AKI Partner Organization-Have a Heart-Namibia

Two dogs relaxing in front of a wooden fence in Namibia both were spayed by the Namibia animal rescue and protection organization in Africa.

AKI Partner Organization in Namibia

Our partnership with Have-a-Heart (HaH)-Namibia began in 2016, when HaH started Namibia's first mobile spay/neuter service. Namibia is a large, sparsely populated country, much of it is extremely poor. The mobile s/n clinic traveled to areas with no accessible vet care and AKI supported many HaH s/n clinics in remote towns.

Based on HaH's priority needs, and at HaH's request, for several years we've been supporting an AKI-HaH Emergency Fund and HaH's Lifetime Care Program, which provides booster shots and anti-parasite treatments for all s/n clients--for life.

In the 1st half of 2024, with AKI funding, 483 dogs were treated through HaH's Lifetime Care Program and the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund helped over 21 cats and 11 dogs. (See AKI Blog posts below for their stories.)

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The AKI-HaH Emergency Fund is for use-at the discretion of HaH, AKI, and the attending vet- and is meant to help cats and dogs who have been spayed or neutered and whose family is low/no income. If a family is unable to afford vet care and needs help from the Emergency Fund, but their pet hasn't yet been s/n'd, the requirement is that s/he will be s/n'd once well enough. It is specifically to be used for no/low income families who wouldn't be able to afford the vet care without a little help from our Emergency Fund.

From Karen, AKI Founder & Director: I met Erika in 2008 when I spent 8 months in Namibia and on weekends we both walked dogs at the Windhoek SPCA. Erika is from Namibia, volunteered at the Windhoek SPCA for many years, and served on their executive committee. While walking the shelter dogs, we forged a partnership that is still helping animals in under-served parts of Namibia