| Region |
Organiser |
Event Report |
| Celebrating in Cairo and Alexandria |
| EGYPT - Cairo and Alexandria
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SPARE / EFAW / Veterinary University of Cairo |
As the Egyptian Ambassador of World Animal Day, I would like to announce that a celebration will be held at the Veterinary University of Cairo on October 4th 2010. It is with great pleasure that we announce that this year, for the first time, the Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare organisations headed by Dr Shehab Abdel-Hamied will participate in the celebration of the animals of our world. I would like to take this occasion to invite all interested animal activists and animal organizations to join us in celebrating World Animal Day at the veterinary university of Cairo and also in Alexandria with the new animal welfare organisation "ANIMAL AID ALEXANDRIA "
For those of you who are interested in participating, please email me for further details. If for any reason you are unable to join us in this celebration, please celebrate and remember the animals on October 4th in whatever manner and venue you find suitable. The more of us celebrating this day, the more exposure and impact we will have in the public perception towards World Animal Day and its purpose. Thank you all for your efforts in helping our fellow non-human animals. Let's make this day a memorable day for them! Best Wishes, Amina Abaza, S.P.A.R.E Founder and President, Egyptian Ambassador for World Animal Day. |
| School Humane Education Programme / Awareness Campaign |
| KENYA
|
Africa Network for Animal Welfare |
I work for the Africa Network for Animal Welfare based in Kenya. I have been assigned the responsibility of promoting this World Animal Day in Kenya. Our plans include three agendas: Humane Education programme for school children; Distribute press releases regarding animal welfare issues and World Animal Day to the mass media; and target government officials. Our key messages will be about the bush meat crisis in Africa and prevention of cruelty to pets and working animals. Samuel M Theuri, Team Leader, Africa Network for Animal Welfare. Email: samuel@anaw.org
Media sensitization and coverage to reach out to the public and
Targeting the government officials
Key message will be on bush meat crisis in Africa and prevention of cruelty to pets and working animals
What type of assistance do you accord organizations working in Africa?
Thanks
--
Samuel M. Theuri
Team Leader,
Biodiversity and Community Programs
Africa Network for Animal Welfare
samuel@anaw.org
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| Peaceful March / Newspaper articles / radio and TV interviews |
| NIGERIA
|
Ruvela Nigeria |
This year we will mark World Animal Day by organising a peaceful march during which we will distribute flyers about a number of animal welfare issues in Nigeria. We will also be conducting a number of interviews for radio, newspapers and TV. Steve Omoarukhe, Ruvela, World Animal Day Ambassador |
| Information Stand / Lobby Authorities / Press Release |
| AFRICA - Ivory Coast
|
Monde Animal En Passion (MAEP) |
The celebration of World Animal Day is just around the corner and I am happy to inform you of our plans for this special day.
We will hold an information stand in Ivory Coast outside the entrance of the biggest and most famous hypermarket in Ivory Coast, Sococe Hypermarket in Abidjan. We will raise awareness of World Animal Day and animal welfare issues to all the passers-by asking them questions and providing information to bring them in touch with animal welfare. Depending upon the level of sponsorship we are able to achieve, we will distribute stickers and leaflets and have t-shirts available. Monde Animal En Passion will send a letter to the main ministries and administration involved with the management of animals in Ivory Coast to inform them about World Animal Day and to remind them of their responsibilities towards all animals in Ivory Coast. In addition, a press release about World Animal Day will be sent to the mass media. Finally, information about World Animal Day will be available on our website: http://www.panimale.org Mr Yao Novalis, MAEP and World Animal Day Ambassador. |
| World Animal Day / St Francis Day & Rememberance Service |
| SOUTH AFRICA - McGregor
|
Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary |
On Sunday 3rd October at 11.00am. Celebrate all creatures great and small and memories of loved ones. Join us for a short ceremony followed by a meditative walk. Companion animals are welcome - on leads at all times please. Tony Saddington, Administrative Manager, Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary, PO Box 29, McGregor 6708. Email: admin@donkeysanctuary.co.za |
| Competitions: Spelling Bee / Painting / Debate / Poetry / Drama / Short Answer Questions / Donkey Health. + Rabies Clinics & Awareness / March / Donkey Welfare Training |
| TANZANIA - Islands of Zanzibar
|
Zanzibar Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
This year, several activities will be conducted in order to celebrate World Animal Day and World Rabies Day.
Competitions:
1. Zanzibar Animal Welfare Spelling Bee Competition for Secondary Schools:
At district level there will be 50 words, at regional level a further 25 words will be added to make the total of 75 words and another 25 words will be added at national level to give a total of 100 words. Students will be required to memorize the words, spell them correctly and understand their meaning. At district level, five schools will enter the competition and the three best will go through to the regional level. At regional level six schools will compete and the three best schools will go through to the national level. At national, fifteen schools from all regions will compete (nine from Unguja Island and six from Pemba Island) to give three overall winners for Zanzibar. This competition will both help students improve their capacity to remember their daily subjects taught in their schools and also help students to understand animal welfare related word and gain a basic knowledge of the subject and how they can help eliminate animal cruelty in the course of their daily life.
2. Zanzibar Animal Welfare Painting Competition:
Ten primary schools and ten secondary schools will enter this competition at district level. The best 10 pictures from each school will go through to regional level (100 pictures from primary schools and 100 from secondary schools). At regional level, the best 25 pictures from both primary and secondary in each region will be put forward to national level. 25 overall winners will be selected at both primary and secondary level. This competition will give students the opportunity to express their feelings towards animals through painting and improve their understanding of various animal welfare issues.
3. Zanzibar Animal Welfare Debate Competition:
This competition will be for secondary schools only. Each district will enter five schools and compete against the other districts in the same region to give three winning schools from each region. These schools will then compete at national level to give three national winners from Unguja and three from Pemba. This competition will help students to improve their capacity to converse in English and help them understand several animal welfare topics.
4. Zanzibar Animal Welfare Poetry Competition:
This competition will be for primary schools only. Each district will enter five schools and compete against other schools in the same region to give three winners. The three winning schools from each region will compete at regional level with the best three schools going through to national level (9 from Unguja and 6 from Pemba). The winners will be the best three from both Unguja and Pemba.
5. Zanzibar Animal Welfare Drama Competition:
This competition will be for secondary school only and the structure will be the same as for our Poetry Competition (see above).
6. Zanzibar Animal Welfare Short Answer Questions Competition:
This competition is open to both primary and secondary schools and will also be structured the same way as our Poetry Competition.
7. Zanzibar Donkey Welfare Competition:
This competition aims to help encourage improved standards of donkey welfare. For example: to eliminate donkey cruelty such as being beaten while they work and being forced to carry loads that are far too heavy; and to give them adequate rest periods during their working day and provide sufficient food. The competition will run from mid-May until 1st October and is open to all owners of donkeys in town areas, namely Kinazini, Amani, Mwembe, Makumbi, Mtopepo, Kwerekwe, Melitano and Kijangwani. On 1st October, the judges will select the most healthy donkeys as the winners of the competition and their prizes will be presented on World Animal Day, 4th October.
8. Quran Madrasat Dawaat competition; participants for this competition will come from five Quran Madrasat in different areas. They will have the opportunity to educate people about how religion explains animal welfare issues and how animals need to be treated on a daily basis.
Part Two: Other activities.
9. World Rabies Day will be celebrated by running clinics on 26th - 28th September 2010 with the main objective being to vaccinate as many animals as possible against Rabies and treat any other diseases that are found. At the same time, animal care guides and rabies leaflets will be distributed to everyone who attends the clinics and within the local community. We aim to: raise awareness of both human and animal rabies; how easy it is to prevent; and to eliminate the main global sources.
10. March of people and animals during the day of celebration passing in front of our guests of honor at our final destination.
11. Humane training for donkey keepers: This training aims to inform the donkey keepers about how handle their donkeys correctly in order to avoid injury and how they can prepare their cart to make sure that it does no cause sores to the donkey while working. This will be a 4-day training course starting with a lecture on the first day followed by three days of practical training. Fifty donkey keepers from different area of Zanzibar will participate. Ali A Juma, World Animal Day
Ambassador. |
| Ethiopia Celebrates Animals |
| ETHIOPIA
|
SAW / Brooke / SPANA / Donkey Sanctuary |
We will organise a joint celebration of World Animal Day involving Brooke-Ethiopia, SPANA-Ethiopia, The Donkey Sanctuary and SAW-Ethiopia. We shall celebrate with the Animal Kindness Clubs at our schools. Our objective being to create greater awareness of the importance of animal welfare. We will also offer free Rabies vaccinations for about 100 dogs and cats; Free treatment to other animals such as equines, cattle, etc. ; Raise awareness of World Animal Day by using banners, posters, display, shows, newsletters (brochures), and speeches. Best regards, Tekelye Bekele, WAD Ambassador, Ethiopia. |
| Series of TV & Radio Talks, Animal Blessing Mass, Press Release |
| CAMEROON
|
Foundation for Animal Welfare Cameroon (FAWCAM) |
We are pleased to inform you that World Animal Day 2010 will be celebrated in Cameroon as follows: 1st - 3rd October, TV and Radio Talks on the philosophy of FAWCAM and how it links animal and human welfare issues; 4th October, Holy Mass at Alakuma Catholic Church asking God's blessing for the animals of Cameroon. The presiding priest shall be Rev. Doctor Lucas Sanosi - Parish Priest; 5th - 9th October, Press Release in our local newspapers on Animal welfare issues; 10th October, End of celebrations with light refreshments at FAWCAM Head Office. Chairman. Prof. Patrick C. Fusi. Information supplied by Ben Wara, Cameroon's World Animal Day Ambassador. |
| Information Stand |
| SOUTH AFRICA - Winelands, Western Cape
|
Winelands SPCA |
29th September to 2nd October – we will hold our annual information stand at the Robertson Spring Show with a totally new theme – the Joy Animals Bring To Our Lives. Instead of our usual educational stand, with sad pictures of ill-treated animals, we will plaster our area with posters of all the good things about animals – bird watching, fascinating insects, visits to reserves, whale watching, dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, farm animals in humane surroundings, etc. For more information please contact Winelands SPCA - see contact details in entry below. |
| Mutts' March |
| SOUTH AFRICA - Winelands, Western Cape
|
Winelands SPCA |
On 24th September we will hold our annual Mutts' March in the Montagu Nature Gardens. A celebration of the companionship dogs offer. If you would like to participate, please send an email to: brwspca@telkomsa.net Website: www.spcawinelands.za.org |
| Paint Your Pet Contest |
| NIGERIA - Abuja
|
Green Paw Trust |
This is a Contest open to local schools, colleges and youth groups - an opportunity to join together in celebration of World Animal Day. It will be an exhibition contest where participants present paintings of their pets. The winner of the contest will go home with a handsome prize!
For more information please contact: Everard Kasimanwuna,
Founder, Green Paw Trust. +234 805 9323 823, kasimanwuna@yahoo.com or greenpawtrust@yahoo.com |
| Abuja Animal Assembly |
| NIGERIA - Abuja
|
Green Paw Trust |
Date: 4th October, 2010
Time: 9:00am
Venue: Millennium Park, Abuja
Description of event: The Abuja Animal Assembly is a gathering of all species of animals and pets in Abuja. Participants will learn the following;
• How to become better pet owners
• The general importance of being compassionate and understanding towards animals
• How to protect their future in relation to Zoonotic diseases
• Importance of vaccination.
There will also be prizes given to animals and pet owners in the following categories;
• Neatest pet on the park
• Most handsome pet
• Cutest pet
• Most well behaved pet
For more information, please contact Everard Kasimanwuna. +234 805 9323 823 or send an email to kasimanwuna@yahoo.com or greenpawtrust@yahoo.com |
| Worldwide Campaign calling for Stricter Laws Against Animal Abuse |
| AFRICA
|
Numerous Participants |
This is not a rally or even a protest, this is a Peaceful Worldwide Event to urge Governments to take animal abuse seriously by introducing stricter laws and more severe penalties.
We have from now until World Animal Day to collect at least 10,000 signatures in each participating country – at least this number of signatures are needed for Governments to sit up and take notice! On Sunday 3rd October, all participants are asked to hold a petition stand in their town to collect final signatures. Petition signatures will then be presented to Governments worldwide.
At the time of writing, there were already 129 cities around the globe participating in this ‘group campaign’ - We are the Animals’ Voice!
SOUTH AFRICA: Anique Human – Johannesburg;
KENYA: Jared Akama – Nairobi (Friends of our animals)
If you would like to organise a petition in your town, require further information or would like to contact someone who is already organising a petition in your country, please contact Tina Alaca who is co-ordinating this Worldwide campaign. Tina will provide you with everything you need including the petition wording for you to translate into your own language. The more people that are involved in collecting petition signatures, the louder our ‘Voice For The Animals’ will be! Email: alaca@isbank.net.tr Website: www.daugbjerg.info
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| Fun Run/Walk/Walk the Dogs |
| SOUTH AFRICA
|
Society for Animals in Distress |
We will be holding our fun run/walk/walk the dogs on Sunday 3 October again since it was such a great success last year.
Many thanks. Kind regards, Bev Richards, Corporate and Media.
Email: aid@animalsindistress.org.za. |
| Celebrating World Animal Day together in Egypt |
| EGYPT
|
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I think it’s a brilliant idea to use our Pharaonic history in celebrating World Animal Day. I will be more than happy to participate with you in this event along with the many many other animal activists that you have raised since SPARE was established. Best of luck, Magda.
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| Celebrating World Animal Day together in Egypt |
| EGYPT
|
ESAF & MENAW |
The Egyptian Society of Animal Friends (ESAF) and the Middle East Network for Animal Welfare (MENAW) will celebrate World Animal Day with our own groups. Best regards, Ahmed, Chairperson. |
| Celebrating World Animal Day together in Egypt |
| EGYPT
|
AWARE |
Dear Amina, I believe your idea for all the animal welfare organizations to unite and celebrate World Animal Day is an exemplary action and should be appreciated. As the AWARE president we are ready and happy to cooperate with you in celebrating World Animal Day and we hope it will be a memorable event similar to the pig cull campaign that attracted media attention and public sympathy to the plight of the animals. The Pharoanic theme is an inspiring idea and definitely our history is full of many teachings that promote animal respect and responsibility. We will keep you updated with our plans and how we can get engaged. Thank you and best wishes. Ahmed Diab, President, Animal Welfare Association for Research and Education. |
| Message to Egyptian Animal Advocates |
| EGYPT
|
Amina Abaza - World Animal Day Ambassador |
Dear All, It is time to prepare ourselves for World Animal Day. As Egypt's Ambassador, I am inviting you all to participate in this event. Let us put our differences aside and instead put together ideas about how we will celebrate this event in 2010. We want this day to deliver a strong message to attract the media so our story will reach the majority of Egyptians and encourage more people to celebrate it - just as more and more people are celebrating St. Valentines Day in Egypt. I look forward to hearing your ideas, your energy, your creation...We want it to be the best World Animal Day in the world. I propose that we use a pharaonic theme taken our past and remind the Egyptians how the animals were revered in Egyptian history. What do you think? If you have other ideas please send them to me. I would be really happy if everyone expresses their love of animals by getting involved this year. Let us celebrate this day with enthusiasm, love, and dedication - after alll, if we succeed, the animals will be the winners!! Amina Tharwat Abaza, S.P.A.R.E Founder and President and Egyptian Ambassador for World Animal Day. Email: spare@menanet.net or amina@sparelives.org |
