Nancy Abeiderrahmane,
born Nancy Jones of Essex, won the 1993 Rolex Award (£20,000)
for her project to produce and export the cheese from her dairy
in Nouakchott, Mauritania. However this is no ordinary dairy, since
it specialises in pasteurising camel's milk supplied by semi-nomadic
herders. The milk Nancy is processing is highly nutritious and,
being pasteurised, is healthier than the raw milk drunk by the local
population. |