Growing up between the Philippines and Australia, I saw firsthand the stark reality of so many dogs and cats in the Philippines. Neglect, starvation, homelessness, abuse.

From as young as I can remember, I wanted to do something about the harrowing situation in the Philippines. With an estimated 12 million strays across the country, I know I can’t save them all. But as the saying goes, “as one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person”, or in this case, pawson.

I have already rescued a number of stray dogs and cats, but without a shelter there's only so much I can do. The next step is to build a home for these vulnerable animals. With plans already underway for a shelter on my home island of Camiguin, I'm humbly knocking on your hearts to help us raise the initial amount to construct the fence and shelter buildings.

The fence alone is going to cost around $2000 AUD, and we also need to build some very simple structures to provide shelter from the weather for the animals.

If you would like more information, you can learn everything about the foundation here: https://www.barkada.co/ and see some of our recent rescues here https://www.instagram.com/barkada.ph/