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Helping to keep livestock alive in emergencies
14 April 2014 | Sphere Project
Livestock are key livelihood assets for many people in rural areas. No wonder that a specific set of standards has been developed to help practitioners deal with a much-neglected area of humanitarian practice involving livestock owners and their animals.
A trained social anthropologist, Cathy Watson has been the Coordinator of the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Project since its inception eight years ago. She has spent the last almost 30 years working in development. Before joining LEGS, her interest in pastoralism had brought her to East Africa, where she worked in Kenya and Uganda, focusing in particular on gender issues.
In the following interview, Watson explains how LEGS, which is one of the Sphere Project companion standards, is helping promote livelihoods-based thinking and improve the quality of livestock-based responses in emergencies…