Protect an ancient Rajasthan community’s way of life
A doctor of veterinary medicine from the German town of Ober-Ramstadt, Ilse Köhler-Rollefson spends half of each year in a remote part of India’s Thar Desert where she has become a leading advocate of a struggling community of camel herders.
"Herders and their animals also represent important bio-cultural heritage for all humankind.”
Köhler-Rollefson is leading a remarkable movement to save their livestock, pastoral livelihood and way of life.
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Championing the animals the world forgot
Ilse Köhler-Rollefson supports the Raika nomadic community in the preservation of their livestock and way of life.
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Dr Ilse Ulrike Köhler-Rollefson
Pragelatostr. 20
64372 Ober-Ramstadt
GermanyTel : 0049-6154-53642
ilse@pastoralpeoples.orggorikr@t-online.deP.O. Box 1
Sadri 306702
District Pali
Rajasthan, India
Tel: 0091-2934-285086
