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Association ROLDA Suisse was set up by a group of Swiss animal lovers, led by the celebrity animal activist Lolita Morena. The purpose of the association is to generate awareness and support for the Romanian animals and for the poor communities struggling to look after their pets responsibly.
Contact person
Michele (President)
Phone number
+41 79 606 49 79
scribars@gmail.com
Incorporation year
2014
Mailing address
Rue des Grands-Proz 2A, 1957 Ardon
How Swiss supporters help us:
Enable rescued dogs to receive medical assistance, sheltering while in Romania and to be adopted abroad (including in Switzerland)
Cover the sterilizations and other emergencies vet costs for pets (dogs and cats) from poor communities
Find reliable homes for rescued #roldadogs which are visited periodically by Swiss team
Bits from the past
Adopters Day June 2015
Cover calendar 2021
Cara adopted by Alain Morisod in Switzerland March 2014
Cover calendar 2022
Manifestation Geneva against killing Romanian dogs
Lolita visit Swiss Ambassador in Bucharest
Karma
Making of Calendar 2017
Painting exposition artist Muriel Oct 2014
Visit September 2021
First stamp dedicated to Romanian animals in Switzerland 2014
Lolita first visit in Romania November 2013
Yelena Swiss volunteer visit September 2014
Other activities include:
Organize transport of donated supplies to ROLDA shelters
Organize street protests in Geneve against killing of dogs in Romania
Create a post stamp with a Romanian dog’s portrait approved by Post Suisse
Attend meetings with ArcelorMittal representatives
Meet H.E. Ambassador of Switzerland in Bucharest and also accompany his family to ROLDA shelters
Reunite groups of volunteer visitors from Switzerland to visit regularly the ROLDA shelters
Publish articles in Swiss press and create films to be presented on Toudou, the TV animal show
Create partnership with Swiss Animal Protection and several other grant makers
Some past fundraising included
Replacing the rescue van crashed in an accident
Sponsor food delivered to dogs from poor rural communities
Pay the renovation costs for small shelter cottage
Sponsor education campaigns in schools from the villages
Help during flood – emergency aid like blankets and food (for people and animals)
Sponsor the creation of a green barrier (trees planted) to protect the large shelter against snow storms and the nearby human habitats against noise.
What we do for Swiss supporters:
Opportunity to adopt a healthy, beautiful, sociable dog rescued from streets or saved from a local public shelter. See conditions here & Read also testimonials from other adopters.
Opportunity to be part of our team as a volunteer (in case you’d like to put your best skills at use for animals in need and for a charity that use resources to save them) or as an ambassador (to share news about ROLDA on social media or to wear items that we send you for free)
Possibility to sponsor at distance a dog rescued from streets or a poor community pet who struggles to live decently
Some of #ROLDAdogs adopted in Switzerland
Aika
Didier
Emma
Fee
Gaia
Harley
Ljuba
Lucky
Seth
Sugus
Money sent by ROLDA Suisse for Romanian projects
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | --- | 2022 | 58500 EUR | 2021 | 69000 EUR | 2020 | 99500 EUR | 2019 | 95730 EUR |
| 2023 | --- | 2022 | grant private foundation, calendars sale, donations | 2021 | decreased with 31% compared with 2020 – SAP & other grant makers, private donations, sale calendar, memberships, adoption fees, sponsorships | 2020 | SAP, grants, private donations, membership, sponsorship, adoption fees | 2019 | SAP, grants, private donations, membership, sponsorship, adoption fees, gala fundraising |
| 2023 | 2022 | sterilizations, adoptions costs, general costs for the shelter | 2021 | food and medicines, emergency aid, sterilizations, repairs, adoptions costs, winter shelter costs | 2020 | sterilizations, adoptions costs, general costs for the shelter | 2019 | new rescue van, sterilizations, senior event, dogs transport, general costs for the shelter |
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 73581 EUR | 2017 | 53000 EUR | 2016 | 32400 EUR | 2015 | 26220 EUR |
| 2018 | SAP, grants, donations, memberships, sponsorships | 2017 | SAP, grants, bank transfer, gala donations | 2016 | SAP, donations, memberships, sponsorships | 2015 | SAP, donations, sponsorships |
| 2018 | cottage repair, sterilizations, senior event, adoptions costs, general costs for the shelter | 2017 | cottage repair, sterilizations, adoptions costs, general costs for the shelter | 2016 | sterilizations, adoptions costs, general costs for the shelter | 2015 | sterilizations, adoptions costs, general costs for the shelter |
Bits from the past
Visit Swiss team February 2015
ROLDA Soiree de soutien May 2019
Lolita and Mirko at ROLDA Soiree de soutien November 2017
Mirko Rochat at ROLDA Suisse Gala
Philip
Gala AtoutCoeur with Swiss celebrities and supporters November 2015
Making of Calendar 2015
Public event November 2014
ROLDA Board meeting April 2015
Swiss team visit October 2014
ROLDA Suisse Magazines
All ROLDA Suisse members receive our association’s printed magazines, twice per year. For an annual membership fee of 30.- Swiss Francs you’ll receive in your post beautiful quality magazines, two times each year, describing most recent events and projects of ROLDA in Romania. We remind you that our association functions 100% thanks to Swiss volunteers, who raise funds and logistics to sustain a number of long-term projects, focusing on the most disadvantaged regions of Romania, aiming to improve the welfare of animals as well as the lives of the people living near them.
Some videos created by ROLDA Suisse
How Swiss supporters can make a gift to ROLDA?
Send a check
Association ROLDA Suisse
c/o Michele Pradervand Mooser
Rue des Grands-Proz 2A
1957 Ardon
Bank account details
IBAN: CH47 8080 8001 2548 90198
CCP: 17-237-8
Bank: Raiffeisen Moleson
Address: 1628 Vuadens
Legacy for animals
Your love for animals can last forever when you make a gift to ROLDA in your will
Donate by PayPal
Login into your PayPal account and make a donation to this email address roldadogs@gmail.com
Alternatively, click on this link
https://PayPal.me/SaveStrays
ROLDA’s founder invites you to find out how we started and why
“On behalf of ROLDA, we extend huge thanks to #LolitaMorena for supporting ROLDA’s values and work. The relationship started in 2011 when Dana Costin (ROLDA CEO and Founder) met Lolita at a ROLDA conference in Switzerland. Lolita was involved with our charity ever since.
She visited ROLDA shelters on multiple occasions. She helped tirelessly to fight against innocent dogs kill when the Romanian government initiated and legally allowed a mass euthanization of stray dogs in a mindless attempt to control the stray dog population in Romania.
With Lolita’s help, many homeless dogs from ROLDA shelters found new homes in Switzerland which led to us establishing a rehoming network -Association ROLDA Suisse.
Helping animal lovers able to and willing to adopt a homeless dog. We hope this adoption network that started from this relationship with Lolita, will become a path for a new life for many more homeless dogs.”
My best wishes to you, Dana!
Articles in the Swiss media
Meet ROLDA Suisse great team
Al Board Member
Lolila Board Member
Michele President
Volunteers (alphabetic order)
Caroline
Denis
Felix
Martine
Nathalie
Vanessa
Testimonials
“Dana, I want to tell you such a big thank you for your kindness. You do such an inspiring job for all those dogs. I’m feeling so blessed to have experienced that in Galati Romania and I’m completely for your cause. Sending your best greetings and take care of you and all those sweet dogs.”
