A veterinary operation backed by Self Help Africa is providing vital health services to Kenyan herders who have lost more than a million animals to sickness and drought, since last Autumn.<\/p>
Based in one of the remotest part’s of the country’s far north, Paves Vetagro are on the frontline in the battle to protect the livelihoods of millions of semi-nomadic herders, who are facing the worst crisis in a generation following a third successive year of drought.<\/p>
\u201cOur livestock are picking up diseases when they come to the few watering holes that remain. There has even been an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in my area. Donkeys, cattle, and even camels are dying.\u201d<\/em><\/p>Nomadic farmer John Eyaku<\/cite><\/blockquote>
Backed by Self Help Africa\u2019s AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund, Paves Vetagro has set up mobile satellite clinics across West Pokot and Turkana regions in Kenya\u2019s hot-dry far north, and is providing animal health medication and advisory services to herders most affected by the current crisis.<\/p>