Addis Ababa Community for Animals Project
Quarterly Activity Report
From the period
April 24, 2007 – July 23, 2007
Ref
No: U – 31 / 183/ 99
Date: July
24, 2007
Introduction
This is the 4th quarterly Report for ACFA project
form April to July,
The final quarter for the one year project.
This report contains activities carried out and its achievements and
problems encountered in the quarter.
Activities carried out
Ø
Awareness creation activity is carried out for more than 50,000 people in
the project area during the entrance and exit hours of workers and
students and also in crowded and targeted areas using the microphone fixed
on the car and by distributing:
·
2000
leaflets,
·
500
brochures,
·
500 stickers
and
·
100
T-shirts.
Ø
Emergency service has also been provided to rescue four dogs that are
found thrown to a very deep and dark man made cave called Gido Washa and
permanent closing of the cave with the help of kind cooperation of
government authorities to save those prepared to be thrown also
been done following the rescue.
For further information please browse: http://www.haps-eth.org.et/Finalclosing.htm
Ø
In
this quarter apart from carrying out this specific project activity
educated the general public with the repeated media coverage namely
Ethiopian National Television, Addis Ababa Mass Media Agency Television
and Radio and News Paper and reached in as much people all over the
country as possible and informed almost 50% of the population of our
country about animal welfare and the activities of HAPS for the animals
and the rescue operation carried out using six
repeated media coverage by each above mentioned medias.
Ø
The project office is always open even in the weekends and holidays due to
full dedication and kind understanding of the staffs and volunteers to
give online counseling and also to deal with people coming to adopt dogs
and to visit the shelter and the clinic using their holidays free time due
to this 386 people were given service on online in this quarter.
Ø
A total of 64 dogs saved by HAPS in the past quarter, among
these:
·
27 puppies
adopted.
·
12 adult
dogs adopted.
·
24 dogs
spayed and neutered
·
1
euthanasia as both its hind legs paralyzed due to the sever car accident
caused.
Achievements
Ø
In this quarter a strong foundation is laid for the future success of the
society in all aspects by holding a promising discussion and meeting with
the countries higher officials the Deputy Prime Minster and the Addis
Ababa City Mayor with the Amsale Gessesse Memorial Foundation USA
on how to gain necessary support from the government in its activity to
broaden the scope of HAPS by constructing animal shelter and clinic in
Addis Ababa, the City Mayor also promised to give a plot of land for the
construction of shelter and clinic.
For further information please browse: http://www.haps-eth.org.et/amsale_gessesse.htm
Ø
Maria Daines
and Paul Killington world’s popular singer and the most kind people
for all animals around the world also sings a song for the poor animals of
Ethiopia to realize the construction of the proposed animal shelter and
clinic and the continuation of the society’s activity for the animals.
For further information please browse:
http://www.maria-daines.com/news.html
Problems
The main problem faced is the absence of necessary medicines and rabies
vaccine in the local market for carrying out the spay neuter and
vaccination in addition to financial incapacity.
Though we repeatedly request the donor community for adequate financial
support for this specific project, due to lack of immediate response from
most of the donors apart from those regularly supporting the society’s
activity and there fore the project is not fully implemented in the
specified period of time.
Conclusion
The founders and members of the society devotedly working very hard to
bring a better situation for the animals of our country; working day and
night to capture dogs for spay neuter and handle emergency cases without
any hesitation and with no insurance for the risk that might happen on
their life.
The recent rescue from Gido Washa /Manmade Cave/ where the dogs are thrown
alive to die a slow death can be a good example.
For further information please browse:
http://www.haps-eth.org.et/haps_rescue_team.htm
Finally we would like to thank those individuals and organizations that
stood beside our society in providing all round support for its activity
for the animals and would like to request again to be with us for the
continuation of this blessing idea to be realized for the sake of the poor
and abandoned animals of Ethiopia.
Signed
Hana Kifle
Project Manager
