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Romania
Ukraine
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  • ROLDA headquarter (2 shelters for dogs and 1 shelter for disabled/senior cats)
    Galati,
  • Food sent to others
    Targu Frumos, Poieni, Independenta,
  • Grants sent to others
    Caracal, Desa, Focsani, Ramnicu Sarat, Slobozia, Solca, Tulcea,
  • Helped only in 2024
    Boryspil, Dnipro, Krivoy Rog, Lviv, Orihiv, Stepnohirsk, Vasylivka,
  • Helped in 2022-2024
    Belaya Tserkov, Chernihiv, Dnepr, Genichesk, Henichesk, Hola Prystan, Irpen, Kamyanets, Kharkiv, Kakhovka, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Kiev, Korosten, Kropyvnytskyi, Kryvyi Rih, Mykolaiv, Mykytyntsi, Odessa, Oleksandriia, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Vilnyansk, Zaporizhzhia,
  • Helped only in 2022
    Kamyanets-Podilsky,

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Romania

  • ROLDA headquarter (2 shelters for dogs and 1 shelter for disabled/senior cats)
  • Food sent to others
  • Grants sent to others

Ukraine

  • Helped only in 2024
  • Helped in 2022-2024
  • Helped only in 2022

Helping animals in need together since 2006.

Helping animals in need together since 2006.

Helping animals in need together since 2006.

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#givehope to homeless animals that have nobody else

Pino was cruelly abandoned in the midst of freezing winter, left to fend for himself as a helpless 6 months-old kitten. Luckily his cries for help were heard by his our friends from the Great Catsby association and he soon became part of our family of rescued babies. At the moment he is enjoying life in his foster home, sleeping most of the day in cozy fluffy cat beds, chasing his foster furry friends and hunting the feather toy like there’s no tomorrow.

This defenseless dog was shot in his front paw, in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine. We were relieved to know that rescue efforts done by our friend Robert, were successful in saving the dog’s life. He took the dog immediately to the vet clinic where he was examined, the wound was cleaned and he had a surgery to amputate the rest of his front leg. Chips has made a remarkable recovery and the wonderful news is that he will soon be traveling to his new family in Germany.

#FriendsForever

Social campaign for seniors with pets

Many seniors in Romania live on the edge of collapse, depressed, in poverty, often being forced to choose between buying medicines or paying utility bills. Having a pet, for many, is the best thing that has happened to them. ROLDA’s FriendsForever campaign will continue in 2025 thanks to your generosity and care.

#SpayMeansLessStrays

Sterilization continues for dogs and cats from impoverished communities

During 2024, ROLDA funded sterilization campaigns in Galati, Tulcea and Caracal.

Ukrainian partners sent update photos of sterilizations done throughout the year. ROLDA will continue to pay for sterilizations in both countries.

We dream big: Pawzup, a center for animals and people

Help us build PawzUp

PawzUp Center is a state-of-art center for dogs, cats, horses, donkeys… and humans!

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It’s not too late!

Secure your special place in our new dog shelter building! Options start at just 100 USD!

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Help the ROLDA Rescue Team
to save more animals in need

Save a puppy

Help a puppy get nutritional food, treatment for diarrhea and vaccines to protect them against mass spreading deadly diseases.
$21 is enough to help 7 pups.

Injured and abandoned cat

Richie was found in the Korosten area with a severe wound on his back; after weeks in hospital, he fully recovered.
$50 is enough to pay a visit to the vet.

Senior dog welcomed

Bill is a senior dog brought to the shelter by his owner in tears. His wife passed and he had undergone heart surgery, he couldn’t keep Bill any longer. We welcomed Bill in our shelter and soon, he was rehomed in Switzerland.
$5 is enough to pay for an annual vaccine for a dog.

ROLDA supports the following campaigns in Romania

#UnchainDogs

No dog deserves to suffer like they do in Romania

ROLDA support their Romanian colleagues to free dogs from chains whenever possible. Injured dogs are easier to free because owners often do not care enough to pay for treatment. Without our intervention, these poor dogs would continue to live imprisoned and in pain.

ROLDA opposes animal abandonment, cruelty and euthanasia.

Help needed for these campaigns

Doghouses for poor pets

We paused the delivery of doghouses to allow us to focus on helping Ukrainian animals affected by the war. In 2025, we hope to deliver a minimum of 50 dog houses to pets living exposed to extreme weather conditions.

Donate a doghouse

Coloring book is a huge success

We are proud to announce that thousands of coloring books have already been distributed for free in schools in different parts of Romania starting with 2022 and we will not stop here. We hope to print the translated version of the coloring book and distribute it outside Romania.

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Discover ROLDA

Who is ROLDA?

We work 24/7 to rescue your new best friend. On the grounds of an old and deserted factory plot in Galati, Romania, a wounded stray dog struggled to survive. The dog could only watch and whimper as the larvae moved around inside his rotting wound. We rescued him and gave him his name, Rambo. We provided shelter, treated his wounds, and helped him trust people again. After some months, he was adopted in Sweden. Read Rambo’s story

What does ROLDA do for animals?

We save animals in need! ROLDA is an international animal welfare organization operating in Romania to primarily help the homeless dog and cat population, estimated to be millions. ROLDA has a strict no-kill policy. Our key focuses are rescue, rehabilitation, rehoming, spay/neuter, social programs, and education.

What does ROLDA do for the community and abandoned animals?

● We run 2 dog shelters and 1 cat shelter which comply with EU regulation
● We pay for spay/neuter campaigns for cats and dogs from poor communities
● We run social programs for poor pets
● We rehome dogs in Sweden, Switzerland and the UK, where ROLDA has branches
● We educate community members to be responsible pet owners
● We campaign against animal abuse

Still have questions?

Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Please chat to our friendly team.

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What do #ROLDAdogs mean to people?

Unconditional love.

“I would like to thank you and your staff for blessing us with such a wonderful dog, Cookie is adorable. We got him in September and as the days passed settling in, delightful characteristics unfolded. His excited pant on greeting you, his nose erect then breaking out into a funny bellowing howl. Wriggling on his back contentedly alleviating his itch and his big paws shaking about, he resembled Baloo the hilarious gentle bear in the cartoon Jungle Book! Our Baloo had landed and certainly won a big place in our hearts! A BIG THANK YOU!”

Avril from UK
December 2021

“The food you have sent is excellent! Also many thanks for the veterinary medicines! And the human food was very very helpful. We have many puppies now, and soldiers keep bringing injured animals. Also, animals from fields with many ticks. The lines to wait to get human food are very long, people have to start waiting from the night time and all day. There are very few helpers left in the shelter (12 people) so we cannot stand in lines for a whole day. We have many debts in the vet clinic for injured animals.”

Irina from Zaporizhe, Ukraine May 2022
May 2022

“A few months ago, we were desperately reaching out for support to animal aid organizations around the world, as we are focusing on animal rescue in Romania. Very few have replied, and the only ones that actually offered support were our neighbors based in Galati, ROLDA. We are also very appreciative of the fact they decided to support fellow rescuers in Romania, and thus, animals outside their immediate reach, as this kind of cooperation is unfortunately not so common although so necessary.”

Madalina from Tulcea, RO
January 2022

But there’s still more to be done

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