Give 550 Moroccan street animals food & shelter

Dear friends and supporters

So much has happened since we reported last, both good and bad. We will start with the good news first!

Thanks to all your generous support during GlobalGiving's Little by Little Campaign in April, we raised $1727 in a matter of days. We appreciate each and everyone one of you for your support. Thank you.

At the end of January, two of our MAA heroes, Fanny and Zak, ran an ACTUAL marathon in Marrakech to raise funds for a new rescue car. Our MAA team cheered them on from the sidelines as they proudly ran through the streets of Marrakech with MAA flags wrapped around their bodies. Although we didn't reach our funding goal, we will be back next year with more runners, spreading the word about protecting Moroccan street animals.

Thanks to your generous donations over the past few months, we have been able to provide food and shelter to the 600 animals in our care (yes, our numbers keep rising). Although our capacity and resources are limited, we made a commitment to the animals and people in our community, and we will never stop fighting for them.

We also were able to respond to emergencies and rescue dozens of dogs and cats with your help. Such as PM847 and DM849, two precious pups, victims of separate car accidents, who both have suffered broken legs and required vet consultations and x-rays to assess their injuries and provide treatment. Or the beautiful CF848 who arrived with trauma to her eye. She’s undergone eye removal surgery to alleviate her pain and discomfort. Your support ensured she received the care she needs to heal and thrive!

Thanks to the generosity of our GlobalGiving community, we have also been able to help so many ohter animals in need such as K902, K903, K904 three abandoned kittens without a mum... or PM899 who came to us with an unjured back leg, and the cute CM909 who had a car accident and had painful injuries to his back legs.

It is thanks to your financial support that we are in a position to continue to respond to these emergencies!

We really need your continued support as recently we have been threathened with eviction in our main shelter location. On top of the daily emergencies we are dealing with every day, we now need to urgently build a new main shelter. We are doing everything we can do work with local authorities to acquire new land and are seeking legal support to make sure the animals in our care as well as our team remain safe and sound.

We look forward to share more with you soon. And once again, thank you for being here.

First of all, a very happy new year! We hope that 2024 will be kind to you and that we can continue to build our community together for a better world for all animals.

During the past four months, our shelter and team has been overwhelmed with aid requests for injured animals as well as communities affected by the earthquake. It's safe to safe that 2023 was anything but an easy year for us. However, we did our very best to help where possible and thanks to you and our GlobalGiving community, we raised almost $11,000 this past year - so thank YOU.

In October and December, we carried out several field missions to deliver aid to High Atlas communities affected by the earthquake that happened on 8th September 2023. We received lots of request for fodder to support livestock from community members in the High Atlas mountains, since the majority of animal food supplies and fodder have been lost due to the earthquake. During the past months, we have delivered 1100 bales of dried alfalfa hay, which is loaded with protein and healthy fats, to animals in affected communities including donkeys, mules, sheep, goats, and cattle. 

Meanwhile at the shelter, we have welcomed dozens of new rescues since September. Many of our new residents are victims of road traffic accidents such as little puppy PF696 and female cat CF803 who broke their legs after being hit by a car, and poor boy DM721 who broke his jaw due to another car accident. These are just a few examples of animals that have arrived at our shelter in painful conditions these past months.

In addition, we managed to rescue five baby kittens who were abandoned near our local fish market and left to fend for themselves. The youngest 3 were just so very small and they would have most certainly died without help. Speaking of babies, we also took in an abandoned infant donkey who is slowly integrating to the group of equines we are taking care of. 

Unfortunately, we had a major setback when our rescue car broke down early December. It is beyond repair and we are doing the best we can to continue our rescue operations and vet trips, but we would be lying if we said it hasn’t been one of our biggest worries and hopes to acquire a new car. We hope we can count on the support of our GlobalGiving community to continue our work.

Thanks to your support so far, we have been able to provide vital veterinary treatment and medical care to over 40 new rescues. Not to mention, we have been able to buy food for all our 550 animals at the shelter, which is the most basic care we need to provide to our furry friends. We are forever grateful for your generosity.

Until our next report, you can follow us on Instagram for daily updates. Thank you for being here.