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Our Experts | Brooke
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Our Experts
From improving animal welfare to spearheading lasting change in communities, our global team of experts are dedicated to helping working horses, donkeys and mules and the people who rely on them.
Animal Welfare
Dr Jennifer Wathan, Global Animal Welfare Advisor
Jennifer leads our
compassionate handling
project. She also supports capacity building in animal welfare and behaviour and human behaviour change, and the delivery of our field activities, programme management and research.
Dr James Mutiiria Kithuka, Animal Welfare Officer
James is a veterinarian based in our East Africa (Nairobi) office. He controls the quality of animal welfare activities within region, and is also responsible for the implementation of the
animal health mentoring framework
, farriery and agrovet quality monitoring.
Dr Vincent Owino Oloo, Animal Welfare Officer
Based in Nairobi, Vincent is a veterinarian overseeing animal welfare issues. He supports East Africa staff and partner veterinarians, and also leads on
farriery
work and on anti-microbial resistance issues.
Dr Mirciadez José Corralez Rugama, Animal Welfare Officer
Mirciadez is a veterinarian based in our Nicaragua office. He is responsible for training our partners on welfare issues and is a proud animal welfare ambassador.
Animal Health
Dr Amy Barstow, Global Animal Health Advisor
Amy is a veterinarian who develops online and blended veterinary learning resources to support country programmes in the implementation of the
Animal Health Mentoring Framework
.
Dr Laura Skippen, Global Head of Animal Health and Welfare
Laura is a veterinarian, and leads the global animal health and welfare team across our country programmes.
Dr Javed Iqbal Gondal, Brooke Pakistan CEO
Based in Lahore, the headquarters of Brooke Pakistan, Javed designs and delivers a strategic and cost-effective programme that positively impacts working equine welfare.
Dr Muhammad Javaid Khan, Animal Healthcare Manager
A veterinarian in Lahore, Muhammad progresses Brooke Pakistan's service provision and strategic healthcare goals.
Girma Birhan Asteraye, Brooke PhD candidate
Girma is a PhD student in veterinary epidemiology and animal health economics at the University of Liverpool, researching equine diseases in Ethiopia.
Dr Mactar Seck, Programme Manager
Mactar is a veterinarian based in Dakar (our West Africa office). He is the country programme manager and research coordinator, and oversees the animal health, community engagement and advocacy teams.
Dr Saurabh Singh, Senior Manager, Global Animal Health
Saurabh is a veterinarian in the global animal health team. Saurabh is improving local animal health systems to give better services to working horses, donkeys and mules.
Community Development
Nardos Eshetu, Community Engagement and Livelihood Coordinator
At Brooke Ethiopia, Nardos coordinates community engagement teams across our country programmes. She is responsible for the self-help groups established towards improving livelihoods, and assessing and monitoring owners' behavioural change over time.
Aissetou Diallo Fall, Community Engagement Officer
At Brooke West Africa, Aissetou works with communities to encourage the adoption of good practices and to achieve behavioural change in favour of animal welfare. She also accompanies communities through resilience and livelihoods projects.
Sana Khawaja, Community Development Manager
Based in Lahore, Sana is responsible for improving equine welfare through effective community engagement by understanding the needs and priorities of equine-dependent communities. She also supports Brooke Pakistan's partner, CCA.
Laura Kavata Kimwele, Community Development Advisor
At Brooke East Africa, Laura spearheads community development work across the region. She directly provides advisory and mentorship support to our partners and related institutions in order to improve equine welfare and have a thriving equine community.
Global External Affairs
Syed Naeem Abbas, Advocacy Manager
Naeem manages policy and advocacy initiatives in Pakistan. He works with government, civil society, academia and donor agencies to prioritise animal welfare agenda in the country. His key priorities include policy analysis, planning, budgeting, implementation and monitoring advocacy tasks.
Rouguiatou Ka, Advocacy Officer
Rouguiatou is based in Brooke’s West Africa office. Her main role is to engage national and international actors and institutions in advocacy issues on the welfare of working equines.
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Our Experts
From improving animal welfare to spearheading lasting change in communities, our global team of experts are dedicated to helping working horses, donkeys and mules and the people who rely on them.
Animal Welfare
Dr Jennifer Wathan, Global Animal Welfare Advisor
Jennifer leads our
compassionate handling
project. She also supports capacity building in animal welfare and behaviour and human behaviour change, and the delivery of our field activities, programme management and research.
Dr James Mutiiria Kithuka, Animal Welfare Officer
James is a veterinarian based in our East Africa (Nairobi) office. He controls the quality of animal welfare activities within region, and is also responsible for the implementation of the
animal health mentoring framework
, farriery and agrovet quality monitoring.
Dr Vincent Owino Oloo, Animal Welfare Officer
Based in Nairobi, Vincent is a veterinarian overseeing animal welfare issues. He supports East Africa staff and partner veterinarians, and also leads on
farriery
work and on anti-microbial resistance issues.
Dr Mirciadez José Corralez Rugama, Animal Welfare Officer
Mirciadez is a veterinarian based in our Nicaragua office. He is responsible for training our partners on welfare issues and is a proud animal welfare ambassador.
Animal Health
Dr Amy Barstow, Global Animal Health Advisor
Amy is a veterinarian who develops online and blended veterinary learning resources to support country programmes in the implementation of the
Animal Health Mentoring Framework
.
Dr Laura Skippen, Global Head of Animal Health and Welfare
Laura is a veterinarian, and leads the global animal health and welfare team across our country programmes.
Dr Javed Iqbal Gondal, Brooke Pakistan CEO
Based in Lahore, the headquarters of Brooke Pakistan, Javed designs and delivers a strategic and cost-effective programme that positively impacts working equine welfare.
Dr Muhammad Javaid Khan, Animal Healthcare Manager
A veterinarian in Lahore, Muhammad progresses Brooke Pakistan's service provision and strategic healthcare goals.
Girma Birhan Asteraye, Brooke PhD candidate
Girma is a PhD student in veterinary epidemiology and animal health economics at the University of Liverpool, researching equine diseases in Ethiopia.
Dr Mactar Seck, Programme Manager
Mactar is a veterinarian based in Dakar (our West Africa office). He is the country programme manager and research coordinator, and oversees the animal health, community engagement and advocacy teams.
Dr Saurabh Singh, Senior Manager, Global Animal Health
Saurabh is a veterinarian in the global animal health team. Saurabh is improving local animal health systems to give better services to working horses, donkeys and mules.
Community Development
Nardos Eshetu, Community Engagement and Livelihood Coordinator
At Brooke Ethiopia, Nardos coordinates community engagement teams across our country programmes. She is responsible for the self-help groups established towards improving livelihoods, and assessing and monitoring owners' behavioural change over time.
Aissetou Diallo Fall, Community Engagement Officer
At Brooke West Africa, Aissetou works with communities to encourage the adoption of good practices and to achieve behavioural change in favour of animal welfare. She also accompanies communities through resilience and livelihoods projects.
Sana Khawaja, Community Development Manager
Based in Lahore, Sana is responsible for improving equine welfare through effective community engagement by understanding the needs and priorities of equine-dependent communities. She also supports Brooke Pakistan's partner, CCA.
Laura Kavata Kimwele, Community Development Advisor
At Brooke East Africa, Laura spearheads community development work across the region. She directly provides advisory and mentorship support to our partners and related institutions in order to improve equine welfare and have a thriving equine community.
Global External Affairs
Syed Naeem Abbas, Advocacy Manager
Naeem manages policy and advocacy initiatives in Pakistan. He works with government, civil society, academia and donor agencies to prioritise animal welfare agenda in the country. His key priorities include policy analysis, planning, budgeting, implementation and monitoring advocacy tasks.
Rouguiatou Ka, Advocacy Officer
Rouguiatou is based in Brooke’s West Africa office. Her main role is to engage national and international actors and institutions in advocacy issues on the welfare of working equines.
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