WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE SERBIA - AFA - Animals First Aid - Food is GONE! Dogs and cats are starving!

 

View this  in your browser Our partners in Serbia DESPERATELY need help! Food is gone. Suffering is rising. We  promised to stand with them - but we NEED you! Dear friends, There are moments in this work that never leave your mind… This is one of them. For years, together with our partners in Serbia, you have stood beside two extraordinary women - Vera and Jelena - helping feed their animals, treat the sick, and keep hope alive. But today, the situation is slipping beyond what they can manage alone. Vera’s message is heartbreaking… Food has run out. What dregs remain are being stretched with ground corn just to keep the dogs and cats from starving to death. She says she cries while feeding them - they voraciously gobble what little she gives them, but they are still on the brink of starvation. At the same time, a wave of fleas and ticks is spreading fast. The cats are suffering most - their bodies covered, their skin inflamed, many are wounded. Last year, nearly every animal developed painful sores. Without urgent treatment, it will happen again. PLEASE DONATE Credit: Vera Vita And then there is the part that never leaves you… In winter, which is just ending in Serbia, when temperatures drop, Vera sleeps with the dogs just to keep them warm. For you or me, sharing a bed with a beloved pet is a comfort… a choice. But imagine lying on a cold floor, wrapped around a couple dozen shivering rescues, using your own body just to keep them from freezing through the night. No one should have to do that! Jelena is fighting the same battle - holding together a sanctuary for the forgotten, the injured, the ones no one else would take. Both women rely on Animals First Aid not just for support, but for survival. Recognizing the intense urgency of the situations, earlier this year, Animals First Aid made a commitment to raise a $10,800 building fund (approximately €10,000 or £8,600 GBP) to a create safe, permanent shelter. Not survival from week to week. Real protection from cold, disease, and suffering. So far, we have raised just over a third. It is not enough. We must continue. But right now, $345 (€300 or £260) is URGENTLY needed for food, and $460 (€400 or £350) is required immediately for parasite treatment for 35 dogs and 26 cats. These are critical needs - but they are only part of the bigger promise we made. PLEASE DONATE Credit: Jelena’s Sanctuary If we stop now, nothing changes. But if we finish this - if we push through -we can change everything. We can give these animals warmth. Safety. Stability. We can make sure next winter is different. We can stand by the people who have never abandoned them. Animals First Aid is committed. But we cannot do this without you. Please - if you possibly can - help us close the gap. Help us finish what we started. Help give Vera, Jelena, and every animal in their care something they have never truly had before: security. Because right now, they are still waiting. PLEASE DONATE Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Audrey Sam Global Partnerships and Donor Relations Lead Animals First Aid PS: Right now, just $805 (€700 or £610) could clear urgent food debt and provide life-saving parasite treatment. But we must also finish the building fund. Please don’t let this effort stop halfway - your support today can change everything. Phone (US): +1 773 300 2544 Animals First Aid (AFA) is a dedicated nonprofit organization committed to saving and improving the lives of animals in urgent need. Through compassionate partnerships and global collaboration, we provide immediate care, shelter, and long-term solutions for abused, abandoned, and neglected animals. Every donation directly supports life-changing interventions, ensuring animals receive the love, safety, and healing they deserve. Animals First Aid is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States (EIN: 99-1042428), and donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. Together, we can continue making a difference, one precious life at a time.