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Emergency Fund: Help animals in Bethlehem
ROLDA is proud to be partnering with a local animal rescue team in Bethlehem to help dogs and cats injured, hungry and affected because of the ongoing conflict. Working with locals, we can provide emergency food, vet care and help with transport so animals can reach safety and life-saving treatment before it’s too late. Your donations help keep these animal rescuers going, continue to help give vulnerable animals a real chance of survival and rehabilitation.
With the ongoing conflict in Bethlehem area, many animals are abandoned or abused, injured, with no one to care for them. There are only a few shelters, overwhelmed because of the volume of animals who need food and veterinary treatment. There are many emergencies flooding the clinics and shelters every day. The locals are making huge efforts so they don’t have to turn away animals that have a chance to be saved and we are happy to assist them to write happy endings together.
The partnership with the local rescuers from Bethlehem is part of the Global Emergency program which ROLDA supporters sustain since we started to help animals in need outside Romanian borders. In Bethlehem the situation is dramatic in some moments, depending how the ongoing conflict evolves, especially due to cut off/complete lack of resources. We are raising funds to provide to local rescuers the essential food supplies, veterinary funding, crucial life-saving medicines and transport. Because of your support, we make sure that injured and abandoned dogs and cats receive care instead of being turned away. By strengthening the rescue’s capacity on the ground, we are able to reduce animal suffering and help locals to save lives.
By providing emergency vet care, medicines, transport for injured and abandoned animals in Bethlehem, we invest in strengthen a partnership with local rescuers which is vital especially in critical war conditions. By communicating regularly with the local rescuers, we understand better what they struggle with day by day, we can be in better position to understand and respect their cultural particularities, and of course, help support their long-term work.
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Estimated cost $45.000
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