AKI-HaH-Namibia Emergency Fund Update (Sept 2025)
- Sep 18
- 4 min read
From January through June, the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund helped 18 dogs and 8 cats get much-needed vet care. Sixteen cats and 348 dogs benefited from HaH's Lifetime Care Program, funded by AKI (boosters, parasite treatment, and food).
Here's an update of just a few recent AKI-HaH-Namibia Emergency Fund clients.
Queen lives outside of Rehoboth. She was spayed in 2022 when the mobile clinic came to town. When her owners realized she wasn't doing well, they took her to Aanwo Vet Clinic in Rehoboth.
Luckily HaH and AKI partnered with Aanwo Vet Clinic for the Emergency Fund, so Dr Rakel knew she could help Queen, whose family would have been unable to afford the care.
Queen was diagnosed with tick bite fever and she was immediately started on treatment. Her family made sure she wouldn't have to walk all the way to the clinic and back home and instead transported her in a horse cart.
Queen fully recovered thanks to Dr Rakel, her family's quick action, and the Emergency Fund.
When Eddie was found in Windhoek, he was very thin, dehydrated, had tons of fleas, crusted eyes, and sniffles.
Eddie's finder took him to Farmhouse Vet Clinic, where Dr Chanel works closely with Have a Heart. She knows about the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund and knew that she could help this homeless kitty, thanks to the Fund.
Dr Chanel started his treatment immediately. Eddie was given fluids, antibiotics, tick and flea treatment, and lots of love.
Eddie was so lucky; while still at the clinic he managed to find a home! As soon as he was strong enough he was picked up by his adopter. Soon after, Eddie was neutered.
Roxy from Rehoboth had TVT - a cancer in dogs which is easy to treat but deadly if left untreated. Roxy's family really loves her, and because finances are tight, we decided we could help her through the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund.
Roxy was very sweet and brave during her five chemo sessions. She will now have many more years with her loving family!
This is the beautiful Ten Tiff from Otjiwarongo. Ten Tiff was lucky when his family spotted Dr Baines mobile clinic in Otjiwarongo. They immediately got Ten Tiff, went to the clinic, and scheduled him up for a checkup.
Dr Baines checked the growth on Ten Tiff's neck and decided he was able to remove it then and there. At the same time, Ten Tiff was neutered, vaccinated, and given parasite treatment.
This beautiful ginger boy was found in Kleine Kuppe in Windhoek. He was skin and bones and when food was given to him, he seemed to want to eat, but couldn't. A Have a Heart volunteer, Haley, took him to the vet clinic.
At the clinic the vet found out he had gingivitis and thanks to the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund, treatment started the very same day. More serious was the fact that his tail was necrotic and he needed to have an amputation. It turned out he was already neutered.
He had obviously been someone's cat and wouldn't be able to survive long on the street. Haley took the kitty home to foster until a new home was found.
If there is ever a cat who is loved, it is definitely Ranger! Ranger became an HaH family member years ago (when he was neutered) and later he was helped by AKI when he had an abscess.
When Ranger struggled to pee a couple of months ago, his family rushed him to the clinic in Rehoboth. Ranger stayed overnight to be monitored and after Dr Rakel was able to remove urine and Ranger started to feel better, he was allowed to go home with antibiotics.
But a day later Ranger suddenly went downhill and was back at the clinic in Rehoboth. Dr Rakel had to refer him to Windhoek, to a larger clinic with more options for treatment.
Ranger's family was able to get enough money for a lift and Ranger was off on the 80 km trip to Windhoek Animal Hospital.
Ranger was immediately put on a drip. But his prognosis was not good. It was a rough two days and then finally we got the message that Ranger was feeling better! He was still very weak, but he started eating and peeing!
When the vets at WAH gave the ok for him to go home, his owner immediately jumped on the next mini bus and went to the clinic to pick him up.
Ranger was happy to be back home and we were happy he made it. That was only possible because of the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund, without which, Ranger would not have gotten the special care he needed to pull through.
Nobody knows what happened, but one day Beauty from Okahandja came home with an injured tail. And because his family couldn't afford a vet, the injury became necrotic. But like Ten Tiff, Beauty was also lucky that his family spotted the mobile clinic in Okahandja for a spay/neuter day.
And luckily for Beauty there's the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund. Besides getting his tail amputated, Beauty was neutered, vaccinated, and given parasite treatment.
All of this is possible thanks to the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund, our kind supporters, the participating vets in Namibia, and caring families.
