The happiness of mankind is dependent significantly on livestock!
Absurd, as it may seem at first glance, as many as a billion human lives depend on livestock. The proportion that livestock contributes to a family's total earnings (and nutrition!) is inversely proportional to the total income, so the less well-off are more dependent on livestock.
And what contributes most to livestock-related earnings? Very directly, it is livestock health and productivity.
And that is where this wonderful organisation, GALVmed, plays such an important part.
Most of the vet science is designed for the large-scale farms of the Western world. The challenge of adopting and adapting these for the Small Smallholder Producers (SHPs) of the Global South - especially sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia is GALVmed's mission.
And just how does GALVmed do it?
I invite you to browse through the crisp 2023 Year in Review, put together by the team led by the redoubtable CEO Carolin Schumacher for a glimpse of the sweep of actions and impact of GALVmed- from Senegal on the Atlantic to Nepal in the Himalayas.
I am proud to serve as a Trustee for this organisation and witness the difference it makes.
Enjoy a browse!
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creative director. AIGI, ADC & RX Club Award Winner
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