Give 550 Moroccan street animals food & shelter

Dear GlobalGiving friends,

The past four months were eventful to say the least, as is expected when running an animal shelter. Your support has been indispensable to feed all the animals at our shelter (we are close to almost 700 animals now!). Although we are currently not in a financial position to accept new rescues as we have so many mouths to feed and take care of, what would you do of someone drops 9 puppies at your doorstep?

This is what happened to us in July when we had a trunk load of burning hot puppies turn up at the shelter. 9 little babies taken from their mum. Now 9 extra mouths for us to feed. 1 lucky baby has been adopted. Which leaves us with 8 responsibilities we had no room to take on. A shelter is not the best environment for puppies but we do everthing in our capacity to give them the best possible chance at life and to find them a home. With your help we have been able to provide them with the extras they need to survive shelter life. Parvo virus vaccinations, deflea and deworm treatments.

In addition, summer also marked an incredible “tick season.” They were everywhere—on every animal, in every location. Our team has worked tirelessly to remove as many ticks as possible, even though they would return in a matter of days.

Your support allows us to buy medical products to fight off these ticks. Thank you for being here and supporting us.

Have the last few months been the hardest we’ve ever faced?
We think so.

Have the financial burdens and responsibilities been the heaviest we have ever carried?
Most definitely.

Has the battle ahead seemed unobtainable, farfetched, a dream?
It has.

But have we made progress? We have!
It’s been baby steps. Teeny, tiny baby steps. But progress.

With the support of SPCAI, we have been gifted an opportunity to open a ranch just for our equines and because of that we have an extra big open space free... A big open space means we can build new sections for the dogs and finally after years of promising, AFTER 3 EVICTION ATTEMPTS, after rivers of tears from stress and anxiety we can start to empty our main shelter in Assersif and move to place that is much more suitable, safe and comfortable for everyone.

HOW AMAZING IS THAT?

We hope you will continue to support our work and help us build these new sections, expand on a new shelter, and support us as we build a more secure and sustainable future for the animals that we love so much.

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

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.