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We Help Animals
in Afghanistan and Ukraine

The Nowzad charity delivers animal welfare in Afghanistan and Ukraine. Our clinic in Kabul has reopened delivering vital support to over worked horses and donkeys toiling on the streets of Kabul whilst providing care and treatment to injured animals; mainly cats and dogs. Read more. In Ukraine during this devastating conflict caused by Russia’s illegal invasion, the Nowzad charity is delivering vital aid via our headquarters in Lviv, to those in desperate need of animal supplies in the east and south of the country. Read more.

About Us

About the Nowzad Charity

To relieve the suffering of animals; including companion animals, working equines, stray and abandoned dogs and cats and all other animals in need of care and attention, and to provide and maintain where possible; rescue, rehabilitation and education facilities for the care and treatment of such animals with no voice but ours.

Charity Excellence
Working Animal Alliance Member
The Asia for Animals Dog and Cat Coalition
World Animal Day
Global Alliance for Rabies Control
GuideStar Charity Check
CNN Heroes Award
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In 2025...

Animals Vaccinated against Rabies
5,600
Animals sterilised to prevent street overpopulations
2,800
Working and farm animals treated in our outreach programme
1,020
Essential pieces of equipment distributed for working animals
330
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News & Events

Nowzad News & Events

Bringing Home Albert, Maggi, Tom Kat, and Rex: A Journey of Hope
Bringing Home Albert, Maggi, Tom Kat, and Rex: A Journey of Hope

These three deserving souls have waited too long for a world beyond shelter walls — a world with soft beds, safe gardens, and families who will love them for the rest of their days. Your kindness is opening that door for them.

Thoughtful, Clever, and Resilient: Celebrating the World  Donkeys Day at  Maverick’s Sanctuary
Thoughtful, Clever, and Resilient: Celebrating the World Donkeys Day at Maverick’s Sanctuary

This World Donkey Day, our Kabul team treated our 13 donkeys to a day of extra hugs and their favourite snacks. We're proud to celebrate these hardworking, clever animals and share a heartfelt "thank you" from our Afghan staff to everyone supporting our mission at Maverick’s Sanctuary.

Two Teams = One Mission!
Two Teams = One Mission!

As the sun sets over Ukraine this evening, our teams are finishing another hard-going, but vital, day on the ground. Today the mission split into two paths...

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