OUR STORY

      “A responsible caretaker of our world must safeguard people, animals, and the environment for each element is tightly connected and dependent on the well-being of the others.”
~Andrew N. Rowan, President, WellBeing International

WellBeing International, Inc. (WBI) was established on the principle that the long-term well-being of people, animals, and the environment is interconnected. Therefore, WBI’s approach aims to equally address the concerns of all three elements: people, animals, and the environment.

WBI’s mission acknowledges that most well-being projects tend to focus primarily on human-centered outcomes and impacts. However, WBI emphasizes the importance of including animals and the environment as equal partners to enhance the well-being of all life, both locally and globally. The adage that “all politics is local” is also applicable to well-being; developing effective solutions for local communities will create examples and models that can be scaled up to improve global well-being.

WellBeing International, Inc. operates a portfolio of programs that address interconnected challenges affecting people, animals, and the environment, while investing in the knowledge infrastructure needed to support lasting systems change. WBI’s work spans public education and global information sharing, initiatives focused on human well-being, efforts to end global dog homelessness, and coordinated responses in crisis settings such as the Ukraine Rescue, Relief & Rebuild consortium.

Rather than treating these efforts as isolated interventions, WBI links programmatic action with durable, open-access knowledge platforms—most notably the WellBeing International Studies Repository and the peer‑reviewed journal Animal Sentience. This combination allows insights generated through WBI’s programs to inform policy, practice, and ethical decision‑making more broadly, extending impact beyond individual projects and over time.

WBI was incorporated in Delaware as a 501(c)(3) US Non-Profit corporation in 2018. The corporation was founded with four Board members (now seven) who collectively have hundreds of years of experience serving on boards of Non-Profit organizations worldwide dedicated to animal, environmental and human well-being.