Dr. Victoria Kyallo profile

Dr. Victoria Kyallo is a Veterinarian with more than 10 years of experience working in various livestock related organizations. She started out as a Field Veterinarian and later as a Programs Coordinator for VETAID, an NGO that specializes in livestock development mainly in the arid and semi-arid parts of Kenya. She also worked as a Project Officer for VSF Germany, an international NGO engaged in the field of veterinary relief and development work. She has a lot of experience in management of emergency and development projects, grant management, food security assessments, Disaster Risk Reduction and monitoring and evaluation of projects.

Most recently, she served as the Executive Officer of the Kenya Livestock Breeders Organization (KLBO) where apart from managing the organization, she coordinated various projects including a World Bank funded project “Eastern Africa Agricultural Productivity Project –EAAPP”. She has also worked in the Kenyan dairy value chain with various projects playing the roles of a trainer in dairy breeding and management.

She is currently the Project Manager for the Urban Zoonoses Project and based at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Her main role includes managing several aspects of the project  including budgets, logistics and general co-ordination of the project on behalf of the Principle Investigators.

Education:

2004- 2009
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Master of Science (MSc) – Clinical Studies
Thesis Title: Farm factors associated with Milk rejection at Dairy cooperatives in peri-urban Nairobi.

1997-2002

University of Nairobi, Kenya
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BVM)