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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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