That Sheep May Safely Graze (eBook)

Rebuilding Animal Health Care in War-Torn Afghanistan

David M. Sherman (Autor)

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2019
326 Seiten
Purdue University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61249-576-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The very mention of Afghanistan
conjures images of war, international power politics, the opium trade, and widespread
corruption. Yet the untold story of Afghanistan’s seemingly endless misfortune is
the disruptive impact that prolonged conflict has had on ordinary rural
Afghans, their culture, and the timeless relationship they share with their
land and animals. In rural Afghanistan, when animals die, livelihoods are lost,
families and communities suffer, and people may perish.

That Sheep May Safely Graze details
a determined effort, in the midst of war, to bring essential veterinary
services to an agrarian society that depends day in and day out on the
well-being and productivity of its animals, but which, because of decades of
war and the disintegration of civil society, had no reliable access to even the
most basic animal health care.

The book describes how, in the
face of many obstacles, a dedicated group of Afghan and expatriate
veterinarians working for a small nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Kabul was able to create a national
network of over 400 veterinary field units staffed by over 600 veterinary
paraprofessionals. These paravets were selected by their own communities and
then trained and outfitted by the NGO so that nearly every district in the
country that needed basic veterinary services now has reliable access to such
services.

Most notably, over a decade after
its inception and with Afghanistan still in free fall, this private sector,
district-based animal health program remains vitally active. The community-based
veterinary paraprofessionals continue to provide quality services to farmers
and herders, protecting their animals from the ravages of disease and improving
their livelihoods, despite the political upheavals and instability that continue
to plague the country. The elements contributing to this sustainability and their
application to programs for improved veterinary service delivery in developing
countries beyond Afghanistan are described in the narrative.

Inhalt

Foreword

Introduction

Abbreviations

1. Go See the Warlord

2. Unexpected Destination

3. Negotiating with the Taliban

4. USAID Comes Back to Afghanistan

5. Going to Kabul

6. Introductions

7. Dinner Conversations

8. Starting Up the RAMP

9. Reality Check

10. Veterinarians in Name Only

11. Street Life

12. Unexpected Adventures at the Ministry of Planning

13. Hiring Dr. Nasseri

14. Veterinary Scavenger Hunt

15. Off to the Zoo

16. Ramping Up

17. Aerial View

18. Samaruddin

19. Growing Pains

20. Cold Chain

21. Progress Report

22. At Home in Kabul

23. The Graduates

24. Life at the Office

25. A Raft of Problems

26. The French Connection

27. On Target

28. A Paravet in Parliament

29. Torah! Torah! Torah!

30. Sliding Down the RAMP

31. Goodbye RAMP, Hello ASAP

32. Hints of Trouble to Come

33. The Ambassador

34. Sorrow in September

35. First Annual Convention

36. Front Row Seat

37. Return to Kabul

38. Dr. Noor Jahan

39. Jinns

40. Bombproofing

41. No Dairy Farmers Here

42. Who Are You Again?

43. Too Close for Comfort

44. Afghanization

45. Ahmad Nasir’s Cow

46. ASAP Claptrap

47. A Civil Military Affair

48. Hostile Takeover Attempt

49. Good Dollars, Bad Dollars

50. Letting Go

51. Encounter in Tiangi Pass

52. Yankees Cap

53. Teamwork

54. What Were They Thinking?

55. Return

56. Dreams Deferred

57. Coming Full Circle

Epilogue: Lessons Learned and Applied

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2019
• Reihe/Serie: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond
• Reihe/Serie: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond
• Vorwort: Monique Eloit
• Verlagsort: West Lafayette
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier ► Schaf / Ziege
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 1-61249-576-1 / 1612495761
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61249-576-7 / 9781612495767