Spay and Neuter Cats and Dogs in Rural Eswatini

Greetings! Although COVID-19 is still affecting our decisions with regards Spay/Neuter Clinics, the case numbers are presently declining here in Eswatini so we have decided to start our preparations! We hope the third wave doesn’t hit us and we have to cancel at the last minute due to hard restrictions being imposed once again. As the first Clinic is planned to take place in July, we have to ensure that we cover all the bases as far as manpower and supplies are concerned, as these would appear to be the problem areas we are likely to face after a break of nearly two years! The Waterford Kamhlaba AWARE students are back in residence and raring to go, so for the next month or so we will be gearing up, packing drape kits, checking drug lists, dusting off equipment and the like. In the interim, we had decided to carry out FREE Spays at our shelters between May and July for a total of 20 dogs whose owners cannot afford to cover the cost of the surgery. This activity will help the needy within the urban/peri-urban corridor between Mbabane and Manzini (our two main towns), where the overpopulation of dogs is a growing problem.  We thank you for your support and hope you will continue to support us into the future, as without your help we are unable to carry on with our much needed Spay/Neuter Clinics.  Please spread the word amongst your friends and families, so we can grow our SAWS donor community and reach out to more animals in desperate need of our help!

Hello again,

We had hoped to be bearers of good news in this year of 2021, but sadly the Covid-19 Pandemic continues with renewed strength, making it very difficult to predict when it will be safe for us to venture out to organize our Spay/Neuter Clinics.

On the 7th January our National Borders were closed once again, schools won’t open until February at the earliest, and our lockdown rules have been strengthened. All ‘gatherings’ have been limited to a maximum of twenty people with a strict time limit of two hours.

But all is not doom and gloom, your donations together with various local donations have covered the estimated cost of our next three Spay/Neuter Clinics. The ground work has been done for one clinic and the other two clinics are in the pipeline and we are raring to go.

Hopefully Eswatini will receive human vaccines soon and things will change for the better. Fortunately, our dedicated team carry on working in our two Shelters albeit under very difficult conditions.  Spaying and Neutering all the pets we are able to re-home and treating those who come to us needing care.