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  • With just 5 veterinarians in the entire country, and those will retire in 3-4 years, there is a desperate need to provide basic animal health care services to the animal owners of Sierra Leone. Animals are vital for survival. While many in the rural parts of Sierra Leone grow crops, others raise goats, chickens, maybe even cattle or sheep. Now there is an effort to select and train someone who is local, someone who is excited to learn more about animal husbandry, animal health, basic medical care for animals. These CAHWs will provide those services that are lacking or hard to find. Better animal care means healthier animals, means more growth, better reproductive rates, better survival, more milk or eggs, more meat, and more money. Better animal health = better human health & prosperity.
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  • A future community animal health worker in Koromasilya, Sierra Leone. He, with others, will be trained to provide basic animal health care to the animals of his village, with the hope that improved animal health means more food and more prosperity for the families, including his.
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  • At an exotic animal auction, a cowboy in Missouri poses with a capuchin monkey, whose owner dresses her in American Girl doll clothes.
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  • Dogs roam in Freetown, as seen here. These dogs are lounging just outside the only veterinary clinic in Freetown. There are only 5 veterinarians in all of Sierra Leone, and only 1 of these works with animals, and that is on a part-time basis. Dr. Gudush Jalloh runs the nonprofit organization the Sierra Leone Animal Welfare Society, which strives to reduce and control dog populations through spay and neuter. They also vaccinate the dogs against rabies, when they have the vaccine that is, which is hard to get. Dogs are often used for security, or even hunting in rural areas. But rabies occurs everywhere in the country.
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  • Children in the village of Mabamboo, about an hour and a half outside of Freetown, show off their goats that Heifer International has provided. The animals are a source of pride, and a bank account in hard times.
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  • This young woman in Koromasilya, Sierra Leone, is very enthusiastic about becoming a CAHW.
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  • Lion in the grass. Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
    Male lion
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  • Peacock for sale at a wildlife auction.
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  • Taxidermy for sale. Heads of deer for sale mounted on a wall.
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  • Wildlife auction. Zebra for sale.
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  • Water buffalo and bird, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
    Water buffalo and bird Uganda
  • The girl is proud and fond of her goat, and less shy now.
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  • Two lions in a tree in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
    Lions in tree
  • Adults in Mabamboo are proud too. Goats are bred, and the offspring given away to another family in need. Here, a family shows off its goats, but also the salt lick they made from natural ingredients: ant hill, dried plants, ground fish bones, and other things. Very affordable, and the goats love it.
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  • Elephants in the lake. Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.
    Elephants in lake
  • Waterbuck, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
    Waterbuck Uganda
  • A family in Mabamboo shows off one of its goats and goat house. The young girl is shy here.
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  • The Chief of Mabamboo village stands proudly in front of his goat houses. Goats should be confined, otherwise they roam and eat the crops of farmers, and then there is conflict within the community.
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  • In the village of Robombeh, not far from Mabamboo, I meet the only woman in the village who can read. She proudly displays her visitor log book, which I sign before I take this picture. She was very nice, very sweet woman.
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  • All species, one Earth parade
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  • All species, one Earth parade
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  • Donkey in Petra, Jordan, takes a break and snacks while waiting for a tourist to take a ride.
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  • Before I leave Mabamboo, they want a quick group shot. They rush to join the picture. I'm rushed. We have to leave to visit another village and make it back to Freetown before the traffic gets too bad. 
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  • Horses of Dartmoor Park, England
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  • Horse and sheep share a pasture on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
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  • Highland cattle, Oban, Scotland
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  • Sheep in Oban, Scotland
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  • All species, one Earth parade
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  • Capuchin monkey, Costa Rica
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  • A horse tethered to a carriage waits near the Treasury building in Petra to give a ride to a tourist.
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  • The villagers of Mabamboo create their own salt licks for their goats out of multiple ingredients, including ground up ant hills and ground up fish bones.
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  • Grand Pier at sunrise. Weston-super-Mare, England
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  • Sheep in early morning mist, England.
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  • Horses of Dartmoor Park, England
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  • Horse in the setting sun on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Clouds of midges surround the horse.
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  • A carriage carries a tourist from the Treasury building back to the main entrance of Petra.
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  • Bison in Yellowstone National Park
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  • In Sinkunia, a vibrantly dressed woman and her baby stroll down the main road. The child glances back at the strange white man with a camera. Wonderful.
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  • In Sinkunia, a vibrantly dressed woman (here in black and white) and her baby stroll down the main road. The child glances back at the strange white man with a camera. Wonderful.
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  • Horses in the setting sun on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
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  • Bison, Custer State Park, South Dakota
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  • Bison, Custer State Park, South Dakota
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  • All species, one Earth parade
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  • All species, one Earth parade
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  • Camels waiting at Petra, Jordan
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  • Many carriages make their way back to the main entrance at Petra, Jordan.
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  • Yellowstone National Park. The wild can be harsh.
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  • A mother and child in Koromasilya, Sierra Leone
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  • Elk in Yellowstone National Park
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  • Girl with sheep statue, Weston-super-Mare, England, UK
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  • A horse in Jordan waits for its owner to come back. Traditional harness and halter.
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  • A ram on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
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  • Camel at Petra, Jordan
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  • Ireland near Clifden in the winter. Sheep sun themselves on a small peninsula beneath snowy mountains.
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  • During the 2 weeks I was in Sierra Leone, approximately 5,000 dogs and 400 cats were vaccinated. Cats are much less common.
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  • Wall paintings near the Red Sea of fish.
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  • Keeping the rabies vaccine at the proper temperature is important. It's no good  if it warms up. It has to be thrown out. So keeping the "cold chain" intact, from time of manufacture to time of administration, is crucial. Here, workers do a great job keeping the vials of vaccine cold on ice.
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  • Wall paintings near the Red Sea of fish.
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  • Anna, a Jersey cow, relaxes cooly as she gazes out at me from her barn.
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  • Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, with dogs. Black and white.
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  • Horse in winter, near Ledges State Park, Iowa
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  • Dairy cows of Iowa
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  • Canine sculptures at an Iowa State University museum.
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  • Wall paintings, Red Sea
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  • Arabian horses from the Royal Stables on the run, Jordan
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  • Donkey and goat in Jordan
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  • A skit keeps the kids entertained, but they also learn at the same time. Here, this funny skit shows men in drag posing as dog owners, and of course dog bites and rabies is a large component of the play. It was well received by the kids.
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  • Many worked together to get the dogs vaccinated and keep the lines moving. Kids carried dogs from across town. Some had leashes, many did not. In line, a dog might try to bite someone.
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  • Dairy cats at Halloween time
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  • Dairy barn cat
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  • Scorpion under black light
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  • Wall paintings near the Red Sea of fish.
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  • The Sierra Leone Animal Welfare Society is led by the only veterinarian in the entire country who works on animals. Supported by grants, the SLAWS teams travels primarily around Freetown to spay and neuter dogs and vaccinate them against rabies. With just 5 veterinarians in the country, and all of them near retirement, Sierra Leone will soon be without veterinary care, which will further jeopardize food security in an already poor country.
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  • A sharp turn without knocking over the barrel means always being in control of an animal that weighs over a thousand pounds, and hanging on.
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  • A young boy pretends he is bitten by a rabid dog and goes to the doctor for help. For children, the skits were the most engaging. A message hidden within entertainment.<br />
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Rabies occurs in more 150 countries and claims the lives of over 55,000 people each year. Approximately 40% of these deaths are in children under the age of 15 years. The animal that is most responsible for these deaths is the dog. While the dog strain of rabies has been eliminated in the United States, it circulates widely in Asia, India, Africa and Latin America.
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  • The Chief holds the seeds of the Moringa tree. Many parts of the Moringa are used for different purposes, from animal feed to dye to medicine to everyday food. The leaves are high vitamins, calcium and protein. The health and medicinal benefits are numerous and include reducing blood pressure, improving the immune system function, treating stomach ulcers, and more. The seeds are high in oil, which is used in some cosmetics.
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  • The people of Sierra Leone fight back against rabies by educating communities through World Rabies Day celebrations and events in 2010. From song and dance to skits to vaccination clinics to school competitions, word got out. Still, not enough has been done to rid the country of this killer for good. At Njala University in Sierra Leone, the events for World Rabies Day, 2010, kick off with a prayer to an auditorium filled with school kids and adults from surrounding villages. The day is filled with speeches, songs, dance, music and skits -- all about rabies. With no firm way to diagnose rabies in humans or animals, the exact toll of the disease remains unknown. But people do die.
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