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#GiveHope to animals that have no one else
#GiveHope to animals that have no one else
The plight of animals in Ukraine
The situation in Ukraine continues to be critical and this will have a long-term impact on people and their animals. The international humanitarian aid for those who decided to stay and fight or those fleeing the country has been incredible. ROLDA, being an animal charity, will keep providing support to people with animals and homeless or abandoned animals, affected by this conflict. You are their last hope.
Animals are living in horrible conditions. Shelters are in danger of being completely destroyed if a bomb accidentally falls in the wrong place. Many have already been destroyed or burned.
The procedure “for passing and accounting for humanitarian aid under martial law” was changed on 05 Sept 2023 by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, so now only large convoys from the Red Cross, etc can pass through Customs and it is almost impossible for smaller humanitarian aid to reach the southeast of Ukraine.
From the beginning, the ROLDA team located just 8 km from the border with Ukraine and Moldova has been busy finding the best way to help people and animals affected by the war which is happening very close to us. We want to help the best we can, especially the animals who are left behind on the streets of Ukraine and need to be rescued, or animals from shelters in bombarded cities that lack vital resources and where the animal rescue activity can’t continue as before the war.
At ROLDA we distribute monthly small grants to shelters and rescuers all over Ukraine and we supervise how the money is spent, making sure that every donation is used to buy food, and essential supplies, and to cover veterinary care for the poor animals who have faced bomb blasts, airstrikes and enemy fire.
Regardless of bullets and bombs, we promise to fight as hard for the animals as the Ukrainians are fighting for their homeland!
Activity report for 2024
Total number of animals helped:
Month | Type of animals | Number | Download | ||||
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Month | January | Type of animals | cats, dogs, horses, others | Number | 4192 | Download | See full report here |
Month | February | Type of animals | cats, dogs, others | Number | 4107 | Download | See full report here |
Month | March | Type of animals | dogs, cats, cows, goats, calves | Number | 3200 | Download | See full report here |
Month | April | Type of animals | dogs, cats, horses | Number | 3500 | Download | See full report here |
Month | May | Type of animals | dogs, cats as well as cows, iguana, chickens, turtles, birds, snails |
Number | approx 2000 | Download | See full report here |
Month | June | Type of animals | dogs, cats and other animals | Number | 2900 | Download | See full report here |
Month | July | Type of animals | dogs, cats and other animals | Number | 2900 | Download | See full report here |
Month | August | Type of animals | dogs, cats and other animals | Number | 2180 | Download | See full report here |
Month | September | Type of animals | dogs, cats and other animals | Number | 3500 | Download | See full report here |
Locations: Dnepr, Kharkiv, Kherson, Krivoy Rog, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Orihiv, Stepnohirsk, Vasylivka, Zaporizhezhe
Number of grants distributed across Ukraine: 18
Individual rescuers: 13
NGOs: 5
Targets: rescue animals from battle zone; feeding dogs, cats, goats; medical care.
Our work in pictures
(last update: May 2024)
Your donation is being put to work to save Ukrainian animals
Financial aid sent across Ukraine (ongoing)
Evacuating as many dogs as possible from Ukrainian shelters and rescuers (2022-2023)
Sending supplies (food and medicines for animals, food and hygiene products for people) across war the zone in Ukraine
Offering veterinary support and food for the pets of refugees arriving in Romania, Reni-Giurgiulesti and Isaccea
Other ways we helped
The war continues, animals and their humans continue to need us
Helped by international supporters, ROLDA hopes to be able to continue providing financial and logistic support to 40 rescuers who look after approximately 25000 dogs, cats and farm animals. Together, we can reach more.
ROLDA’s work for #UkraineAnimals in 2023
Helping pet owners who have remained in Ukraine
Together with organizations like “Peaceful Heaven of Kharkiv” we aim to help the numerous seniors with pets from Izyum, Kupyansk and Vovchansk. This project continues the Friends Forever social program started to support seniors with pets from Romania. We aim to send monthly grants to cover the food and medical emergencies for pets owned by seniors from vulnerable communities. Peaceful Heaven of Kharkiv is a charity for people, their main work is “providing people with hot meals in social kitchens, giving food and humanitarian kits, a program is providing social houses for IDPs, and evacuating of people from “hot spots” of Kharkiv oblast” as Oleksii Abrosimov, project manager said.
Nina is the representative of “Happy Paw” a Ukrainian organization which works actively with other local groups to help animals affected during bombing in Mykolaiv or animals threaten by flooding in Kherson, after the dam was blown. One example is the Pegasus shelter in Odesa which took in numerous animals and where Nina delivered lots of kennels built thanks to ROLDA grants.
Reconstructing shelters destroyed by bombs
What started as an ambitious project earlier this year, has become reality because of our donors’ generosity.
More than 100 dogs looked after by Yuri and Natalia in Dnepr will live decently after their shelter was reconstructed.
ROLDA’s big goal
ROLDA is taking steps towards creating a new rescue center at the Romania-Ukraine border.
ROLDA is taking steps towards creating a new rescue center at the Romania-Ukraine border. This center will be a beacon of hope for animals in need, providing the best possible care for generations of animals in Ukraine and Romania. It will be a safe and nurturing environment where they can receive the care and attention they need and deserve. With the continued support of our donors, we are confident that this dream will become a reality, and together, we can make a real difference in the lives of animals suffering in Ukraine and Romania.
The war continues in southeast Ukraine
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Together, we will fight for the life of every abandoned pet!
Ukrainian animals need us TODAY but also after the war ends.
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Impact of your donation
- Over 40 different rescuers and shelters helped
- Money for food and vet aid supplied for approx 25000 animals
- 60 tons of supplies delivered (food for animals and humans, hay for farm animals)
- Approx 1000 animals sterilized
- 124 dogs evacuated from war and transported to our shelter
- 5 shelters repaired after being destroyed by bombs
- Funding of the emergency evacuation of animals in Kherson’s flooded zone
“Dana, I just want to thank you for everything you have done for us. We bought a plot. We are already settling animals little by little. Thanks to your help, with the money transferred to us last time, we now have a plot for animals. Thank you for everything you do for animals in Ukraine.”
“My dear, God bless you for your help! Now I get just a few donations coming and the costs are high because of the sick and the disabled on top of all other about 200 of them in total to look after every day! Today I bought food for all from your donations: if it weren’t for you and ROLDA the dogs would have been hungry. Dana, Thank you very much!”
“Thank you so much for your financial support for our animals! I was very touched honestly I cried, because this amount was enough to buy the hay I ordered. Now I can pay for it in full and I think it will be enough for delivery!”
“The community in Korosten is grateful to ROLDA. Thanks to you we managed to sterilize 110 cats. ROLDA is an amazing charity.”
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Ukraine war & animals in danger
ROLDA is a registered charity that helps animals in need. Funds raised through this appeal will be used to support the specific purpose of this appeal. In the event that funds raised exceed the specific needs of this appeal, any additional funds will be used to support the ongoing costs for welfare of animals under the care of ROLDA.
ROLDA received the above photos from Ukrainian friends on Facebook, we have no responsibility for the copywriting claims because photos are used to reflect the situation and animals in Ukraine and have no commercial purpose.