Fondation Alliance Verte - Haiti takes care of their shelter dogs with AKI grant
- Animal-Kind International
- Oct 20
- 3 min read
The Fondation Alliance Verte Shelter in Haiti, a 2025 AKI Grant Recipient
The mission of Fondation Alliance Verte is "to protect the environment and the animals by implementing protection and education programs and provide a safe haven for injured, neglected, abused and abandoned animals in Haiti."
Unfortunately, with the prevailing insecurity and chaos of the past four years, FAV has had to pull back from some of the more dangerous areas of Port-au-Prince and have cut back on their visibility in the community and their role. For example, between February 2022 and December 2022, FAV conducted three spay/neuter campaigns where a total of 26 female dogs were spayed, 2 males neutered, and 3 cats spayed. Since then, many of their programs have been cancelled due to the risks involved.
But, as the security situation allows, FAV has continued to rescue cats and dogs in need and to provide vet care. Over the past three years, FAV has rescued and given shelter to 70 dogs and 80 cats. That's an amazing achievement given the danger that each rescue entails.
Adoption is very difficult in Haiti since so many people are migrating to flee the gang violence. Sadly, many abandon their pets because they leave the country quickly and are unable to make arrangements for their pets to travel. Or they may have tried to find friends or family to take them, but most potential homes already have more cats and dogs than they can manage.
Nonetheless, FAV provides the best care for their shelter cats and dogs, giving them love, food and water, full veterinary coverage, and the best possible environment: catios, spacious kennels, and toys.
Here are some pictures of the beautiful spaces that FAV provides the animals in their care:
Taking Care of Haiti's Shelter Dogs - Vaccines & De-worming
FAV's grant project, "Prevention is crucial! Help needed to protect our shelter in Port-au-Prince Haiti" proposed to vaccinate and de-worm all 58 shelter dogs and two neighborhood dogs who roam around the shelter. The plan was for the vet to go to the shelter in September, when the shelter dogs were due for annual vaccines. There have always been many cases of rabies and distemper all over the country and this protection is crucial to keep the shelter operating and the dogs healthy.
The main challenge that FAV foresaw was the security situation. Since gangs control 90% of Port-au-Prince, moving from one place to another can be difficult and sometimes impossible especially when neighborhoods are under attack. Getting the vet to the shelter --something that's relatively simple elsewhere -- is very risky in Port-au-Prince.
Still, FAV prepared for vaccination day by purchasing rabies vaccine (for 60 dogs), DH2PL vaccine (for 58 dogs), and dewormer- Ivomex (for 58 dogs).
On September 4, Dr Wulff arrived [safely!] with his assistant and worked with three FAV shelter employees, Jackson Toussaint, Victor Previlus, and Jaslin Florville, as well as Marylin, co-founder and manager to vaccinate and de-worm all the dogs.
It turned out that the biggest danger came from the rain on vaccination day. It poured that afternoon, turning the grounds into slippery mud. You can see in this sweet video that the staff and vet and his assistant persisted until the job was done:
Marylin told us, "Haiti has become a country plagued by extreme poverty, political instability, and rampant violence. It is a struggle to continue operation in such difficult environment but we won’t stop."
If you'd like to donate to the heroic efforts of FAV, please click above and in the comment box, designate FAV-Haiti. Thank you!!!
