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Welcome to the Agni Animal Welfare Fund
Registered Charity Number 1115983

Welcome to the website of the Agni Animal Welfare Fund, we will from time to time update this page with the latest news of what is happening with the animals you have helped and how we have used your donations. We will also add to this page any emergency appeals and animals that need urgent help. If you would like to know more about who we are and what we are trying to achieve, please read the 'about us' and page. Little Cat's story tells how and why we decided to try and help the street animals, mainly the cats, of Corfu. We also support the Corfu Donkey Rescue (CDR) and we have a page of information about the donkeys. Enjoy our website and we hope that you can find a way in which to support us.

Jess's Sponsored Walk - May 6th

Many members of the Agni Forums will have read about Jessie Ship's virtual Fitbut walk that she is doing in support of the Corfu animals. Her 'walk' started on 6th May from Beijing but there was a hitch on the Fitbug site at the time so there may have been a delay in the start. Jess is now on her way and into day 10, you can follow Jessie's walk on the Agni forums for more information and updates.

http://www.agni.gr/holiday-forum/catathon-in-aid-of-aawf-starts-today_topic746.html

In order for Jess to complete the walk within the 6 weeks she needs to walk 10,000 steps a day - and hopes to finish in 4 weeks - any support financial or just to keep Jess going will appreciated.

If you would like to sponsor Jess the amount for the completed walk would be the best way - or per 100,000 steps (should be around 450,000 steps) - but Jess will be able to give the actual figures when Fitbug updates the Challenge site.

For the start she was in Beijing and it was warm and sunny - temperature expected 30C ... and heading for ??? waiting for Fitbug to update the page soon or she will be walking round in circles for days!!!

If you would like to support Jess and sponsor her in aid of the Corfu animals we would very much appreciate it and donations can be made via 'The Big Give' button at the top of our page.

Thanking you for your support in anticipation and follow Jess's progress on the Agni forums
http://www.agni.gr/holiday-forum/catathon-in-aid-of-aawf-starts-today_topic746.html

Please Sponsor a Corfu Cat Click on the pictures of the cats to read their stories and where they have come from If you would like to sponsor any of the cats featured below please email: info@agni-animal-welfare-fund.com
Kitty			Fluff
Arillas Kitten1	Arillas Kitten 2	Tigger	Sonya
J-Jack	Ricky	Arillas Stray-1	Arillas Stray-2
Jimmy	Bubbles	Adoni	Tuxedo

News Update – March 2012

It is always a very quiet time for us between leaving Corfu for the winter, and returning in the Sprintime however it does enable us to catch up with the admin work and get things up to date. The winter is slowly turning into Spring and in Corfu I think the Spring should, hopefully have already arrived. It is the time of year when the kittens begin to arrive too but hopefully if our neutering has been successful there will be many areas that this should not happen. However it is not possible to cover all areas of the island and no doubt there will be many unwanted kittens found in the coming season. We will endeavour to try and help as many as we can reach, that is if funds allow. Thankyou to everyone that have sponsored cats over the winter months but we need the donations to keep coming for us to continue our work.

We have also managed to get food to areas in Kalami and Kassiopi where many stray cats are living and helped them get through the colder, wetter winter months. Friends in Kassiopi have been busy this winter and have sterilised a few cats with your donations and sponsorship but many more are waiting. We thank our friends and colleagues for their work in helping these cats and giving them the after care. All are fit and well and receiving food.

Our friends in Arillas have also had more cats sterilised with donations from supporters and we thank you all for your help and contributions towards helping more Corfu animals. Friends and visitors to Arillas are trying hard to raise more money there and any fans of Arillas can contribute by sponsoring an Arillas cat as we have more waiting.

More funds are badly needed to pay for food and neutering, the problems that the people of Greece are experiencing is making things difficult for the stray animals there too. If tourism is low then the Greek people do not have the money to feed the animals, and then they rely more on us to help them, we therefore become more reliant on people in other countries who can donate via our website. We hope the tourists will come this year and support Corfu and Greece and help the street animals too.

If you cannot come to Corfu this year, please spare a thought for the animals still there and if you can spare a little to keep the animals fed and help us with the neutering, it would be greatly appreciated by us and by the animals too.

AAWF Facebook Page
Do visit our Facebook page that is run by Clare, who helps many of the Kalami cats both summer and winter. She will pass on any messages to us and post events and news from AAWF. Many people have their own page on Facebook so do join us and catch up with updates on what is happening in Corfu. Here is the link to our Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Agni-Animal-Welfare-Fund/123972760998039

Homes Always Needed
We always require people to volunteer to help us by taking in a stray cat or kitten from time to time as so many special cases arise and desperately need regular food and someone to keep an eye on them. If anyone living in Corfu can take on a kitten as an outdoor cat and ensure that they get food and have shelter and some protection from the bad weather in the wintertime we will sterilise any cat that is taken on and pay for any medication. Please email info@agni-animal-welfare-fund.com if you can help.

Regards, from all of us working for the AAWF.

Please continue to support us so that we can help many more stray animals in Corfu.
The AAWF is now affiliated to WSPA The World Society for the Protection of Animals.

Volunteers needed at the Donkey Sanctuary

The wintertime is a very difficult time for Judy and the donkeys with the wet weather and very few volunteers, so if anyone is able to help out, just a few hours a week would ease the problem, then don't hesitate to contact either Judy by email at judyquin@otenet.gr or by telephone - Mobile 6947375992 or someone here at AAWF.