The Animal Welfare Action Kenya (AWAKE) - a consortium of Animal Welfare Organizations, to which ANAW is a member, held a successful consultative breakfast meeting at Radisson Blu Hotel - Nairobi, on August 8, with the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development to advance Animal Welfare agenda in Kenya.

The gathering served as a platform for open and constructive dialogue, facilitating the exchange of ideas and strategies to elevate animal welfare standards.

In a joint statement addressed to the ministry, the AWAKE umbrella organizations expressed their commitment to promoting animal welfare, recognizing its far-reaching implications for public health, disease control, and sustainable development. The statement also emphasized the need for collaborative efforts between the government and animal welfare organizations to achieve these shared objectives.

"AWAKE thus needs a lot of government support to build a community of practice that will be a critical pillar even in the implementation of government policies in the private - public partnership and in the spirit of Sustainable Development Goals - 17 (SDG 17) of partnerships and leaving no one behind,” read part of the joint statement.