2019-02-10T10:29:27-07:00 2018-12-31 990EZ 2018-01-01 743230332 ANIMAL-KIND INTERNATIONAL ANIM 5758340908 PO Box 300 Jemez Springs NM 87025 Karen Menczer Executive Director 5758340908 2019-02-11 98.19.17.102 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z X https://www.animal-kind.org/ X X 82475 X 82247 0 0 228 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82475 61825 0 0 0 0 0 0 61825 20650 26879 0 47529 26879 47529 0 0 0 0 26879 47529 0 0 26879 47529 Animal-Kind International supports animal welfare organizations in poor countries, primarily in Africa, secondarily in Latin America/Caribbean, and in Armenia. We raise money for them and raise visibility of their work. We track their use of AKI funds so we can provide this information to our supporters. We support our 11 Partner Organizations through ongoing disbursements. Additionally, new in 2018, we implemented a Small Grant Program for Animal Welfare Organizations in Africa, which will become an annual program. We also provide technical and administrative assistance to our partners and grantees, such as editing their reports and websites, advice on promoting their organizations on social media and through crowd funding, and technical advice about running shelters, rescues, and implementing other animal welfare activities. Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization, Uganda Society for the Protection & Care of Animals: AKI support to the USPCA covers about 50% of the operating costs of the USPCA Haven animal shelter, which houses more than 200 cats and dogs and rescues, on average, more than one animal/day. AKI funds covered: 6 months of rent of The Haven for April, May, September, October, November, and December; Haven Shelter Manager's 2018 salary and bonus; transport for 6 1/2 months for rescues of cats and dogs and for pre- and post-adoption home visits; electricity at The Haven for 6 months; medicines for 3 months (rabies, parvo, and DHPPIL vaccines, de-wormers, vaccines, flea/tick control, etc.): 6 months of food for Haven puppies and kittens; about 3 months of food for adult animals at The Haven; 5 months of firewood to cook dog food; 5 months of cat litter; and air time for the USPCA phone for 2 months. We continue to raise funds to purchase land to create a larger Haven. AKI holds (does not and will not disburse) land purchase funds to the USPCA until enough is raised and suitable land is identified. 11000 X 11000 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Mbwa wa Africa, Tanzania: AKI support covers about 33% of the costs of running Mbwa wa Africa's animal shelter in Arusha, which, on average, houses 34 dogs and 2 cats. Mbwa wa Africa used AKI funds to pay salaries of shelter staff (11 months of salaries for 5 staff); to purchase cat and dog food (January through April and August through December); to pay for medicine, vet supplies, and surgeries, as well as transport from the shelter to the vet and return; for minor repair and construction, such as purchase of a flow control switch for the water pump for the rehab pool; and for general shelter supplies, such as washing powder, cooking gas, diesel fuel, diapers, and other supplies that are needed to run an animal shelter. 10000 X 10000 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Tanzania Animal Welfare Society:With AKI funds, TAWESO conducted donkey welfare outreach clinics in June in rural villages in Mpwapwa district in Central Tanzania. TAWESO's volunteer veterinary team treated 384 donkeys in four villages in the district. Treatments included de-worming, dressing wounds, treating injuries and diseases (e.g. tick borne, eye problems, lameness, skin problems). During these clinics, the TAWESO team also talked with donkey owners and children about how to take care of their working donkeys and distributed AKI-funded educational materials. AKI funds were also used to give each volunteer a US$50 stipend for one week of work; to purchase veterinary medicines and supplies (antibiotics, wound spray, ivermectin, bandages, and much more); air time for mobile phones to organize donkey clinics; transport from Dar es Salaam and back and between the villages; and refreshments for each day in the field. 2500 X 2500 Disbursements to Partner Namibia rural area animal welfare: (1) Rural SPCAs used AKI funds to purchase cat and dog food (Oshana, Tsumeb, Otjiwarongo, Walvis Bay, and Luderitz SPCAs); vet care (Oshana, Tsumeb, Rundu, Otjiwarongo, Walvis Bay, and Luderitz SPCAs); to purchase dip (external parasite preventative), leashes, blankets, and bowls (Oshana, Tsumeb, Otjiwarongo, Walvis Bay, Rundu, and Luderitz SPCAs); and vet care for injured dogs in Rundu; (2) Have A Heart-Namibia used AKI funds for booster vaccinations and parasite treatment for dogs and cats that return to the HAH mobile clinic (about 500 cats and dogs) after they are spayed or neutered; for emergency care of cats and dogs; and for spay/neuter of cats (and a few dogs); (3) Katutura Pet Care Project used AKI funds for vet care and purchase of cat and dog food for the volunteer team's monthly visits to Katutura, where they hand out food, dip dogs, flea powder cats, de-worm, and provide basic check-ups. Also, with AKI funds, the team had 3 dogs from Katutura spayed during 2018; and (4) Aranos-in this agricultural village, where no vet care is accessible, AKI funds were used to spay 9 dogs (transport to vet and return + cost of surgeries). 5000 X 5000 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society: AKI support to LAWCS is for general operating costs, such as salaries, rent of the LAWCS office, and fuel, oil, and maintenance of LAWCS motorbikes and also for their Humane Education Program and Community Animal Care Clinics. In 2018, LAWCS used AKI funds for: 9 months of staff salaries for four staff members; LAWCS office rent for 6 months from July through December; gas and maintenance of 2 LAWCS motorbikes from April through November; to train 25 teachers (refresher and 1st time training) in the LAWCS Humane Education Program (including transport of teachers to the training venue and return, meals, and the LAWCS Humane Ed booklet) so they can teach HE in their schools; and medications to use at Community Animal Care Clinics, including vitamins, de-wormers, flea and tick repellent, and hand sanitizers. LAWCS also purchased 1000 doses of rabies vaccine with AKI funds to use for the LAWCS World Rabies Day vaccination clinic. 5000 X 5000 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Ghana Society for the Protection & Care of Animals: AKI covers almost 100% of the costs of GSPCA's Humane Education Program. In 2018, GSPCA used AKI funds to take Humane Education Program students on 6 field trips to Lemla Vet Clinic; Veterinary Headquarters, Accra; La Veterinary Hospital; and the Accra Polo Club. AKI funds cover bus hire, snacks for the students and teachers, small stipends for the Humane Ed teachers, and photos and frames to each school to memorialize the field trips. Almost 200 students from 4 schools participated in the 6 field trips. Eleven teachers and GSPCA's David and Aluizah accompanied them. In addition to the field trips, GSPCA used AKI funds for transport for GSPCA's Humane Ed volunteers to the schools where their Humane Education Program is taught and photocopying and binding of Humane Ed booklets. 3500 X 3500 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Kingston Community Animal Welfare: AKI donors cover about 90% of the costs of KCAW's program to care for Kingston's street cats and dogs, and pets that belong to poor families. KCAW used AKI funds for cat and dog food; to spay 7 cats, spay 18 dogs, and neuter 2 dogs; vet supplies and medicines for mange, de-worming, maggot spray, wound powder; vet care for puppies with parvo, puppy that was hit by a car, dog with an ear hematoma, surgical intervention to save a dog's leg (successfully), female dog with maggot infested breast, severely dehydrated cat that needed to be on a drip overnight, and several dogs with bad maggot wounds that required vet care (one was euthanized); payments ($200) during 2018 to young boys who help KCAW on short notice with difficult rescues, such as from gullies, under houses, etc.; and replacing a section of the roofing of the KCAW kennel that developed leaks, damaging panels of wood. 5000 X 5000 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Helping Hands for Hounds of Honduras: AKI covers about 90% of HHHH's costs of operating their sanctuary, which mainly shelters older dogs and cats and/or seriously injured (emotionally and/or physically) animals-serving as a hospice/rehab center. HHHH used AKI funds for cat and dog food for about 9 months for the +/-25 dogs and 3-5 cats at the sanctuary; for helpers to clean the sanctuary's yards; for the supplies needed and for two workers to place concrete in the backyard; for medicines and vet supplies, such as de-wormers, flea/tick preventatives, and antibiotics; and for vet care, including blood tests, vaccinations, spay/neuters, and amputation of a kitty's leg. 3500 X 3500 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Save the Animals-Armenia: SA-Armenia used AKI funds to purchase food for the approximately 160 dogs at the SA-A shelter. Besides purchasing dry dog food, rice, oatmeal, and meat, SA-Armenia used AKI funds to pay worker salaries (for 4 months), and for vet care and medicines, which is significant given the advanced age of many of the shelter dogs, and in 2018 included: several blood tests, vet care for tooth problems, for arthritis, for skin problems, and dogs with cancer. 4500 X 4500 Disbursement to the FlipFlopi Project, Mombasa, Kenya: This special project was funded through a crowdfunding project that was aimed at topping up the funds for the FlipFlopi Project. The project built a dhow with flip flops found washed up on Kenya's coast. AKI funds are being used to raise awareness of the dangers of plastics disposed of/ending up in the ocean during the boat's voyage along the east African coast, specifically, the dangers of plastics to grazing animals and other animals that scrounge in dumps for food. 7426 X 7426 In 2018, we held our 1st grant competition for Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organizations and awarded grants, as follows: (1) OIPA, Cameroon ($600)-Held a 3-day rabies sensitization and vaccination campaign. Met with government and other authorities, and then went door to door to raise awareness using posters and leaflets funded with grant money. On Day 3, vaccinated 40 owned dogs and cats and 20 street dogs and cats. (2) Save Animals, Democratic Republic of Congo ($500)-Rabies campaign during which 94 dogs and cats were vaccinated; radio show to raise awareness of SA's work; and press conference/event. (3) Social and Animal Welfare Service, Somaliland ($500)-Held 6 donkey vet clinics outside of Hargeisa, during which donkeys were treated for wounds and injuries, de-wormed, and hooves are filed, and owners are given advice about how to provide improved care. (4) Animal Rescue League, Senegal ($500)-To hold a rabies vaccination clinic (planned for Feb/March 2019) to showcase to government officials (AKI grant will provide transport for them and will fund rabies vaccines) the need for these clinics and to advocate against poisoning of dogs for population control. (5) Funda Nenja, South Africa ($500)-Built and distributed 30 dog houses in the township where FN conducts Dog School and provides other services to residents. (6) Mdzananda Animal Clinic, South Africa ($500)-Bought cat and dog food for their hospital and stray unit dogs and cats during November and December. (7) Touch of Life Shelter, Egypt ($500)-Bought a water pump to fill the rehabilitation pool used for paralyzed dogs, bought 6 large bowls (pools) for dogs to take dips on hot Cairo days, and poured concrete to build a more sanitary floor in the cattery. (8) Mozambique Animal Protection Society ($500)-Designed and printed (200 total) two new Humane Ed booklets in Portuguese, one for primary school and one for secondary school. (9) With remaining funds ($300) from donor designations, supported the transport (from Dilijan to Yerevan), vaccination, spay/neuter, and kenneling of 3 stray cats: one mama cat and her two kittens. 4400 X 4400 61826 Karen Menczer Executive Director 30 0 0 0 Betsie Van Dyke Secretary 2 0 0 0 Jean Merriman Treasurer 2 0 0 0 Ron Stryker Board member 2 0 0 0 Barbara Brown Abolafia Board member 2 0 0 0 Dipesh Pabari Board member 2 0 0 0 Amy Scholz Board member 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM Karen Menczer PO Box 300 Jemez Springs NM 87025 5758340908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 32479 47588 53610 63800 82247 279724 32479 47588 53610 63800 82247 279724 17729 17729 0 0 0 0 17729 17729 261995 86 86 123 123 228 646 86 86 123 123 228 646 32565 47674 53733 63923 82475 280370 0.93446 0.998 0.00230 0.002 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 15 Printing, Publications, Postage, and Shipping: Our printing and postage costs and website hosting (a total of approximately $200) are covered by a board member.