Many of us have written a check to a favorite charity for $10, $25, $50, put it in an envelope and sent it off, and the only thing we get back is another request for money. Animal-Kind International wants to be a different kind of charity.
We think it's important
for you to know how your money is spent and how your supplies are used. We want you to feel that you are part of the effort to improve lives for animals in other countries, since most of the people listed here can't continue to do what they do without your help.
Through this site, you can
be in direct contact with people who are working on the
ground for animals. We have personal knowledge of the people and programs on this
site. You can interact with the people who are doing the hands-on animal welfare work, so that you know just where your support
is going. (Photos to the left courtesy of David Pluth)
The Uganda SPCA's shelter, The Haven, has so many beautiful puppies, kittens, and adult dogs and cats available for adoption. If you are able to, please consider adopting one of these wonderful animals.
If you are not able to adopt, please consider sponsoring one. It costs approximately $20 a month to feed and care for one dog or cat at The Haven.
Please donate today to AKI to help The Haven provide for these wonderful dogs and cats.
To View Some of the Animals Click Here.
Also view additional puppies and kittens, click here.
A tribute to BOYSIE
This is one of the few men downtown who help Deborah with the dogs. Deborah tells AKI, “Boysie is a really, really nice man.
He lives in an abandoned car and takes in any strays that come to his area and he also scolds the children who he sees being cruel to animals. Every Saturday, I leave food for him to feed his dogs. Boysie loves fruit juice, so I stick a bottle or 2 in the bag of dog food for him.
He also takes up the dogs from the road when the cars run them over (NOBODY else does this). If they are still alive he will call me on my cell and I will go get them!”This is certainly a man with a big heart!
How often do we hear, “how can people who have nothing worry about animals?” Boysie’s story should put that question to sleep. Thank you from AKI to Boysie for helping Jamaica’s dogs!
Thank you very much Hartz Mountain Corporation for donating flea and tick collars for our groups in Armenia, Bosnia, Honduras, Jamaica, Namibia, and Uganda. You've made many dogs more comfortable and much happier. Take a look at some of the collars that Hartz so wonderfully donated to AKI. Click Here.
Animal-Kind International's June newsletter is available at this link: June 2010 Newsletter. If you missed our spring newsletter, click here to read: April 2010 newsletter.
Ghana
Miriam, of the Horse Care Project in Ghana, is requesting donations of: wormers, grooming tools, hoof care supplies, dietary supplements, joint, injury, and wound care products, fly repellants, etc. She can put to good use, just about any product for horses that we can send her. If you can donate supplies to Miriam’s Horse Care Project please contact Karen@animal-kind.org to arrange the donation. Thank You!
Uganda SPCA is in need of a catchpole or other humane tools to catch street dogs. If you can donate this equipment to the USPCA, please get in touch with us at karen@animal-kind.org
An update of Ben Swan's November story on AKI was featured in the June 19, 2010 Scoop column of the Santa Fe New Mexican, entitled, "Keeping the Pulse on Animal Welfare Throughout the World." You can read it here.
Animal-Kind International article in HSUS Animal Sheltering Magazine Read the full article featured in the Humane Society of the United States' publication Animal Sheltering Magazine. Article written by James Hettinger.
Karen Menczer's article about Animal-Kind International published by High Desert Dog Magazine. Click Here to read.
Positions Available
Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals is looking for a volunteer shelter manager for The Haven. Please contact karen@animal-kind.org for information, and read about The Haven on the Uganda page.
Ghana SPCA is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising and with their humane education program. Contact karen@animal-kind.org for more information.
AKI Featured Animals
- Click the photo to the left to learn more about these puppies rescued by Deborah in Kingston, Jamaica.
"I rescued these puppies from the sewer by the car park next to my bank. Someone rode up on a bike, dumped a carton box full of pups into the sewer and rode away! They had no food for 2 days before someone came to get me."
Visit the Help Support AKI page to find out how you can help Deborah help them.
The 1st Conference for Stray Animals in the Caucasus will take place in Yerevan, Armenia on 15-16 July 2010. The theme is "Armenian Animal Welfare Organizations are United." There is still time to register to attend the conference and to donate to help offset the costs.
Donations to AKI should be earmarked for CSAC (we will send 100% of donations earmarked for CSAC to ProPaws Charity, a sponsor of the conference).
Founded by Miriam Imrie, AKI is supporting the Horse Care Project in Ghana. Read more about the project and the situation for horses in Accra. See photos from the Ghana SPCA's World Animal Day Rabies Clinic at the Accra Puppy Market - October 2008
June 1st Many of you may have been following the news from Jamaica during May 2010. The violence hasn't deterred Deborah from continuing to take care of the street dogs in poor neighborhoods in Kingston. We received the following, on 28 May, from Deborah:
I went downtown yesterday for the first time since last week. The dogs and kittens were in a bad way. No food. The people were cut off from food too so it was bad for everyone. I left a lot of food with Boysie so they should be fine till the gun battles stop. Downtown is a war zone and I have to be careful driving around. It is really bad, but slowly getting better.
We'll keep you updated on the activities of our AKI partner organizations, their progress, and their needs. .........your email address will remain confidential
