PATH - Creating A World Where People & Animals Thrive Together! ©

PATH has developed a realistic solution to the animal welfare challenges of the developing world—a model that creates economic growth and builds local capacity by providing educational and vocational opportunities in animal care and protection.
PATH develops and operates innovative programs that combine animal welfare, education, and community development. We initiate programs that become sustainable, productive parts of local economies.  We believe that the majority of people in the world respect animals and that economic development is the most realistic approach to improving the lives of animals in impoverished areas. The lives of animals are transformed when communities have the resources and opportunities to show their love and respect for them.
PATH captains global, national, and local collaboration, engaging partners from all sectors to address challenging animal welfare issues.  We believe in accountability, transparency, and ethical principles in all of our actions.  We both use and contribute to best practices within the animal welfare field.

Examples of our programs:

PATH opens and operates modern free-care veterinary facilities in developing countries. We spay/neuter and provide veterinary and nutritional care to animals in need.  PATH provides paid training to veterinary assistants and clinic administrators as well as scholarships to veterinary schools within Central America for dedicated local students.

PATH’s designs and financially sponsors humane education programs that offer children in Nicaragua’s public schools lesson plans based on the care and welfare of animals, these young people learn the three R's (reading, writing and arithmetic) as well as empathy, tolerance, and non-violence toward all creatures. PATH also provides these children opportunities to humanely care for sick, injured, and/or vulnerable animals. We use an experiential education model that provides supervised hands-on learning for children and much needed care and nurturing for animals.

PATH staff and volunteers work to ensure that working horses throughout Nicaragua receive adequate nutrition, medical care, parasite treatments, and pain-free harnesses.

PATH operates programs in the San Juan Del Sur area (of Nicaragua) that provide monetary incentive to communities to end both sea turtle egg and iguana poaching. Most poaching takes place out of economic necessity, and we believe that by addressing economic need instances of poaching can be diminished.