Animal Husbandry Within WORLD VISION’S Development and Relief

Work

Hannibal MuhtarTeam Leader

Africa Livelihoods Security Team

World Vision’sOverview and

Hope for the Most

Vulnerable

Interventions

Our HistoryWorld Vision began in the heart of our founder, the Rev. Bob Pierce, who started World Vision in 1950 in response to the tremendous obstacles facing vulnerable children

Pierce’s prayer laid the foundation for World Vision:

“Let my heart be BROKENby the things that

BREAK THE HEART OF GOD.”

Who We Are TodayWorld Vision is a Christian development, relief and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities, to overcome poverty and injustice.

Healthy children in secure HHs in resilient communities

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Our vision for

every heart,

every child,

the will to make it so.

life in all its fullness.Our prayer for

Barriers to HopeChildren around the world face countless barriers to their development and well-being. Many of these barriers have been entrenched for decades, while others have intensified in recent years.

Poverty

Unsafe drinkingwater

Discrimination and abuse

Illiteracy

Disasters

War

AIDS

Malnutrition

Our Core Values

1. We are Christian.2. We are committed to the poor3. We value people.4. We are stewards.5. We are partners.6. We are responsive.

How We Serve• World Vision partners with communities, faith-based

and non-government organizations, centers of excellence, governments and other aid agencies to pursue life in all its fullness for every child.

• We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

How We Are Governed• World Vision is a federal partnership of national entities. • An international board of directors oversees the

Partnership. • In the majority of the countries where we work, national

boards and advisory councils exercise responsibility for governance at the national level.

Our Regions

Africa Region [EARO, SARO,

WARO]

Middle East & East Europe Region

Asia Pacific Region

World Vision’s Interventions

Hope for the Most Vulnerable

Animal Husbandry in WV’s Work

• Almost all of WV’s 80 national offices (NO) in the WV four regions carry out—as needed—animal husbandry work in both development and relief contexts, even if most the relief and special projects are in Africa

• Funds to cover this work are from WV’s Area Development Program (ADP) budgets as well as special projects

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3 Special Projects:

1. GEL:DRC, Rwanda, Mozambique, Tanzania, Mauritania,

2. WA-NRM: Chad, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal,

3. HOAPLI: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Uganda, Sudan

Animal Husbandry in WV’s Work

• Livelihoods assessments / analyses are carried out to determine the most appropriate / needed intervention

• Our development work take into account DRR and mitigation, preparing communities and HHs

• Relief interventions lead to longer term development plans and sustained outcomes

Transformed Livelihoods

Animal Husbandry in WV’s Work

• In Relief mode, the work focuses on restocking of culturally acceptable species like: – Small animals (goats, sheep, rabbits, pigs, etc.) – Poultry (broilers, layers, guinea fowl, etc.)– Cattle, Camels, – Aquaculture [Fish and fish ponds]

• Various methods used for this kind of work– MFI, credit, loans, rotating livestock funds– Donations in special cases, like for child-headed HH,

repatriated IDP, after natural calamities, etc.

Transformed Livelihoods

How do we do the work?• In the Horn of Africa and most of the Sahel /

sub-Saharan region we focus on pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. The priorities of the projects focus on;1. Alternative Livelihoods2. Natural resource management 3. Livestock marketing and market access4. Environmental matters5. Governance and advocacy

Transformed Livelihoods

What We Focus On• Livestock is the main source of livelihood

for the pastoralists. To support them in animal husbandry, World Vision has managed to intervene through: 1. Animal health2. Vaccination campaigns3. Re-stocking and de-stocking4. Improved genetic stock-Breeding5. Collaborative partnerships

What We Focus On

1. Animal health– WV trains the livestock keepers on common

animal diseases and how to treat them. – WV trains Community Based Animal Health

Workers (CBAHWs), on animal health and care. These move around the communities

What We Focus On

1. Animal health, Continued

– WV provides the CBAHWs with veterinary kits which they are able to use to treat livestock and earn a little income.

– WV also trains PARA-VETS and provides them with hands-on training and veterinary kits

What We Focus On

2. Vaccination campaigns- To treat and vaccinate the animals. - Create community awareness on emerging

diseases such as rift valley fever and others

What We Focus On

3. Re-Stocking and De-stocking- Working with the government on de-

stocking to prevent total loss of animals - Linking the pastoralists with favorable

markets in order to restock after the drought

What We Focus On

4. Breeding- We provide the communities with improved

cattle breed to enhance the local breed for better yields.

- Some of the breeds we have introduced are the Borana cattle and the Sahiwal bulls.

What We Focus On

5. Increased collaboration Partnership with other pastoral NGOs, iNGOs, local agencies, CGIAR, universities, government research and extension bodies, and donors through networks, to foster linkages, avoid duplication of interventions, and share resources and information to increase impact;

What We Focus On5. Increased collaboration, continued

Formation of livestock committees and associations; • Mobilization and grouping of livestock

traders to help them sell collectively and have bargaining power

• Registration of the associations• Training of the committees on animal

grazing land management and management of the better breed cattle

Other interventions related to livestock

Natural resource management:– Training on NRM– Rehabilitation / fencing of water points– Construction of water pans and rain harvesting– Support the communities in bush clearing and

thinning– Training on seeding reseeding of better grass

species and reclaiming degraded land and pastures

Livestock Marketing & Market Access

Interventions include:• Linking the pastoralists with good markets;

buyers and sellers• Rehabilitating markets to attract market

users

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Challenges• Drought

– The Horn of Africa continues to experience persistent drought leading to great animal loss.

• Improved animal breeds– these are not easily available and are expensive

for the local cattle keeper• Livestock markets

– Livestock markets seem to be influenced by cartels that determine who buy and sell in the markets in the pastoral areas (mainly Kenya and Ethiopia).

Challenges• Animal feed

– drought affects the planting growth of animal feed.

• Grazing land – Grazing land still remains an issue thus causing

conflict amongst the livestock keepers and the agro-pastoralists

• Animal Diseases – Recurrent animal diseases such as trypanosomiasis

disease caused by tsetse flies• Recurring Conflicts

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