As a UK Registered Charity
we put your donation directly to improving the lives of the animals
and their owners. We all care deeply for the animals and all give
our time and efforts without charge for the betterment of all.
You may think that a regular monthly donation
to Animal Welfare Of Luxor of just £10 will not make much of a difference to the lives of the animals but we believe
in buying all that we can locally as things in general are much
cheaper here but there is an added advantage that if we get it locally
then it can be replaced locally. For example if we buy a head collar
for a horse or donkey in the UK then it is not just the cost it
is the size as horses and donkeys tend to be smaller here with narrower
faces but we also have to get it to  Luxor
and, just in case you hadn't noticed, this is a very hot country
so lots of metal buckles against the skin is not a good idea. Once
the head collar from the UK breaks the owner will come back to us
asking for another one so AWOL is not showing them how to help themselves
in the future.
A £2 roll of local webbing makes at least
10 donkey head collars which we stitch together to fit the animal.
Once they have this locally made head collar it is easy for them
to repair or replace it themselves and there are the added advantages
that there are no metal buckles and AWOL is supporting the local
economy.
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AWOL Vet, Farrier and Mechanic
Though we all give our time free we will need to employ several
people at the new centre and perhaps you would like to raise or
supply the funds to support one of these:
AWOL Vet
An urgent requirement, as soon as funds allow, will be a full time
vet and as vets are taught in English it will be a great help in
communication as well. We need a highly qualified and dedicated
vet so it is expected that we will have to pay a high wage of around
£230 to £250 a month, yes a month, but that is an incredibly
high wage here in Luxor. It is only reasonable to expect that our
bill for medical supplies will increase dramatically as the vet
will allow us to treat many more animals every day.
AWOL Farrier
There are so many horses and donkeys in the El
Marise area. Conservative estimates put the number at over 2000
in total and there is no farrier. They have to come into Luxor so
we need a farrier on site.
AWOL Mechanic
Not an immediately obvious choice for a charity that looks after animals but so many horses and donkeys
pull carts all day, every day, yet often these carts are difficult
to move before anything is loaded on them, as regular maintenance
like greasing or replacing failed bearings is not as high on the
priority list here as feeding the animal and the family.
We need the vet, farrier and mechanic to be fully
employed and paid for by Animal Welfare of Luxor so that we can
monitor and improve their work in order to keep our standards at
the highest level.
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