The latest news update can be found on the front page of the website, you will find all previous news updates listed below.

News Update – March 2008
Having been back in Corfu for a few weeks we have concentrated on neutering as many females as possible due to the Springtime coming and all the cats starting to breed. It has been a race against time and we have neutered at least eight females plus some males in the village of Agios Markos. We have saved the village from many new kittens this year and some of the villagers are very happy to know there will be less kittens this year and can concentrate on feeding and keeping the existing cats healthier.

We have neutered several cats both male and female in Sidari and with Marions help we are still helping the village of Doukades by neutering and relocating some of the cats from there.

So we have had quite a successful few weeks. We have helped several cats needing medication and neutered one street dog preventing further litters of puppies being born on the streets.

The AAWF has seen Teabag, who many of you know from the message forums, restored to a happy healthy dog and delivered to a home in the UK this month, thanks to the donations from all of you out there and the care and devotion of Dee who has cared for him for over a year now. Thanks to everyone concerned, we are all happy to know he is in his new home now.

Kalami
Our work now continues in Kalami where we are still filling the feeders regularly and still need donations for food. Hopefully many of the visitors this year will leave donations of cash or food for the cats next winter. There will be collecting boxes in Kalami this year where you can leave cash or make donations of food.

Kassiopi
Debbie in Kassiopi is still helping to get cats neutered in the area and will also be collecting food and donations this summer for food for the next winter and further neutering. So if Kassiopi is your destination this year you can support us by visiting Debbie at her shop Sweet Beauty.

The AAWF Shop
We are working on new items to sell in the shop and also some little goods that can be bought in Corfu. There will be items on sale in Kassiopi and in Sidari. We will give details in the next news letter of where you can find our collecting boxes and goods for sale.

Prints by Emma Fifield
Emma's prints have been very popular with Corfu visitors and she is working on some more pictures at present. We are also arranging for more of the pictures to be printed and will be featuring more pictures on the website soon.

Thanks again for all the support, we will continue to post updates on where your kind donations are being used and on the work we are doing.

Please continue to support us so that we can help many more stray animals in Corfu.

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News Update – February  2008
Hello all - we are back in Corfu which was very warm and sunny when we arrived but has now turned very cold again so Spring is not quite here yet. We have much work to do with more cats to neuter before the Spring arrives. Colleagues on the Island have had some of the cats neutered during the last few weeks so the work continues in our absence.

Our priority this Spring is to neuter all the Kalami cats that we can catch and twelve cats that are being cared for by a very kind gentleman in Agios Markos.

The Agios Markos Cats
Featured above are some of the Agios Markos cats, they are quite young cats and are all well fed and cared for, they are flea treated and wormed but because there are so many it is not possible for the gentleman, living here on a pension, to  have them all neutered. With your help the AAWF would like to neuter all his cats for him and vastly reduce the numbers in the village this summer. All cats from Agios Markos are fed and cared for so and when neutered they will have an even healthier lifestyle. If anyone can help by sponsoring one of these cats it would be much appreciated and priority is being given to them.

Kalami Cats
Kalami is also a priority for us where this winter we have set up two feeding stations with the help of some Greek friends and the strays have had food available all through the winter. It is now time to neuter all the cats before the Spring and the summer season begins. We have received some donations for the Kalami cats and those cats will take priority but we will be featuring a few more as we catch them and find how many we have as often they disappear into the villages where it is warmer and to find food, but we think this year not so many have gone off. There is extensive building work taking place in Kalami this winter which means there has been more people in the village and with food available more cats will have remained.

Kassiopi
Debbie in Kassiopi has been feeding and helping many Kassiopi cats during this wintertime, do call and see her when you visit this summer, she has a lovely shop selling some lovely body products and gifts. The shop is located on the right hand side of the top road where you enter Kassiopi just after the car parking area where the chemist shop used to be and opposite the old laundry. You can't miss it!

You can make donations for the animals at the shop and leave foods for both cats and dogs and this year our wristbands will be available from there too.

We have managed to do some neutering in the Sidari area thanks to Jess, Marion and Cheryl and if anyone in that area can assist us hopefully we can do more work there later in the year.

Thank you for your donations and for the help we have received up to now.  Please continue to help, in any way that you can, so that we can reach more animals in the future.  

The AAWF Shop
We still have a few items for sale in our shop, there are a few wristbands and bags remaining and some Fridge Magnets, and at present we are looking into adding some new items.

Prints by Emma Fifield
Towards the end of last year we offered a painting for sale through our shop by Emma Fifield (a print of the Agni Jetty). The prints proved to be very popular and sold well, including the original. We are adding more prints by Emma and there will be limited quantities of these prints so place your orders early to secure your painting. We are offering a picture of Corfu Town this time so please take a look in the shop.    

Thanks again for all the support, we will continue to post updates on where your kind donations are being used and on the work we are doing.

Please continue to support us so that we can help many more stray animals in Corfu.

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News Update – Late November 2007
Well the water situation is sorted out!!!! It has been a very wet and cool end of season this year and has continued into November. However the rain was much needed and today the sun is shining. It is not as cold as I am told it is in the UK at present, so it looks as though we are in the right place!!  

It has been a difficult few weeks here, with many kittens around, many we find on their own with no mothers, brothers or sisters trying to survive alone. We have managed to home a few kittens but nothing like the amount we find. Everyone tells us there is a lot of kittens around this year, more than usual, although in the areas we have neutered that is not the case. So hopefully we are getting there slowly slowly as the Greeks would say.

We would like to thank Debbie at the 'Orchard' in Peroulades for taking in some kittens found by Rita in a very remote area. The 'Orchard' will be open again next summer and its well worth a visit with lovely children's facilities and a pretty place to eat, donations can be made for there also for the animals.

We have done a lot of work in the Kassiopi area where we have received a great deal of help. The cats are being fed there thanks to the visitors that have supported Debbie and her daughters at the shop ‘Sweet Beauty’ this summer and left food and donations for the animals. The shop is remaining open throughout the winter for those of you living in Corfu it is a nice shop for Xmas gifts.

Thanks to everyone who has supported these people in Kassiopi and we hope you will continue to do so next summer when you visit. All the donations taken at Debbie’s shop goes to the cats in Kassiopi, so you are supporting the animals you see and help when staying there.

We still have neutering to do in Kalami but many of the cats there are kittens and too young at present, it has also been difficult to locate some of them. We now have them all accounted for and know where to start the work when we return. In the meantime we have set up two feeding stations for the Kalami cats as there are few people around to feed them whilst we are away. This was done with the help of Angeliki from the travel shop and her Greek friend who is filling up the containers whilst we are away.  We are very grateful for their help and it is so good to have Greek people keen to help us. Please help us to fill the feeders by raising money for us this Xmas.

We are arranging for some more neutering in Sidari with the help of Jess and Marion. We get calls for help from many locations but unfortunately it is not possible for the very few of us working here to get around to everyone but hopefully, eventually if the support and the funding continues to come we will get to other areas in the future.

Thank you to everyone that has donated to us during the last few months and to those of you that have raised money for us. Please continue to help, in any way that you can, so that we can reach more animals in the future.  

The AAWF Shop
We have our own Xmas cards for sale in the shop this year and some beautiful prints of the Agni Jetty. The fridge magnets we have make lovely little Xmas presents and we still have the wristbands, bags and maps etc. So do visit our shop and support us there.  

Thanks again for all the support, we will continue to post updates on where your kind donations are being used and on the work we are doing.

Please continue to support us so that we can help many more stray animals in Corfu.

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News Update – October 2007
We have now arrived safely back to a much cooler Corfu. The weather is very pleasant, sunny and warm but the excessive heat has gone, much to everyone’s relief. However the much needed rain has not arrived yet but hopefully it will soon as the water situation here is very serious in many areas.  

We have contacted our colleagues and met up with other charities since our return and there is much work to be done.  The work in Doukades will continue and in the Sidari area where we have some more neutering to do. We also now have contacts in these area for winter feeding. As our newsletter last month reported Kalami and Kassiopi are two particularly bad areas with many strays and new kittens so we would like to offer some help in those areas this winter if we have the funds to do so.

Thank you to everyone that has donated to us during the last few months and to those of you that have raised money for us. Please continue to help, in any way that you can, so that we can reach all these areas in need.  

Many of our advertised cats and dogs have found sponsors for which we are very grateful and we will continue to post some more pictures of more little guys that need sponsoring very shortly. So do keep an eye on the website.

It is getting very close to the end of the season here now and I hope everyone has enjoyed their visit to Corfu this year. I know many of you have supported the Corfu Donkey Rescue this summer and have left wormers and flea treatments etc.for the cats and dogs. Thanks to everyone who has brought goods out for us and thanks from Judy for the support you have given to the donkeys. For those of you that have not yet had your holiday on Corfu there is still another month to go, so have a good time. 

The Great Scottish Run
On September 2^nd 2007, one of the CTG members, Yvonne (Yvonne and Bob – login name) took part in the above event and raised a considerable amount of money for the AAWF. Yvonne had a successful run and we wish to thank her for supporting us. Maybe some of you who live up there in Scotland managed see the race or went to support Yvonne on the day.

In March of this year Mary Darby did a Half Marathon run and raised money for the AAWF on Corfu, anyone interested in running on Corfu please contact Mary as she would like to meet other people who run and maybe not have to run alone. Mary can be contacted on her mobile no. 6970193491.

The AAWF Shop
We will be adding our Xmas cards to the shop very soon, so please look out for them, there is a lovely selection all featuring animals and very appropriate to our cause. We still have wristbands left, although stocks are very low now so if you don’t have one yet there is still time but do hurry as there are only a few left. Some of our shop items would make lovely Xmas gifts especially our lovely little fridge magnets – so do take a look.  

Thanks again for all the support, we will continue to post updates on where your kind donations are being used and on the work we are doing.

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News Update - September 2007
It’s been four months since we left Corfu and returned to the UK for the summer, and what contrasting summers the two countries have had. I don’t know whether it’s better to be too hot or too wet, but whichever, both countries have suffered badly with many people losing their homes. Let’s hope things settle in both countries and we can enjoy some more moderate weather with less major disasters.

I have been in touch with many colleagues out in Corfu who have continued to help the animals and I am told we have received many requests for help with neutering in several areas of Corfu. We have just started to help some of the cats in Sidari and are continuing with the work we started earlier this year in Doukades.  Kalami is another area with many strays and Kassiopi too is particularly bad, so we would like to offer some help in those areas too if we have the funds to do so.

Thank you to everyone that has donated to us during the time we have been in the UK and raised money for us. We have with your continued support raised enough money to get a start in some of these areas as soon as we return.  

All our advertised cats and dogs have found sponsors for which we are very grateful and we will be posting more pictures of more little guys that need sponsors as soon as we can get the photographs.

I hope you have all enjoyed your visits to Corfu this year and had a really good time; I don’t suppose any of you had holidays spoilt by rain this year!!! But many of you will still be waiting for your turn to go with still two months of the season remaining.

The latest news on 'Teabag' is that he has continued to improve and has had his treatment for Leashmania, and is now in the process of being prepared for his passport and travel to the UK where he has a permanent home to go to. Dee still posts updates from time to time on his progress on the Agni message boards. He is a very lucky dog and thanks to Dee and her husband for the care and the dedication they have given him over the past nine months he should be able to live a normal healthy happy life in his new home. Thank you to everyone who donated to Teabag in order to help him get the medical care he so badly needed. What a lovely happy ending to a very sad and pitiful story that began early in January this year. I wish they all ended that way but unfortunately that is not the way life is.

The Great Scottish Run
This event takes place on Sunday September 2^nd 2007 and we have an Agni member Yvonne (Yvonne and Bob – login name) taking part in the run and raising funs for the AAWF. Do please support Yvonne (see the message strings on the Agni message boards for details) and if you live up in Scotland why not go along and cheer her on and give her some support. We will give more information about the event in the next news letter.

In March of this year Mary Darby did a Half Marathon run and raised money for the AAWF on Corfu, anyone interested in running on Corfu please contact Mary as she would like to meet other people who run and maybe not have to run alone. Mary can be contacted on her mobile no. 6970193491.

The AAWF Shop
We still have a few wristbands left, although stocks are very low now so if you don’t have one yet there is still time but do hurry as there is only a few left. With Xmas approaching some of our shop items may be more appealing, so do take a look. The lovely little magnets will make lovely gifts especially for the children to buy and this year we will have our own Xmas cards, so please keep a check on what we have for sale.

That’s all for now folks, until I arrive in Corfu, then we will let you all know what is going on over there and how we are using the money you have all so generously donated to the many strays.

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News Update - April 2007
After four more months on Corfu we have neutered around 40 cats. It is almost time for us to return to the UK for a while. It is difficult to neuter in the tourist areas during the summer months so if we continue to receive support during the holiday season we shall return to a mass neutering session at the end of the season. Please continue to bring us flea treatments and worming treatments, we do use these when we have the cats for neutering. Any holiday makers that have cats around their accommodation can always treat the cats for fleas themselves if they think the cat needs it. It would be a great help to the cats. Be careful with worming tablets but if you see evidence and think a cat requires worming then please go ahead, it would be helping us and the cats.

In addition to neutering we have given medication to many cats that have been found to be unwell.  We have helped some, but others if they were too bad have been put out of misery. We have worked in a particularly bad area this winter where many of the cats have been sick and we hope our treatment has helped them to a healthier life and they can enjoy the summer months. Hopefully this area will have less kittens next winter and it will generally be a better place for all the cats.

The latest news on 'Teabag' is that he is still being cared for and is about to start some treatment for Leashmania, he has a home to go to in the UK but has to wait until his medical condition is better, he will then begin his injections for his passport. We have to thank Dee for the dedication she has given this dog and for all of you that have donated to him and helped him to his new life.

For anyone who has not read the story about 'Teabag' and is interested, take a look at the Message Forums on the Agni website and search for ‘Teabag’ you can read all about him on there.

Greek Village Cats
We have just received a plea for help from a local greek village to help the cats. The village is overrun with feral cats and the situation completely out of hand. We are making this our next project and help has already begun. Some of the female cats have been neutered first and the village has already been saved from about another 20 kittens being born already.

We are going to need a lot of support for this village project – please help in whatever way you can, you donations, however small are making a difference to the animals of Corfu. Drontal worming tablets and flea treatments are also required for these cats.  

Marathon Run
At the end of March, a half Marathon run was held in Corfu as a trial for the future. You can read more about it in the April edition of the ‘Corfiot’ English newspaper. Mary Darby ran the half marathon, completed the course, and raised over 300 Euros for the AAWF through sponsorship. We would like to thank Mary for her support and all those who sponsored her. If anyone on the Island is interested in long distance running Mary would be pleased to hear from you. Please contact her on mobile no. 6970193491.

The AAWF Shop
We now have a shop page on our website, where all our goods for sale are offered.
We have some lovely ceramic Fridge Magnets, hand made and hand painted, specially made for the AAWF by a very kind supporter. The Agni bags are for sale in our shop and we still have our very popular Agni Wristbands in there. The Corfu Map can be found there too along with another very interesting book on Corfu’s naval history.

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News Update - February 2007
It must be about three weeks since we returned to Corfu and we have already neutered 12 more cats with your support. The lack of rain and mild winter is bringing the mating season on early and already the cats are beginning to breed. Many have been give medical treatment to help with the cat flu that so many suffer from here and with flea treatment and worming, I hope we have helped 12 more to a better and healthier life.

Our colleague Dee continues to care for 'Teabag' who has brought so much concern from his ever mounting fans on the Agni message boards. He is making progress but had been found to have Leashmania which is very common on this Island, but up to now he cannot be treated for it until he is stronger. I have visited 'Teabag', who is now quite enjoying all the attention he is getting and seems to be much better and brighter in himself, which is a good sign. We feel that he will survive but has a long way to go yet and we still have to see how he responds to his treatment for Leashmania when it begins. Thanks to Dee for the devotion she has given this dog.

For anyone who has not read the story about 'Teabag' and is interested, see the paragraph below which we reported in the last news update:

Many thanks to  Dee who is caring for a very sick and malnourished dog that she found in her village, readers of the Agni message forums have been reading about 'Teabag' during the last few weeks. Dee is keeping everyone informed of his progress on the CTG message boards and for the first few weeks he made very good progress but has since been found to have Leashmania. The AAWF is funding his veterinary care which would not have been possible without the support we have had throughout our first year. However, we do need further funding for the dog, so donations towards his medication and care would be greatly appreciated. You can donate here through our donate button above, but if you would like more information about 'Teabag', do read the messages boards.)

AAWF Fridge Magnets
We have some lovely ceramic fridge magnets for sale now, they are all hand made and hand painted. Specially made for the AAWF by a very kind supporter, so you will not find them anywhere else. So all you collectors get your orders in whilst we still have some of each of them.

Sponsors
We have had some more cat sponsors this year and we have just updated our pages with some more lovely cats looking for sponsors. Read about them on the sponsor cat page.

Agni Wristbands
We still have lots of Agni wristbands for this year, so get your orders in before the season starts if you want your friends from the message boards and other Agni supporters to recognise you.

AAWF Bags
The bags are beginning to sell for next years holidays so get your orders in quickly while we still have some left. Click the picture of the bags and see them in more detail on the sale page. The bags are especially suitable for the children - yes buy them one and make them carry their own equipment to the beach!!!!