Animal Welfare Seychelles Project #14774

Help Abused & Neglected Animals in the Seychelles

by Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)

Project Report | Apr 15, 2015
2014 Fundraising Roundup

By Tyrone Bennett | Head of Alumni Services

Dear Supporter,

Our partner on our animal care projects in theSeychelle is The Seychelles Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SSPCA). The SSPCA is currently the only organization attempting to deal with the countries stray population animals that roam the beaches and streets of the Seychelles. With no other organization in the country tackling the issue of mistreated, abused or neglected animals, the SSPCA’s task is a large one.

Over recent years, the GVI team based on Curieuse Island have continued to support the important work of theSSPCA through fundraising events and campaigns. 2014 was a particularly successful year, with the GVI Curieuse staff and volunteers managing to fundraise close to $1000 from two charity events! Both events were huge successes not only in terms of the money that was raised, but also in terms of the amount of fun that was had by all who were involved.

Both events were huge successes and have meant that we are able to continue to support SPPCA as best we can. We will be using the funds raised from 2014 to purchase vital drugs and equipment for the SSPCA ‘Sterilisation Kits’ that are used during their very popular Sterilisation Programme Clinics. These take place on Mahe and Praslin island at various times of the year and are supported by volunteer veterinary staff from overseas and from within the Seychelles.

The GVI staff and volunteers are all very proud and happy to continue to work with such a brilliant organisation and to continue to contribute as best we can to their amazing and unique work. We are already planning fundraising events for the second half of 2015 so stay tuned - we hope to top these achievements with more amazing results and support for SPPCA!

Thank you for your continued support on this project.

Kind Regards,

Links:

www.gvi.org

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Jan 15, 2015
Continuing to support SSPCA

By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operations

Dear Supporter,

2014 was a particularly successful year, with the GVI Curieuse staff and volunteers managing to fundraise close to $1000 from two charity events! Both events were huge successes not only in terms of the money that was raised, but also in terms of the amount of fun that was had by all who were involved.

In March we ran our first event called ‘Curieuse Monopoly’ - a real life version of the board game set on our beautiful tropical island. Volunteers and staff were split into 4 teams and had to compete in tasks, challenges and questions at various locations around the island. They could earn (and lose) cash, properties or move places up the rankings based on how well they completed the tasks, and winning the overall challenge depended on cash, properties owned, and a final Pub Quiz round. The group were able to fundraise loads from this one event thanks to very generous donations from people all around the world.

In August, our second event was organised, this time it was ‘Curieuse Crystal Maze’ - an updated version of the popular 1990s TV show. Three teams competed with one another in various tasks (Mental, Physical, Skill) at differing locations around the island with the aim to complete the challenge and win ‘Curieuse Crystals’. Each ‘Curieuse Crystal’ bought the team 5 seconds in ‘The Curieuse Tent’ to collect as many silver tokens (avoiding the paper ones) as possible, ultimately leading us to an overall winner. Again, the fundraising target was easily broken with very generous donations from friends, family members and kind people from all over the globe.

Both events were huge successes, and have meant that we are able to continue to support SPPCA as best we can. We will be using the funds raised from 2014 to purchase vital drugs and equipment for the SSPCA ‘Sterilisation Kits’ that are used during their very popular Sterilisation Programme Clinics. These take place on Mahe and Praslin island at various times of the year and are supported by volunteer veterinary staff from overseas and from within the Seychelles.

The GVI staff and volunteers are all very proud and happy to continue to work with such a brilliant organisation and to continue to contribute as best we can to their amazing and unique work. We hope that our excellent fundraising efforts can continue throughout 2015 with more exciting, fun and successful fundraising events.

All the best

GVI Seychelles

Links:

http://www.gvi.org

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Oct 21, 2014
The Curieuse Crystal Maze

By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operations, Charitable Trust

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