EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR FUNDS

SEE UPDATES BELOW


Message on ESMA facebook page:

Things at the shelter are bad, the poor babies are starting to die they need Donations please help, the vets can not get there. if they have food that will help, Susie spent her last cash buying food for the shelter. Egypt is not taking credit cards the looting has started near the shelter, Shooting is also heard they Animals are Scared, ESMA has put the Stronger Dogs to the front in case the try to come , They need Help so much Please sent what you can to save these poor innocent BABIES.X

THIS IS A SERIOUS CRISIS.  PLEASE DONATE EVERY BIT HELPS.
PLEASE CLICK LINK BELOW TO BE DIRECTED TO ESMA'S PAYPAL SITE:


http://esmaegypt.org/blog/how-to-help/


UPDATED January 31 (from comment posted on ESMA Facebook page):

Thanks to all of your help, we have raised almost $1500 in two days! I will get this to them as soon as the banks in Cairo are open, which hopefully will be later this week, depending on how things develop. Please continue to spread the word to your friends that we need to keep raising money, since costs are going to be very high this month (and into the future, depending on what happens next in Cairo). We expect that as soon as people can move around the city, many cases of needy dogs and cats will come to us. We also expect to have to deal with the very sad situation of foreigners leaving Cairo and not taking their pets with them.

UPDATED February (from ESMA Facebook page):

ESMA 'Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals' Thanks to everyone for the continuing donations! We have raised $4,300 since Friday, thanks to so much compassion and concern coming for all over the world. We are hoping that the commercial banks will open on Sunday. While we cannot solve the political situation, we certainly can work on the humanitarian level.

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Animal Rights Commercial

Here is a great commercial about the treatment of street animals. It was produced in Turkey. Please share and help spread the message of kindness to street animals.

Dog Lovers of the World Unite

This blog is being created as part of the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals education and awareness campaign.

Egypt is in dire need to begin an education and awareness campaign which will serve to educate school age children and the community at large on the proper care and treatment of animals. The need for such a program became even more evident and urgent after some tragic events that occurred the first week in December 2010. Please take a moment to read this appeal from an ESMA founder explaining the circumstances:

Dear All,

This morning on his way to our shelter, one of our employees, Walid, found some children drowning a puppy in a canal. He acted right away to save the puppy who is now at the shelter, but in an awful twist he arrived at the shelter only to find someone else at the door with a single puppy rescued from four who were burned by children on the side of the road. It is uncertain if he will survive. These terrible incidents point to the desperate need for us to launch the education program we have long wanted to.

First of all I have no shame or embarrassment to APPEAL to you to help me raise funds for this now critically needed program. All expenses from the funds and total funds collected will be my own personal responsibility, and I will be accountable for them in front of you.

I will not even try and make this 'appeal' rosy. Read what has happened in one morning and ask yourselves if this appeal is worthy to donate for. As we need a huge amount of money to finance this program, I also take the liberty of asking you to forward to all your contacts. If anyone wants to see the full story and comments please join ESMA Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals on facebook, and read the full story and comments (We have two pages, please go to them both).

PLEASE HELP US CHANGE THE FACE OF ANIMAL WELFARE IN EGYPT, IT HAS TO START BY EDUCATING THE CHILDREN WHO COMMIT THESE HORRIBLE ACTS OF CRUELTY.

I hope you will be able to help with this critically needed initiative. This work will involve designing a program outline, a work plan, and a timeline for creating a curriculum in English and Arabic for children between the ages of 5-12, aimed at teaching children the importance of kindness to animals and the basic concepts of animal welfare. This program can then be taken into the public and private schools systems, and used to present workshops or talks at clubs, community centers, and other family gathering places. We can work with strategic partners such as local NGOs and international organizations to make it happen. Funds are needed for the development of the program, program costs, and the design and printing of the materials for the curriculum, among other things.


Thank You! I know you will help us finance or support in any other way you can, even if it is by forwarding to other people this much needed campaign.

With best regards to you all.

Susie Nassar
ESMA Founding Member
http://www.esmaegypt.org/

Here is a photo of the puppy rescued from drowning: