WAYS TO HELP US
There are thousands Romanian animals abused, neglected , in need of your kind support !
Please help ROLDA to make a difference for them !
§ Donate air miles to support our international vet volunteers travel tickets !
§ Start a collection of donated dogs supplies in your living area !
§ Write an add in your local newspaper about our project' needs !
§ Write an article/press release about ROLDA and Romanian animals 'situation !
§ Organize a fundraising event in your area:it will be fun and in the same time, you'll help hundred of innocents voiceless friends !
§ Host a charity party !
§ Print our leaflets and spread out the word about us !
§ Mention ROLDA Foundation in your will !
§ Adopt a cruelty-free lifestyle !
Your financial contribution is important for our existence!
Your help goes directly to cover the sterilization program' cost, maintain the highest standard possible for the ROLDA shelter and all animals that depend on us and our care, and others strictly animals' related costs: food, treatments, de-worming, vaccination,...
If you want to support our activity, please choose one of these ways to donate:
1. Send a cheque to:
ROLDA Foundation
16 Feroviarilor Street, Bl.C2, ap.18
800563 Galati, Romania
2. Click here
3.You can also use the following information for money transfer:
Account name: ROLDA Foundation
Account no.(IBAN): RO26BPOS18006199553EUR01
Bank information:
Bank address :Banc Post SA Galati
Movilei Street no.2-8,Galati,Romania
If you are a US supporter,your donation is tax-deductible in USA !!
R.O.L.D.A. USA mailing adress:
P.O. Box 40, Greenbank, WA 98253, USA
Phone : 01 360 678 1057
If you are a UK supporter,please use the following informations:
ROLDA UK representative :Veronica Titchener
18 Katchside Sutton Courteney , Abingdon
Oxford, OX14 4BH ,UK
Phone :(+44) 01 235 848 893
Newsletter - June 2008
Dear ROLDA supporters and friends,
Please read the latest updates on our work in Galati, Romania and contact us with suggestions, or for offering your support, which is vital for our existence!
A news flash from our UK representative
" Our second shelter and adoption centre is almost complete now in Romania, already it has 400 plus dogs.
This year we have sent to ROLDA 2 huge consignments of food, blankets and dog chews, dishes etc.
An appeal is now ongoing here in the UK -thanks to our dear friend Chrissy - for our supporters to find shops, offices and businesses to support ROLDA by having a collecting tin/charity box on their premises.
We are also in dire need for volunteers to do street collections.
These dogs are sheltered in unique (for Romania), best possible conditions and it takes a huge amount of money for food and veterinary treatment, day in and day out.
So far both of our shelters are full with hundreds more dogs just waiting for help.
ROLDA has a dog sponsorship scheme; choose a dog from ROLDA website (www.rolda.org/adopt.htm).
Apply additional information's and photos. Help us to help them !
Our aim for this year is to double the number of spay and neuter procedures and to finance the building for a cattery where cats can be homed until sterilized and released, however we need additional space for accommodation for the sick, the old and kittens.
Saleable items are required and volunteers to go to Romania for a week or two to help in the shelters to work with and socialize the dogs, accommodation provided.
Thank you for your support ! Veronica."
If you live in UK and want to be part of ROLDA project, please contact Veronica at: | pfarp@btopenworld.com; (+44) 01235 848 893 |
If you want to send supplies (veterinary supplies ,dogs supplies)or a donation please use this mailing address: | Mrs Veronica Titchener -18 Katchside,Sutton Courteney, Abingdon- Oxford,OX14 4BH- UK |
Our bank account opened in UK for your generosity. No matter how small it is, your contribution can make a difference! | account number 90260916 ;sort code 20-01-09; Barclays Bank plc-Abingdon Marcham Road Branch;South Oxfordshire Group;PO BOX 42,Abingdon ;(cheques payable to ROLDA) |
Letter from a grateful, happy Romanian stray __________________________
" Dear Dana,
Gill has told me that I ought to write to you and let you know what has happened to me since I left your shelter. I am having such a wonderful time and I think it's a good idea for me to tell you about my new life.
After I left the shelter in Galati I stayed in another shelter for a few weeks. Then one day 2 men and a lady put me into a big car and took me on a long journey. It was so long that I thought I would be in the car forever.
That night we stayed at something called a hotel and I stayed in a room with one of the men for the first time in my life.
It was a great luxury and I kept expecting someone to kick me out. The next day we carried on with our journey and even went on a ferry finally arriving in England.
That night I stayed with a kind man. I stayed with him all the next day and night and decided that it was a very nice place to live. I was just getting used to the idea when one of the men and the lady came for me.
They took me to a train station and a different lady came over and spoke to them. Then the man picked me up, carried me up some steps and the next thing I knew I was on a train with the new lady and my friend had gone. I wasn't very happy and sat with my back to her and wouldn't look at her.
We finally got off the train and got on another one. I made a fuss of some people sitting near me but kept on ignoring her. When we got off she took me onto a bus. When was the journey ever going to end? Luckily we only stayed on the bus for a very short time and when we got off we walked into the park.
I know the park very well now but at the time I was just glad to be finally be able to have a pee. The lady, who is called Gill , walked me through the park on a lead and took me into her house where I discovered two dogs and lots of cats. Gill said that this was now my home, the dogs were my sisters and she was my mum. I didn't know what a 'mum' was then but I do now.
Mums take care of you. They feed you and give you treats and cuddle you and take you for long walks. Mums pull you out of lakes when you fall in and wipe your paws when they get muddy. Mums get you medicine when you feel ill and clear up all the paper that you have torn and scattered around the house. Mums have nice shoes that I can collect and hide in my bed. Mums can be annoying when they want me to follow them when I would rather follow a scent or another dog, but at least someone cares about what I am doing and wants me to be safe.
So now I live in a warm house and sleep on a soft bed. I have as much food as I want and lots of chews. (Mum did buy me a pink, squeaky rubber bone but one of my sisters, Cassie, has taken it and won't let me play with it). But the most exciting part of my life is going into the park.
It is a wonderful place to explore. So many scents to sniff, squirrels to chase and rabbits to run after.
There are lots of other dogs in the park and I run over to say 'Hello' to them all. Sometimes they don't want to be friends, sometimes their owners don't want them to be friends but usually we are able to sniff each other and often they play with me. And I always have my sister Glory to play with. I didn't even know what 'play' was until I saw her running about. She has also been a street dog but in Thailand so has had a bad time but whereas she won't let anyone but mum touch her, I love everyone.
We chase each other and play fight a lot. Every time I find a stick Glory claims that it is her stick and tries to pull it out of my mouth. At first she always won but I am getting stronger and stronger and often I win now.
I am quite popular too and lots of people make a fuss of me.(Please click here to meet me!)
The best part of the park is the lake and the best part of the lake is the muddy bits around the edges. Glory won't come in the mud now because once she fell into the water when she thought it was mud but I also fell in and it hasn't bothered me. I wade through the mud and pull out sticks and bits of rubbish. Sometimes mum says we are too slow and puts either me or Glory on a lead but she likes to see us running about and having fun together.
Cassie is a 'goody goody' and always walks properly and comes when mum calls her. I don't always come when she shouts 'Archie' but when I do I get a treat so I am getting better all the time.
So Dana, I am very grateful to you and know that without you, I wouldn't be living such a happy life. You took me off the streets and looked after me in your shelter and because you put my picture on your web site, Gill decided to adopt me. Without you I still would have been starving on the streets and might even have been dead by now and instead I am living in England and getting everything I need and a lot more besides. I hope you like the photos of me having fun.
With lots of love from Archie"
__________________________This is the story that Gill, our doggy adoptive mom -sent few days ago.
Each time I read it, I cry. I don't know exactly if because I am happy reading finally that one of my strays live decently and safely, or maybe because I suffer deep in my heart for all others living in cages, imprisoned in shelters or worse ,chained for the rest of their life...or exposed on the streets to people ignorance and cruelty.
Or maybe I just cry thinking I cannot be myself a better adoptive mom for all the dogs ROLDA took a responsibility to shelter and care for, because their number is continuously growing, because we have over 400 strays and no local support from people in terms of volunteers. Because divided, my attention is not enough for as much as they need and especially deserve!
Gill is a brave woman ,determined to make happy our stray no matter how many difficulties faced:Archie wasn't exactly the best trained dog, she educated basic things with patience and pride.
Gill informs us constantly of Archie progress and "damages" made in the new house; she is taking time to write us every few days and also sent us loads of photos with our happy dog...from the first letter, between two descriptions of Archie's "behaviour", she didn't forget to mention how proud she is of her new boy!
Reminder about our international volunteers programROLDA international volunteers' program brought and continue to bring people around the World ,its success derives from the immediate support (volunteers helping at the shelter or experience exchange) and long-term support (international volunteers going back in their home country, presenting the situation seen with their own eyes about Romanian homeless animals tragedy).
We were honored to have guests like movie celebrities (e.g. Loretta Swit, the actress),a BBC reporter, a US filming crew ,all coming in the hope we will be able to expose the Romanian dogs reality, internationally.
All our visitors were appalled to see the reality from authorities' pounds and the real life of Romanian homeless animals on the streets.
If you are a veterinary,a veterinary assistant or simply an animal lover willing to spend a holiday visiting Romania and want to help our spay/neuter campaign, please volunteer your time and knowledge for this project!
ROLDA invites you and your friends/family to stay for FREE in private accommodation at our shelter (two small bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, all indoor facilities, including dial-up internet) in return for your assistance to socialize, groom and exercise the rescued dogs.
We are working with a travel agency that offers qualified assistance if you are willing to go and visit surrounding areas in Romania.(like Danube Delta Natural Reservation, Dracula castle, Moldavian painted monasteries,...)
Our special thanks go this month to our amazing supporters: Karin, Fitzgerald, Nicole, Lindsey, Tina ,Bjorn, Judith, Hege Marie, Kirsten. Please sign & forward our petition :http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rolda/
Petition created to stop abuses against Romanian homeless animals, especially since Romania has joined EU and new laws; rules and standards should be respected regarding all animals protection.
With respect and friendship,
ROLDA team.
To become part of our efforts to change in better the homeless animals 'situation and help also the local community,struggling tosolve its problems,please visit this webpage as often as you can offer your support:
www.rolda.org/ways_to_help.htm
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