WORLD WORLDWIDE AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA - Network for Animals - Vulnerable South African dogs suffer ripple effects of US aid cuts.

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser Forward this email to a friend Share Tweet With the withdrawal of US aid to South Africa, starving and neglected dogs in impoverished areas need help. Please donate now Dear friend, The sudden withdrawal of USAID funding is deeply concerning for charities around the world. When resources become scarce, it’s always the animals, especially those in vulnerable communities across Africa, who suffer the most. Experts predict that recent aid cuts could plunge an additional 5.7 million people into extreme poverty within the next year in Africa alone… …and as always, the animals will bear the heaviest burden. All we can do is ask you to help them. Credit: NFA More and more helpless creatures will depend on animal-lovers like you to help – animals in places like Calvinia, a poverty-stricken farming town in South Africa’s Northern Cape. Here, hundreds of vulnerable dogs rely on us and our partner for survival. Hundreds of abused, starving and diseased dogs need your help.  The condition of many of these dogs would shock you. Every week, our team encounters more and more emaciated, tick-infested and critically injured dogs in need of food, medication and emergency veterinary care.  Communities like Calvinia are already under intense economic strain, with the majority of residents surviving on just $260 (£200) a month.  As NGO-backed services disappear, local organizations and community leaders will be forced to channel more funds into supporting their people, leaving even less for the animals. We need your help, now more than ever, to continue providing food, medication and care for the dogs of Calvinia.  Please donate now Credit: NFA With NGOs across South Africa in a USAID budget crisis, there has never been a more crucial time to support the organizations saving animal lives. Credit: NFA Your support today could mean the difference between life and death for animals with no one else to turn to. Your generosity will help us provide urgent food, critical tick and flea treatment, and emergency veterinary care to those who need it most. Please donate as generously as you possibly can today.  For the animals, Gloria Davies Founder and CEO Network for Animals P.S.  US aid has been stripped from South African NGOs, with awful consequences. Please help us provide medication and critical care to animals in South Africa, who need your help now more than ever. Please donate now Click here to leave a legacy in a beloved's memory. Banner credit: NFA