialists a few months ago. We share a passion for travel and animals, and we wanted to help the street animals we meet during our trips. â€‹

 

We decided to organise 'Learn & Travel' courses and missions (such as sterilisation campaigns) for vets, vet nurses, techs and students in beautiful places around the world.

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We work pro-bono, meet with local animal charities, and use 100% of the profit to help animals with no access to veterinary care (street animals and animals belonging to low-income families). We believe that street animals deserve no less than the pets we have at home! 

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Free Webinars
webinars

2 July

Update on treatment of seizures (1h free webinar)

🎓 Susana Monforte, DipECVN Specialist in Neurology & Neurosurgery.

 

27 August 

Acute spinal injury in dogs and cats (1h free webinar)

🎓 Alessia Colverde, DipECVN Specialist in Neurology & Neurosurgery.

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3 September 

Learn to interpret thoracic radiographs (1.5h free webinar)

🎓 Yilin Tan, DipECVDI Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging.

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22 October at 19.30 UK/Lisbon time

My dog has a mast cell tumour - now what? (1h free webinar)

🎓 Pierre Boyé, DipECVIM Specialist in Small Animal Oncology.

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6 November at 13.00 UK/Lisbon time

Common emergencies in rabbits, guinea pigs & chinchillas (1h free webinar)

🎓 Vicente Soler, DipECZM Specialist in Zoological Medicine & Exotic Animals.

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December - webinar series:

Life as a Vet SpecialistVet salary expectations and how to become a Specialist!

Work in the UK, how to prepare for the RCVS exam!

🎓 Andreia Dias, ISFMAdvCertFB.

🎓 Anna Suñol, DipECVN Specialist in Neurology & Neurosurgery.

🎓 Carolina Albuquerque, DipECVIM Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine.

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Register for our free monthly webinars in partnership with UnivetsGlobal, and watch previous webinars!

courses
Learn & Travel Courses

For vets, nurses, techs, students  (non-vet professionals also welcome)

All profit used to help animals.

30 Sep - 5 Oct 2024: Azores islands!!

Medical and Surgical Emergencies in the Dog and Cat

Lectures and activities (hiking, waterfalls, tea plantations, hot springs!)

 

Speakers:

🎓 Craig Breheny, ECVIM Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care at the University of Edinburgh;

🎓 Carolina Albuquerque, ECVIM Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine.

🎓 Joe Higgins, ECVS Resident-trained in Small Animal Surgery.

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Azores full info, SOLD OUT

Barcelona

How to Survive Neurology. Neuro Emergencies

Theoretical-practical course, in Spanish. Date and full info soon!

🎓 Anna Suñol, DipECVN Specialist in Neurology & Neurosurgery.

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2025 courses/missions:

Porto 

Azores 

S. Tomé e Príncipe (Africa) 

Ecuador & Galapagos ​

What are our 'Learn & Travel' courses like?

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Our courses combine lectures, travel and activities. The lectures are for vets, vet nurses/techs, students. Non-vet professionals are welcome to join us if they want to travel and help animals.

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Our courses are mainly led by Vet Specialists (Diplomates). They are limited to a small number of participants, to deliver the highest quality of education and make meaningful friendships. There is a unique opportunity to sit down with a Specialist to ask for advice on your career or your most difficult cases.

 

We have a big focus on mental health, hence why the courses are in beautiful locations and include activities. We stay in the same hotel, eat together, do everything together. As a result, 24h after the start of a course, everyone knows everyone else's names and new friendships begin :)       Join our OHANA family!

“Dear Ohana Family,

The days I spent with you were

so OVERWHELMING!!

Thank you for all that you

shared with me. The experience,

the knowledge and the joyful moments! Keep up the excellent

and truly valuable work!“

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Joana Rocha, vet
about Ohana's Learn & Travel course in Ericeira

“Excellent speakers and program!

A very relaxed atmosphere

and a gorgeous location.

Ohana’s vet courses are the

PERFECT combination of

education with leisure.

Many congratulations to the

Ohana Family!!“

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 Hugo Vilhena
Professor in Internal Medicine at Coimbra Vet School about Ohana's Learn & Travel course in Ericeira

“I want to congratulate all organisers, it was INCREDIBLE!

I learned so much!

Massive congratulations for

the initiative and the novel

concept! Good luck and

thank you so much for

this opportunity."

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André Lopes, vet student

about Ohana's Learn & Travel course in Ericeira

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