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Transkei Animal Welfare Initiative

 

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TAWI (Transkei Animal Welfare Initiative) provides primary animal health care services (primarily for companion animals) for 18 disadvantaged communities around Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, where free-roaming domestic animals suffer from over-breading, malnutrition, disease, parasites, infection, neglect and cruelty. There are no veterinary services for 100s of Kilometers and TAWI is the only organisation providing this much needed service in the whole region.

Through community engagement, education and working with people, their involvement addresses needs expressed by the communities with the approach of gaining understanding, acceptance and co-operation. They are not a shelter, they work in an outreach capacity with the philosophy for “rescuing” animals in their own homes.

They see that access to basic veterinary services and humane education with children creates empathy, through the fostering of respect for life, creating a culture of caring and empathy for all beings. This is a vital ingredient in the building of communities.

VISION & MISSION

Continue to:

  • improve health and happiness for free-roaming companion animals and their families;
  • provide primary animal health care services, sterilisations and education for young people and owners in basic animal care, humane handling techniques and developing empathy and compassion;
  • promote TAWI as a centre for professional residencies – trainee and/or qualified vets, ecologists, sociologists, animal behaviourists, etc. who want to carry out studies and/or experience working in remote rural areas.

Long-term:

  • sterilise +70% of dogs in the communities where they operate;
  • extend their reach to more communities across the Transkei region;
  • develop their education programme;
  • raise awareness.

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