Karen is located in Palembang, Indonesia and is a single mother raising 2 small children on extremely low pay. But she has a huge heart for saving animals and she is sheltering at least 102 animals that she lovingly and without hesitation cares for. They consist of:

*10 old cats,

*11 disabled cats,

*10 seriously ill cats,

*16 kittens,

*13 baby kittens,

*27 healthy cats,

*8 cats with different conditions and

*7 dogs.

With her low income and the large number of animals in her care, it is extremely difficult for her to keep up the house they all live in, the children’s health, her own health (she’s been ill most of last year). She doesn’t have a steady job and grows vegetables in her garden to sell at the market to bring in any money to feed the kids and animals. Obviously this does not sustain the food, medical care and supplies needed to properly care for every soul under her roof.

She has a very small following on her Instagram account called @ananthapets where she documents the animals’ (mostly the cats’) situation. There’s been repeat virus outbreaks affecting many of the cats (with at least 10 died in the last 2 months) and other illnesses like cold, flu, pneumonia have hit the animals hard. Without regular donations, there’s no way to get ahead of their health like doing vaccinations, flea treatments and the such. It’s difficult enough to raise enough just for food, let alone supplies like litter and cleaning products.

This is where it would be such a blessing if people opened their hearts to become monthly donors. It can be done for as little as $5 through her Gofundme. If many helped, it would not be such a burden for the small handful of people who help her when it’s unbearable to turn away.

This GFM will hopefully help Karen with all the expenses she has to keep these animals alive and healthy and possibly repair her home. There are holes in the roof, no air circulation, no proper heating and cooling. These renovations would improve all of their lives.

The fundraiser goal is to help with all these items and will be ongoing for food, medication, supplies, etc.

I hope you will feel their plight is deserving of your support to help improve their lives. Please follow Karen and the shelter on Instagram @ananthapets. Thank you in advance.

~I am one of her long time Instagram followers who donate and support Karen regularly.

Lia