Organización colaboradora de AKI-Sauvons nos Animaux
Asociación de AKI con Sauvons nos Animaux
¡Sauvons nos Animaux es nuestra organización asociada más nueva, agregada a partir del 1 de enero de 2022! Después de recibir una subvención de la Organización de Bienestar Animal con sede en África de AKI en 2020 y una segunda en 2021, decidimos agregar a SnA como socio.
Es realmente difícil rescatar perros y gatos y administrar un refugio de animales en el este de la RDC: la región es muy pobre, está plagada de conflictos y los desastres naturales (terremotos, inundaciones) son comunes. Pero Paterne Bushunju, fundador y director de SnA (foto a la derecha en el refugio de SnA), está decidido a asegurarse de que "sus" gatos y perros reciban el nivel de atención que recibirían si fueran las mascotas de alguien. Y esperamos ayudarlo a lograrlo.
Filling a bag with dry dog food; at weekly Doggy Tuesday, Twala Trust sends supplemental food home for the most vulnerable dogs so that they will have nutritious food to last until the next Doggy Tuesday. Goromonzi is primarily rural, with 5 villages in the immediate vicinity of the sanctuary. Locals are mostly unemployed or under employed with no formal means of income.
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Doggy Tuesday
Twala Trust's reach goes much further than their sanctuary: The Trust runs a free community vet clinic and dog feeding program known as Doggy Tuesday. Doggy Tuesday has grown from 4 dogs at the 1st clinic in 2014, to around 600 dogs who now attend weekly Doggy Tuesday.
On Tuesdays, people and their dogs gather at the main gate of the sanctuary, some having walked several kilometers to reach there. Stations are set up where dogs receive a vet check; flea and tick treatments and a dip bath; vaccinations against rabies (annual), and if funds allow, against distemper and parvovirus; deworming tablets (administered monthly); and plenty of clean water is provided.
Staff and volunteers stand ready with 1,000 liters of food that they've cooked for the dogs, plus supplementary dry food, as well as bags of dry food for take home doggy bags.
A pop-up library is available for children while they wait for their dogs to be checked by the vet.
Dogs are treated for illnesses and injuries, and if a major surgical procedure is needed, they're checked into the on-site clinic. On average, Twala sterilizes 6 dogs a week, free of charge.
Since Doggy Tuesday started, the Twala Trust staff and volunteers have never missed a Doggy Tuesday! Even during Covid-19, they were given special permission to continue to operate as a "vital service to the community."
Las imágenes a la derecha muestran las dos subvenciones de la Organización de Bienestar Animal con sede en África que recibió SnA:
En 2021, SnA recibió una subvención de AKI para contratar a un veterinario y un asistente veterinario para esterilizar y castrar a todas las mascotas del refugio y para brindar otros cuidados veterinarios necesarios.
Después del primer par de meses, las cirugías se detuvieron porque había una "hambruna" en el refugio.
Las donaciones bajaron, los precios subieron, SnA estaba teniendo problemas para recaudar el dinero que necesitaban para comprar comida para alimentar a los perros y gatos. Los donantes de AKI y otros acudieron en su rescate y recaudaron dinero para comida para gatos y perros para que los animales del refugio pudieran recuperar su fuerza y las cirugías pudieran continuar.
En 2020, con la subvención de AKI, SnA construyó una instalación de cuarentena y un corral para perros para albergar a unos 25 perros en el refugio.
The Waggley Tail Club
Among the 400 residents at Twala Trust's sanctuary there are more than 70 elderly and disabled rural dogs, all of whom have been abandoned or surrendered due to old age, poor health, animal abuse situations, or dire circumstances experienced by their owners. This group is Twala Trust's Waggley Tail Club. The Trust provides lifelong care in a kennel-free environment for the dogs in the Waggley Tail Club.
Waggley Tail Club dogs live out their lives at the Twala Trust sanctuary with their physical and emotional needs met by experienced and dedicated staff and volunteers.
Besides Doggy Tuesday food, these are a few of the other needs we've filled at Twala Trust in 2025 (purchase (2024) and maintenance of the Doggy Mobile; uniforms for Twala staff; 10 dog houses for the Waggley Tail Club; solar system with panels; and shade cloth for the dog kennels.)
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