Nowzad

Question: How is the money I donate spent? How do I know it is used to help an Afghan stray companion animal? Can my donation go towards a specific animals?

Answer from Nowzad: As a charity we are bound by the strict auditing regulations demanded by the UK charity commission. The board of trustees make sure the money is used to maximum effect in making a difference to the lives of animals in Afghanistan, which includes the daily running costs of the Nowzad Afghan shelter, rescue transport costs, animal food and medicines (including vaccines) and of course our Afghan staff wages.

Pen will be doing a talk at:

The Old Bakery,

12 High Street,

Kenilworth CV8 1LZ

This week sees one of Nowzad’s biggest and most exciting events taking place in New York City. Thanks to the generosity of American Airlines 14 Nowzad Dogs and 1 Nowzad cat will be flying into the states and reuniting with their soldiers for the first time.

The event will be taking place on the 16th November where the dogs will make their journey from Kabul in Afghanistan, to meet their soldiers, or in the case of those still serving – family members, in what will be a historical Nowzad reunion.

Our email is in meltdown as we receive lots fantastic coverage in the press at the moment thanks to the partnering of Nowzad Dogs with American Dog Rescue which is led by the marvellous Arthur Benjamin (check out ADR website www.americandogrescue.org and to make a tax deductible donation if you live in the US!). We are about to tell you about an unbelievably exciting event taking place next week but currently while we finalise everything I have to keep quiet…

Nowzad is one of four nominated charities in this month’s Animal Friends Insurance Charity of the Month. The charity with the most votes will receive a £5000 donation and with your help it could be Nowzad!

If you are a Facebook user you can help us by simply visiting www.facebook.com/feelgoodpark and clicking on ‘vote for a charity’ on the left, then selecting Nowzad and submitting your vote!

Please help us by voting for Nowzad now, as every vote really does count! £5000 will help Nowzad to continue to make a difference for the many strays of Afghanistan that have no hope and no body to care for them.

Pen’s trip to the USA has started with some fantastic news as American Dog Rescue (ADR) are set to join Nowzad’s fight for Afghanistan’s strays.

ADR was founded in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina and has helped thousands of animals find a new home. They are supporting Nowzad in raising funds towards the rescue and relocation of more than 500 abandoned dogs in Afghanistan.

Winter is fast approaching in Afghanistan and we need to perform some urgently needed repairs to the kennels before it starts to rain!

After a very cold and wet winter last year the roof area of our isolation kennels needs to be replaced. It is starting to collapse and will provide little or no protection from the harsh Afghan winter that is almost upon us.

Merry Dogs is donating 50% of the proceeds from their Union Jack dog beds, up to Christmas 2011. These top-quality beds are hand-made in Suffolk, UK. Click on the image below or go to www.merrydogs.co.uk.

We have found a company that recycles bras and will donate the money raised to Nowzad!

So come on ladies, spread the word for us and lets see if we can turn some old (washed) bras into hard cash for Nowzad.

Get ready to be ‘time suckered’ even more by your computer! In a rare cooperation between Katz and Dogs, the Katz from Herding Katz the computer game are donating 25% of every game sold…..