Find Out More About LEGS
The LEGS Story
This short video provides contextual understanding of livestock emergencies and the risks brought on by inadequate and untimely responses.
10 Things You Should Know About LEGS
Key resources
The LEGS Handbook
The LEGS Handbook is available as an interactive, digital resource, a downloadable PDF or to purchase in hard copy. The handbook is translated into Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
The LEGS Training Programme
The LEGS Training Programme focuses on the roll-out of the LEGS Core Training in person across Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as online.
The LEGS
Strategic Plan
The LEGS Strategic Plan provides an overview of how we will achieve our vision and mission.
The LEGS Resources Centre
The LEGS Resources Centre contains LEGS publications, webinars, and videos, along with general resources.
LEGS is a member of the
Humanitarian Standards Partnership
alongside Sphere and other humanitarian standards.
The Latest LEGS News
Strengthening emergency livestock response in Honduras: LEGS training expands knowledge and capacity
Participants of the three-days LEGS Core Training © Denia Ordoñez In a significant step towards enhancing disaster response in the livestock sector, LEGS Core Training was successfully conducted in three…
Public sector officials working across six Central American countries took part in the LEGS ToT © Julia Inés Lema Vélez At the end of January 2025, a LEGS Training of…
LEGS TOT As a result of the freeze on USAID-funded activities following the US Presidential Executive Order on foreign aid, the LEGS Training of Trainers course planned for April 2025…
LEGS Training of Trainers Courses
”The LEGS handbook provides a common language and framework for livestock practitioners, enabling joint planning and clear mapping of needs and gaps. The new edition will be instrumental to enable teams to undertake pre-emptive actions to reduce the loss of livestock assets and production with its key feature on preparedness and early action. Furthermore, the inclusion of additional details on cash and voucher assistance will strengthen cash plus livestock interventions. The guidelines have been, and will continue to be, instrumental in quality responses through continuous learning and exchange amongst partners, including policy makers.
Rein PaulsenDirector of Emergencies and Resilience Office, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The LEGS Handbook
The LEGS Handbook provides minimum standards and guidelines for use in responding to humanitarian emergencies, in support of the livelihoods of livestock-owning communities in lower- and middle-income countries. The 3rd edition was launched 27th June 2023.
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