Animal Welfare Namibia Project #18172

Support for Have A Heart-Namibia

by Animal-Kind International

Project Report | Dec 18, 2018
Parasite Treatment-Oh My!

By Geesche Neuberg | Have A Heart-Namibia Coordinator

Dog spayed-2015, gets annual HAH parasite control

Have a Heart is beyond thankful for the support we get from Animal-Kind International's GlobalGiving donors for many years now. Due to this support, Have a Heart are able to offer – besides our normal spay/neuter- emergency treatment of injuries and sicknesses, booster vaccinations, dog houses, a warm blanket and food, and follow up parasite treatment for dogs and cats.

Because of AKI's donors, many many dogs and cats received parasite treatment this year. In 2018, AKI's GlobalGiving project provided parasite treatment for about 500 cats and dogs (we are still tallying the totals). Parasite treatment doesn't sound dramatic like "dog with broken leg rescued from highway" but it's also very important and is also saving lots and lots of lives! Not only the animals, also humans!

The treatment against parasites, such as ticks, fleas, and mites costs an estimated US$1 per injection and helps not only animals stay healthy but also helps the humans who are close the animals, which in Namibia, most of the time are children. You can see in the pcitures: ticks on a dog's ear (this dog returns with her family to the HAH clinic every year for parasite control); a very thin dog with worms (treated by HAH thanks to AKI-GG donors); and a dog with mange, also treated thanks to AKI-GG.

These are the parasites that AKI funds prevent/treat:

Worms: Echinococcus is a tapeworm causing a disease in humans known as echinococcosis which can be transferred from dogs. Once a human is infected, eggs hatch in the digestive system, penetrating the intestinal wall and is carried by the bloodstream to various organs including the liver, brain and eyes. The tapeworm then settles in an organ forming a cyst. Cysts in humans can persist undetected for years and eventual disruption of the cysts can be life threatening due to anaphylactic shock. All animals sterilised by Have a Heart are treated for internal parasites such as echinococcus, as well as external parasites, therefore decreasing the risk of transfer to humans and improving the dog's health.

Ticks: Ticks can transfer Tick Bite Fever. Signs of Tick Bite Fever include a lack of appetite, fever, nosebleeds, runny eyes and nose,weight loss, depression, eye problems, bleeding through the skin and bruising, vomiting, diarrhea, joint pain and lameness, stiffness of the neck and seizures. Due to vets often being hundreds of kilometers away, lack of transport or finances, only 28% of all owned animals in Namibia will have the chance to be treated by a vet after being infected with Tick Bite Fever. Prevention is the key and thanks to HaH and AKI's donors we are able to prevent uncountable cases of Tick Bite Fever.

Mange: Mange is a contagious skin disease found in dogs. Due to parasites (mites), dogs lose their fur. These mites will burrow through the skin, causing itching and irritation. The hallmark of a scabies infection is intense itching; dogs infected with this mite are insanely itchy all the time. The itching is so intense the dogs can't rest properly, they lose weight and over time secondary skin infections set in. Without any treatment the dog will die after months of suffering.

We hope with this short information we can show everyone how important the parasite treatment is, how many lives are improved, made healthier, more comfortable, less painful...because of you.

THANK YOU!

On a sad note, we dedicate this GlobalGiving Progress Report to Lindie Prinsloo, the founder of Have a Heart, who died too young, still having so much to give, but having done so much in her short lifetime.

Dogs often lose weight when infested with worms

Dog with mange treated by HAH with AKI funds

In memory of Lindie Prinsloo, Founder of HAH

Links:

Namibia page on the AKI website

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Sep 21, 2018
Cats & Dogs Get Their Jabs

By Karen Menczer & Geesche Neuberg | Executive Director, AKI; Coordinator, HAH-Namibia

HAH in Keetmanshoop

Have A Heart-Mobile uses donations from Animal-Kind International to fill their funding gaps. This means that your support could pay for emergency care (as we've reported on in previous progress reports), spay/neuter of cats (also previously reported on), and most recently, vaccinating all return customers. Cats and dogs spayed/neutered at the HAH mobile clinic are also vaccinated--it's a package--it makes no sense to spend all that time and money to s/n and then not provide protection against the biggest killers of cats and dogs in Namibia, rabies, parvo, distemper.

But what about HAH's old customers, those s/n'd in previous years? They're part of the HAH family; they need to be vaccinated to ensure they're protected; and HAH is the only option for them to get their jabs. So AKI stepped in and we're covering the costs of vaccinations for all return customers.

HAH's Geesche, reported on what your donations have achieved:

September 17-Keetmanshoop

Great, great, great news! Keetmanshoop is a big town with many, many dogs and cats in need of help. Eighty lucky animals were sterilized during the most recent HAH visit. And the great news doesn't stop there! Thanks to Animal-Kind International, 35 'old customers' were given their follow up vaccinations.

September 14-Luderitz

The mobile clinic spent the past 2 days sterilising 60 dogs/cats for the Lüderitz community. Animal-Kind International, you once again made follow-up shots possible for 41 already sterilised dogs/cats through your funding to Have-a-Heart Namibia. Happy results are achieved where communities pull together!

September 11-Bethanie

Today was a hugely successful day making a difference in Bethanie. The mobile clinic sterilised 31 dogs/cats! Another 52 dogs/cats returned for follow-up injections. This was made possible by funding which Have-a-Heart Namibia receives from Animal-Kind International.

Thank you so much to our GlobalGiving donors! These jabs wouldn't have been possible without your support!

HAH-Keetmanshoop client

HAH in Keetmanshoop

HAH-Keetmanshoop kitty client

HAH Keetmanshoop dog client

HAH Ludertiz

HAH Luderitz doggy clients

HAH-Luderitz kitty

HAH-Bethanie dogs transported by donkey-horse cart

HAH-Bethanie client

HAH-Bethanie clients wait to be seen

Links:

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Jun 25, 2018
You're A Part of Something Big

By Karen Menczer & Geesche Neuberg | Executive Director, AKI; Coordinator, HAH-Namibia

Blackie bitten by a dog rec'd meds, food, doghouse

You, as donors to our Animal-Kind International GlobalGiving project in support of Have A Heart-Namibia, already know that HAH's mobile spay/neuter clinic travels to parts of Namibia where there's no accessible vet care, and provides s/n at no charge. It's a huge -and very successful effort to bring s/n to communities that never before had that option for dog and cat population control.

AKI's support is usually used for vet care (other than s/n) of cats, dogs, donkeys, horses, and has even included a rat because that's where HAH's funding shortfall lies. Can you imagine if the mobile clinic came to town to s/n but had no funds to provide vet care in distant communities? We won't let that happen.

The pictures that go with this report are of 3 dogs, recently helped thanks to AKI-GG donors. You might think: that's not much, 3 dogs....but here's a recent Facebook post from Geesche, HAH-Namibia Coordinator, describing how you are a part of something BIG:

"There is no way we will ever be able to say enough THANK YOUs to Animal-Kind International and its supporters! For many years Have a Heart and the dogs and cats in need in Namibia have been supported by Animal-Kind International, always trusting us by allowing us to use the money where ever we think it's needed most. Animal-Kind International have been supporting us from day 1, helping us through the difficult start, when there were so many dogs and cats in urgent need of spay or neuter, but funds were low.

But not only financial support, also very patient, moral support sent in many mails, helped us so much!

The trusting in us and allowing us to use the donations where they are needed most made it possible for us to help not only many, many dogs and cats with spay/neuter operations, but also with ongoing parasite treatment and vaccinations of our old customers, emergency treatment, parasite treatment and rabies vaccination for horses and donkeys, and many emergency treatments for dogs and cats in need.

Snoopy, Blompot, Lady, Jose, Nica and Blacky are just a few of the many dogs and cats that have been helped over the years without a second of delay, because we as a spay and neuter program had funds from Animal-Kind International for such emergencies available.

THANK YOU ANIMAL-KIND INTERNATIONAL, Namibia's dogs and cats and Have a Heart owes you big time!"

Blackie was sent home with food & blanket

Wagter got meds for internal & external parasites

Wagter also got a doghouse, blanket & food

Dave was treated for a horrible wound on his head

Dave's owner had a stroke & he had to be re-homed

Dave rec'd antibiotics, parasite treatment, food

Animal-Kind International in Namibia!

Links:

Have A Heart on the AKI website

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