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One of our 13 Animal Welfare Grantees (2025), Fondation Alliance Verte - Haiti, vaccinated their shelter dogs, keeping them safe from many diseases for another year. Sixty shelter dogs received rabies and combo shots, all funded with a grant from Animal-Kind International! Providing shelter and vet care for dogs (and cats) in Haiti is unlike doing this anywhere else. Simply going out on the street means risking your life. We're proud to help FAV-Haiti in this small way face their very big challenges.

With a 2025 Animal Welfare Grant from Animal-Kind International, the Sterilization Center will spay and neuter pets belonging to people who are unable to afford the surgery. The Sterilization Center will hold their s/n campaign in San Pablo, which they identified as an area where neglect and abandonment are very high.

The Rivadeneira Sterilization Center had previously held a spay/neuter campaign in San Pablo. When they were there last, they witnessed the neglect and came to grips with the huge need for spay/neuter and animal welfare education in the area. But they knew they couldn't take this on themselves. With a 2025 Animal Welfare Grant from Animal-Kind International, the Sterilization Center headed back to San Pablo for awareness raising and soon, to being sterilizing about 90 dogs and cats.

Little has been rescued: watch as she experiences her newfound freedom. Little, a young mare was kept in a ramshackle stable by the beach in Accra. Her owner had tried to take care of her but wasn't able to. Underweight, with old saddle sores, she has already given birth to two foals and was destined for life as a brood mare, her malnourished body forced to carry foal after foal. During these pregnancies, she would have been forced to give rides to tourists along the city’s beaches. But now, thanks to groom Jonathan and 6 Freedoms volunteer Miriam, Little has been rescued. Not only that, Jonathan received permission to use a plot of land to graze Little (and companion Wanted).

This is a story of a kitten named Lucky, who was rescued by Tanzania Small Animal Veterinary Organization, an AKI grant recipient. One night, Lucky was hit by a motorbike at Kariakoo. TASAVO was called to come get him and save the life of this stray cat. Despite heavy traffic, they made their way there and when they arrived, they found the kitten in terrible condition. The person who did first aid kept him in a box for comfort before the arrival of TASAVO. They took him to their clinic, gave him a wash to get all the blood and dirt off, and began treating him. He was lucky--there was no major trauma, only bruises, bleeding, and a dislocated hind leg. He stayed at TASAVO's clinic for five days. He was then neutered and adopted by Shyrose, and lives at his new home in Upanga. Lucky cat!

The Six Freedoms-Ghana (@thesixfreedoms) helps horses lead better lives. Jonathan helped the 6F rescue horse Little, who was used as a beach horse-taking tourists and locals for beach rides. You can see, she's too little and weak for such difficult work. In this video, Jonathan shares his story of how he helped 6F bring Little to a safe place where she will no longer have to endure hot days under Ghana's unrelenting sun, taking people for rides along the beach. Now that she's with 6F, she'll get vet care, good food and plenty of it, water, shade, shelter, and lots of attention. She'll be able to feel like a free horse for the first time in her life. Jonathan said, "Big thanks to The Six Freedoms for making this possible. Your support for horses like Little means the world. May God bless everyone behind this work—we’re proud of you!"

Moses is a groom, a farrier, and now has become a reliable and committed 6 Freedoms team member. As such, Moses is now organizing and overseeing 6 Freedoms‘ farrier services for beach horses. During the farrier clinics, Moses works with farriers-in-training, teaching them to shape and trim hooves, but he always conducts the final checks of the horses, giving pointers to the young farriers. 6 Freedoms has shared fly masks and supplements with Moses for use with the horses at the stables he manages. As you see in this video, Moses’s dream is to have land, a sanctuary for Ghana’s neglected, mistreated, and misunderstood horses. And that’s 6 Freedom’s dream too.

So many dogs attend Doggy Tuesday at Twala Trust and there's rarely a fight let alone an argument. Why can't humans get along as well as dogs?