Support for Have A Heart-Namibia

Dear AKI & HAH-Mobile Supporters,

Since the last update in July, HAH-Mobile has completed the following mobile trips:

• August Spay Days: Otjiwarongo, Outjo, Kamanjab, Khorixas
• September Spay Days: Karasburg, Grunau, Bethanie, Luderitz, Aus, Keetmanshoop

AKI funds had already been expended by the end of July, so these mobile clinics were not undertaken with AKI support. However, just this past week, AKI sent the 2nd disbursement of 2017 to HAH-Mobile, so our funding for clinics will once again resume starting this month! AKI has been 1 of the very few consistent supporters of HAH-Mobile, which is so important to help them plan and to ensure that they can keep promises to return --like they did in Keemanshoop (below). 

As always, HAH-Mobile's August and September trips were successful and much appreciated. The last spay day was on 20 September in Keetmanshoop, where they sterilized 5 cats and 34 dogs (see picture of 1 of the Keetmans dogs with his owner below), and treated 2 sick dogs. By 9:30 AM that morning, they were full for the day and they had more than 40 animals on the waiting list! HAH promised everyone they would return and these 40 animals would be the 1st in line to be sterilized next time in Keetmans.

Besides spay/neuter and vet care, HAH-Mobile is a BIG supporter and provider of Humane Education. At all their clinics, they distribute Pako magazines; these are locally produced magazines about cats, dogs, and other animals. They are always hugely appreciated by the children who attend the clinic (see pictures).

During the southern HAH trip, HAH also had rabies control information and animal welfare booklets from Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), which they had printed for free in Windhoek.  The booklets teach children about rabies, how to handle dogs safely, and how to look after dogs properly, and include the 5 freedoms of animal welfare. This was the 1st time that HAH handed these booklets out, and they were very popular with the kids.

During the Okahandja trip in June, HAH had set up a coloring table for the children, where they colored the "Be like a tree" coloring sheet, also produced by GARC. The simple coloring sheet shows children that they should stand still, like a tree, if a strange dog comes near them. They really enjoyed the coloring, learned a simple and valuable lesson, and it kept them entertained.

HAH-Mobile is hoping to continue these educational programs along with their spay/neuter/vet care clinics.

Of course, we'll keep you updated on how your valuable and generous support is helping cats and dogs in Namibia during HAH-Mobile clinics during the remainder of 2017.  Meanwhile, check out the pictures below from HAH-Mobile's recent clinics.

AKI and HAH-Mobile are SO grateful for your support of this lifesaving initiative.

Links:

• Namibia page on the AKI website