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In 2009 Mdukatshani launched an Animal Health curriculum for Grade 5 learners in two local schools We have jointly produced a handbook on animal health for training departmental staff and rural farmers, and we have jointly produced a goat weight band for the use of rural goat owners We work with out of school youth in a programme aimed at job and wealth creation Culturally chickens are womens’ animals, goats are owned by men and women, and cattle are owned by men, so our field staff with work with all these groups The collaboration is working towards a point where the Department can eventually scale up our successful interventions