Our Mission

One Dog at a Time

Breaking up an organised dog fight that was taking place right outside their remote compound, Pen never realised that one of those fighting dogs would then befriend him.

The Royal Marine Sergeant couldn’t say no to those big sad eyes and the now former fighting dog became the Sergeant's battle buddy. The dog received his first ever name – "Nowzad".

The 'tail' of the rescue of Nowzad and his other canine buddies from the remote desert outpost of Now Zad, was published as a best-selling book ‘One Dog at a Time’, which to this day helps to promote and fund the work we do in Afghanistan.

Our vital work in Afghanistan included animal welfare education to prevent the spread of rabies. All dogs and cats that passed through our clinic were either spayed or neutered and fully vaccinated against rabies.

The charity had (and we hope will continue to do so) fantastic support from animal lovers the world over, who offered their time in promoting and funding the aims of the charity. Every donation we receive is much appreciated and makes a big impact in our work for the animals with no voice but yours. Whilst we will continue with our working animal programme for the donkeys and horses of Afghanistan as the new Taliban government allows, we are now looking for a new home for our work with dogs and cats. As of writing we are still deciding on where that will be. Today you can donate to the future of Nowzad.