September 2026: Donate & Vote for an animal welfare grantee in Africa or LAC!
Kindness to Animals Has No Boundaries
AKI News: September 2026
With this Matching Grant, our 2026 animal welfare grantees in Africa & LAC
could do SO much!
What a great opportunity we’ve been given! A kind supporter has offered up to US$2000 in matching funds to be used for up to four of our 2026 animal welfare grantees in Africa and Latin America/Caribbean. If we raise the full match ($2000), four grantees will receive an additional $1000 each. AND WE’RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP! Please help us reach the full $2000 match and help us decide which grantees will receive a bonus grant.
Donate any amount and type your vote into the comments section of the Donorbox form or send me an email message with your vote (see bottom of page).
Read about our 14 Animal Welfare Grantees HERE, donate any amount HERE, and vote for ONE grantee of your choice to receive a bonus of up to US$1000. Based on the number of votes, we’ll select up to two grantees in LAC and two grantees in Africa to receive a bonus grant!
For our friends in New Mexico: Please join us!
The AKI Blog: Updates from our supported organizations
In the September AKI Blog, you’ll find detailed updates about:
Two completed grant projects;
Interesting initial findings from the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan for Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society’s Humane Ed Program; and
An update about our support for horses in Ghana.
First time AKI grantee, COALA in Senegal, was the first to complete their grant project, Keeping the dogs cool and dry and the horses footloose. COALA replaced a roof over the dog kennels and storage area at their sanctuary, built stables, and built a tiled terrace for the dogs to stay cool and minimize parasite infestations (common in sandy soil and in Senegal’s tropical environment).
Animal Love Rescue Center in Costa Rica also completed their grant project, Green Hill Playground. Animal Love built an outdoor play area at their sanctuary to give their dogs more time outside the kennels to socialize, become more comfortable with humans, and become better candidates for adoption.
The 6 Freedoms (with support from Animal-Kind International), is the only help and hope for horses in Ghana. First as an AKI grantee (2021 and 2022), and for the last 4 years, as a Partner Organization, 6F has been training and providing advice and support to horse caretakers, rescuing horses (when there’s no other choice because as we’ve found, rescue is very expensive), and providing support for horses at informal stables in and around Accra. 6F has come a long way since their early days! Here’s an update about their work and AKI support.
How Humane Education is changing the way people in Liberia treat animals: I think it’s fair to say that we all believe humane education (aka animal welfare education, compassionate education) is important and that it should be part of all animal welfare activities. But where’s the data? There isn’t much, so we decided to gather it ourselves using Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society’s long-time experience.
New pie charts show how your donations are spent!
Did you know that you can always find previous AKI monthly newsletters in our archives? The very 1st one in the archives is from April 2010!
We always like to leave you with good thoughts about our work, your support, and all the wonderful ways people are helping animals in Africa and LAC.
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THANK YOU!
Thanks to your support, we’re helping effective animal advocates and 28 animal welfare organizations working in conflict areas and impoverished communities in 20 countries.
We are gratefully yours,
Karen Menczer, Founder/Director
& the Animal-Kind International Board
Our Partner Organizations work in Uganda, Namibia, DR Congo, Ghana, South Sudan, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Honduras, and Jamaica. You can donate to AKI’s general fund or designate your donation to one or more of our Partner Organizations.
Our 2026 (9th annual) Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program grantees work in: Tanzania, Ghana, Senegal, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Zambia, South Africa, Haiti, Honduras (2 grantees), Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Peru.
Our Special Projects are: the SPCA-Grahamstown’s Good DOG Fund; Fondation Alliance Verte-Haiti Spay/Neuter & Emergency Fund; vet care for the rescued cats and dogs from the Mityana, Uganda scammers; and the Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society’s Humane Education MEL Plan.
AKI: Since 2007, helping animals and the people who care for them in resource-poor areas.
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; donations to AKI are tax deductible in the US to the extent the law allows. 100% of your donations are used to support our Partner Organizations & our Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program.
