I have a strong interest in global development and is currently up-skilling in global economics/business admin. I spend my spare time doing EA community building and animal advocacy. I currently organise EA KNUST and lead a volunteer-run org called Animal Welfare League. I love art and watching art documentaries.
Daniel Abiliba
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Dual-AI bed nets prevented 13 million malaria cases in pilot program in 17 countries.
https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/17/malaria-prevention-next-generation-insectidal-nets-saved-lives/
Go AWL!!!
Thanks Fai. I would say most groups are starting to build a track record for cage-free work as a result a decent amount of the conversations and work is focused on that. I would suspect cage broiler is on their radar.
In Ghana, it is pretty much on our radar and not a major concern (in terms of number of hens) at the moment. I can say with 90% confidence cage broiler should it exist is less than 1% of the country’s chicken production drawing from the fact that Ghana imports about 80-95% of chicken consumed and local broiler production is still majorly seasonal.PS: Ghana1 opens to a story about cage broiler production in Zimbabwe not Ghana.
Most of this progress is inspired by your incredible work ethic Aurelia. Thank for all you do for groups in Africa.
Thanks Carley. Means a lot to us to hear this from you. Excited to contribute our quota.
Thanks Björn. Equally excited about their work.
Thanks for this information Jamie. Could you elaborate more on the regranting opportunities. A few advocates and myself are becoming more convinced a regranting program for farm animal welfare research in Africa is crucial for the growth of the effective animal advocacy in Africa (currently sparse and ~ less than 5 reports/papers are published annually). We have a few ideas about how to go about this but will be open to discussing it with a grantmaker.
Always inspiring learning about your transparency.
Do you think your evaluation model (when fully developed) could be used by us [Animal Welfare League] to evaluate our volunteer program. Three of our volunteers have now been accepted into your training program and others ( university students) are starting university clubs?
Really excited about the work you have done since coming into the space. Looking forward to seeing the ripple effects of your TP program.
An interesting read. Thank you for highlighting this perspective, Wanjiru!
Yes, exactly, I think the authors are making the same point and that some of these non-EU countries tend to be African countries.
Well pointed out. The issue of second-hand battery cage in Africa is just ticking bomb waiting to blow up with devastating welfare consequences.
Hi Constance, I think is only Animal Welfare League in Ghana currently doing this in Africa. More details about the work in Jacob’s reply above 👆🏾
Hi Ben, I will be open to talking to CE’s researcher on this. Appreciate the introductions.
I think this is clearly an interesting project and I’ll be watching your next steps.
My query has to do with environmental and cultural challenges the operationalization of this project might face. To be specific, certain water bodies have cultural importance to community members and some are sacred in most countries across Africa, hence considered “untouchable” or not to be tempted with. This problem may it be, would be aggravated by the low formal education level that might challenge “the destruction of their sacred waters”.
I want to inquire if your team have considered this and the possible way outs.
I am intrigued about the elimination of malaria probably due to my first hand experience of the disease, so kindly let me how I can help especially with the African pilots.
Thank you Alex for the continual support.