Phoenix animal shelter breaks language barriers to connect Maryvale families with pet care

Shelter reaches Maryvale pet owners

The Arizona Animal Welfare League is sending Spanish-speaking community health workers, known as promotoras, into four ZIP codes near its shelter by Sky Harbor to answer pet-care questions and connect Maryvale families with services.

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  1. The Arizona Animal Welfare League is sending Spanish-speaking community health workers, known as promotoras, into four ZIP codes near its shelter by Sky Harbor to answer pet-care questions and connect Maryvale families with services.
  2. The program grew out of a survey of about 700 Latino pet owners, in which 43% said AAWL and other veterinary providers were not doing enough to teach them how to care for their pets.
  3. A first cohort of 20 mostly women was trained on a Spanish-language pet-care curriculum and now works as the shelter's ambassadors, with the goal of improving animal health and pet-care knowledge in the community.
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