ALICANTE, Spain — Exposure to gun violence, disease, and unbearable temperatures — while these are not typical occupational hazards for a veterinarian, they are challenges Dr. Emmanuel Egaru faces frequently.
Based in the drylands of Uganda’s northeastern Karamoja subregion, Egaru is the livestock specialist for Farm Africa’s Livestock for Livelihoods program, which aims to help pastoralist women establish sustainable, small-scale goat-rearing enterprises.
Pastoralism is a common way of life in Karamoja, an area plagued by conflict and insecurity. Egaru went there because he wanted to help “bridge the gap that humans have in regards to coming out of poverty, hunger, and [accessing] well-being.”