Animal Welfare Namibia Project #18172

Support for Have A Heart-Namibia

by Animal-Kind International

Project Report | Apr 13, 2017
2017-Off to a great start for Have a Heart!

By Karen Menczer | Executive Director, Animal-Kind International

HAH mobile clinic during the January 2017 voyage

I'm happy to report that AKI's GlobalGiving project supporting Have A Heart efforts to spay/neuter and provide vet care to under-served parts of Namibia is off to a great start this year-and in large part, that's thanks to AKI supporters!

After the December test run of the HAH mobile clinic (which we previously reported on), HAH-Luderitz/Aus/Bethanie asked us to support the mobile clinic. Since HAH funds (from other than AKI) are specifically for s/n of cats and dogs, HAH requested that we fill the funding gaps, mainly vet care (other than s/n) for cats and dogs, horses and donkeys that are brought to the mobile clinic. And with leftover AKI money, HAH would spay/neuter additional cats and dogs. Of course, we agreed.

Overall, the results for the January HAH mobile trip were:

Spay/Neuter Surgeries:

28 January Uis Township (included travel on a terrible road for some hours, so only worked during the afternoon for a few hours): 7 dogs

29 January Uis Township: 25 dogs, 6 cats

30 January Khorixas Township: 20 dogs, 3 cats

31 Kamanjab Township: 24 dogs, 1 cat

1 February Outjo Township: 14 dogs, 1 cat

2 February Outjo Township: 20 dogs, 1 cat

A few donkeys were brought to the clinic, but all were fine and didn't need any treatment (see picture).

Since HAH didn't need AKI funds for vet care in January, AKI support covered 3 male cats neuters @ US$25=US$75 each and 8 female cats spays @ US$35 each=US$240

HAH Mobile reserved the additional AKI funds for their March 2017 mobile trip. That trip took place at the end of the month, and the s/n van traveled to: Keetmans, Bethanie, Aus, Luderitz, Grunau-1st time ever (36 dogs and cats sterilized) and Karasburg-1st time ever there too! We're still waiting for final numbers for the March trip, but so far we know that AKI funds covered:

Parasite Treatment Solution 3,5 % (ml) x 52 for 136 dogs and 2 horses (see picture)

25 male cats neuters @ US$25 each=US$625

Also, AKI funds were used to treat a dog that was bitten by a puff adder (see 2 pictures-the wound looks bad, but the dog fully recovered and is fine!) and 2 dogs that had burn wounds (see 2 pictures).

About US$225 is still remaining of AKI funds, which will be used for the next mobile trip. The mobile clinic willl head to Okahandja in May and will target Fyf Rand Kamp. This is a settlement with around 5,000 people, they don't have running water or electricity or toilets in their houses-like most of the townships where HAH Mobile travels to (see picture of Bethanie, for an example). The link below tells the story of how the Fyf Rand Kamp settlement started (if the direct link doesn't work from here, you can search for Namibia Fyf Rand Kamp and see the blog post on Gondwana Collection--it's worth reading!)

In the next AKI-GlobalGiving project report, I'll report on the outcome of that mobile clinic trip. And you can always check the AKI Blog (see link below) for updates.

Our goal is that all cat, dog, horse, and donkey owners will be as caring as the 2 in the picture below, this "super cute couple" (as Geesche called them), visited the mobile clinic when it was in Bethanie this March, to say thank you over and over again for rescuing their dog, Ballas, last year. He was very sick at the time, and unable to go through surgery. His owners brought him to the March 2017 clinic for his neuter operation. They told Geesche that Ballas is their youngest child.

Donkeys at the Jan 2017 mobile clinic-all healthy!

Horses treated during the March mobile clinic

Dog bitten by a puff adder treated thanks to AKI $

Owner with his dog that was bitten by a puff adder

One of the dog treated for burn injury

Another burn wound treated thanks to AKI $

Bethanie-a typical stop on the mobile clinic route

1 of the cats sterilized during the March2017 trip

Ballas with his owners, he is their youngest child

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