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AKI is a 2025 Great Non-Profit: Check out our 5 star reviews on Great Non-Profits (and please add your 5-star review!) Not only that, we've achieved the Platinum Seal of Transparency on Candid's GuideStar indicating the highest level of transparency and we received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator (2026)!
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What Our Supporters Are Saying
Jim, an AKI donor:
"It's so nice to feel a linking of hands with a culture on the other side of the world. You make it possible and I thank you for this precious gift of kinship that your work engenders."
AKI Supporter, Maureen:
"To think that each and everyone of them was abused and viewed as garbage is heartbreaking. But because of AKI so many of these amazing creatures are getting saved and the people are learning to respect their animals more. I am very respectful of the work AKI does!"
Amanda, an AKI donor and Twala Trust volunteer:
"...This [our disbursement to Twala Trust] is incredible, and very generous. Thank you so much. I am not sure how you create the magic of charity donations in such a strange time. But I am certainly glad you do. I love that AKI is expanding too – more animals (and people) will benefit. You are amazing."
Valerie, supporter with Lakes Animal Friendship Society, Canada:
"Oh my GOSH - what you do is outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND, oh my GOODNESS, it was fantastic to see LAFS mentioned in your incredible newsletter amongst ALL the outstanding things you guys do!"
AKI Supporter, Marian:
".....it is a movement and that's what we need, everywhere. Normalising a love and respect for our fellow creatures. Making them very visible in a positive way. Paterne [Sauvons nos Animaux] is brilliant! Please thank him from me. And so is AKI - thank you for all the amazing work you do in so many countries."
What Our Supported Organizations Are Saying
Paul Gobah (photo right), with Partner Organization Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society.
To the wonderful people at AKI, thank you so much for your continued support to LAWCS. As the Program Manager for LAWCS working with our Educators, students and community members, I see the impact of our support daily in the communities, schools and in various homes. I have seen people who hated dogs now embrace dogs and even have dogs in their families. I have seen and heard from children who were once animal abusers, now speaking to people about love, and care for animals. We have been able to stop mass killing of dogs due to suspected rabies cases through free healthcare and rabies vaccination exercises because of AKI. Thank you all for always standing with us and we are grateful.
Alpha Maisel, Executive Director of Animal Smile Africa (Tanzania), a 2025 & 2026 AKI Grantee:
Thank you very much Karen for being patient with us, It was great experience under your supervision and guidance. It means a lot to me and whole team to be supported by you financially and technically."
Paterne Bushunju, Founder & Director of AKI Partner Sauvons nos Animaux in eastern Congo: "I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and love. Your help means so much to us, especially in these difficult times. Thanks to you, we can continue to care for our animals and pursue our mission with hope and determination. Thank you for your constant trust and kindness."
Photo Left: Doggy Tuesday at the Twala Trust Sanctuary. Every Tuesday, Twala Trust welcomes about 600 dogs belonging to people in the local community. All dogs get a healthy helping of food along with some take-home goodies. Basic veterinary care is provided, and when more advanced care or spay/neuter is needed, arrangements are made for free vet care.
Sarah, Twala Trust-Zimbabwe, a 2022 and 2023 grant recipient and now a Partner Organization:
"The gratitude we all feel for this generous support is immense - it has provided so many dogs with nutritious food, and has been a tremendous relief to us to be able to feed the dogs as they need, and deserve. The happiness and positive outcomes of our Doggy Tuesday programme are so important to our community, both the people who rely on their dogs for security and companionship, and for the beautiful dogs themselves who despite their hard rural lives are always such a delight to see with their tails wagging in anticipation as they head down the road for their weekly feast. Thank you for Animal-Kind and all that you achieve; it is truly the most inspiring organisation making a genuine difference on the ground." (Sarah, 2022)
Reni van der Merwe (Bubu's Animal Haven-Namibia, a 2023 AKI Grantee):
"Thank you to everybody at Animal-Kind International. I am very proud and I think we all together did a great job! It became even better, nicer and bigger as what I was expecting. It is a little cat paradise and I hope that you might be able to come and visit, and see it with your own eyes."
Rachel Kabue with Nairobi Feline Sanctuary, an Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grantee in 2020 and 2021:
"I was thinking about you yesterday and feeling so grateful for the wonderful foundation you helped us build. We are now at 350 cats and more importantly, we are now cage free! We have also been featured twice in two major papers. This has helped us educate the public about animal welfare. We also started a children's education and open program and it's doing well so far. The adults attending learn a lot too. Thanks once again for your help, we couldn't have gotten this far without Animal-Kind International."
Geesche with Have A Heart-Namibia, an AKI Partner:
"Thank you AKI for making it possible for Dr Erna to help Layla! Without the AKI Emergency Fund, Layla's future would have looked different. She was homeless and alone when she needed help most, but because Dr Erna knew the AKI Emergency Fund would cover Layla's medical expenses, she was able to operate on her, save her life. THANK YOU AKI AND SUPPORTERS! Here the saying 'helping one dog won't change the world but the world will change for this one dog' definitely fits!"
Luis Miguel with Rivadeneira Sterilization Center, Ecuador (a 2025 AKI Grantee):
"Estoy desbordando de felicidad, les agradezco mucho que hayan considerado el proyecto y solo me resta decir que entregamos nuestro mejor esfuerzo para cumplir con las metas propuestas."
Pilar with Helping Hands for Hounds of Honduras, an AKI Partner: "Animal-Kind International has consistently supported Helping Hands for Hounds of Honduras. AKI helps not only with financial support to treat, vaccinate and spay/neuter abandoned, sick and injured dogs and cats, they also help with food, construction, and paying people to help with the cleaning and upkeep of the shelter. Knowing they are there to support and give advice is a big plus in a country with little regard for animals left to die on the streets. They respond quickly to any inquiries made by tourists about animal welfare here."
Brigitte with Uganda Society for the Protection & Care of Animals, an AKI Partner:
"Without all your [AKI] support and donors, I am not sure if the USPCA would still exist today!"
Deborah with Kingston Community Animal Welfare, an AKI Partner:
"If animals in Kingston Jamaica could talk they would pick up a phone and call Karen Menczer to say THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS! And.. IF they could get visas, she would have thousands and thousands of grateful dogs, cats, goats and every other 4-legged animal at her door to hug and kiss her! Animal-Kind International is wonderful, simply wonderful....we won't forget her, ever."
Michelle, Chairperson, SPCA-Grahamstown, a 2022 and 2023 AKI Grant Program recipient:
"Attached please find our final report for the "Who Let the Dogs Out" project. It has been a long road, but the end result is just fantastic and we will forever be indebted to AKI and its supporters for their generosity and kindness. It is incredible to see the work that AKI is involved with and the reach that you have globally - including Grahamstown
now!"
Marylin, Fondation Alliance Verte-Haiti, a 2025 grantee and now, a Special Project:
Special Thank you, to everyone at Animal-Kind International!!! What you are doing to help us, no-one else has done it.
Michelle, SPCA Grahamstown, 2022-2025 grantee and now, a Special Project:
Karen, you and Animal-Kind International supporters mobilise such amazing and compassionate work for animals all over the world. I can’t wait to start sharing our stories and photos!
Dr Rumbi, previous Botswana SPCA veterinarian, a 2022 AKI Grant Program recipient:
"Thank you so much for the work you are doing. It has such a positive impact not just in the communities that end up receiving help but also for the organisations that receive the grants. I have been at the BSPCA for 2 years and it was really awesome to be part of this project. It was truly motivating to see the staff working together for this cause and I am really glad we managed to complete the grant successfully."