Animal Rescue Santuario Kuxtal in Cancun Mexico

Hello Fellow Animal Advocates,

My name is Kelly and if you've found this fund raiser, it was meant to be, I invite you to listen to my story and why I'm assisting my friends in Mexico at Santuario Kuxtal.

About a year ago, I was planning a trip to Tulum with my daughter for January of 2023. I like to do some type of service work when I travel for vacation so we were planning to bring sports equipment with us to donate locally. However, during the same time, I was also looking to start volunteering at a local animal shelter. I searched locally in my area and found Border Tails Rescue and as I was reading their website, I "synchronistically" found that they needed volunteers to bring dogs from Mexico back to the US for adoption.

I believe that there are no synchronicities and that everything happens for a reason, so I immediately contacted them. Harliegh, the owner, actually started her shelter because of a dog she brought back from Mexico from the founders of Santuario Kuxtal. She now runs an amazing shelter that places dogs from the Chicago area and from Mexico when they have volunteers to bring them here.

(https://www.bordertailsrescue.org/flight-volunteer)

Fast forward, My daughter and I planned to bring two dogs home with us from Mexico on that trip. Of course we met the owners of Santuario Kuxtal in Cancun. They are beautiful "angels" helping "angels" on the streets of Cancun. They met us at the airport with Tapioca and she is now our beloved family member - although that was not planned at all!

Tapioca had been found living under a car her leg so injured that it needed amputation. She was starving and in very bad shape when they found her. Santuario Kuxtal, gave her a home, medical care, nurtured her back to health, and found her a home here with us. She is now a vibrant, loving, grateful, and amazing being that simply would not be here without Irving and Santuario Kuxtal.

The problem of stray dogs in Mexico is immense as most local residents do not have the money, time or the understanding about how to care for or even respect animals. As such many are left severely injured, starving, in pain, and dying in horrific conditions on the streets unless they are rescued.

I have kept in touch with Irving the founder of the rescue for the last year. Since returning he reaches out to ask about Tapioca and on his first trip ever to the US this summer we all met at Border Tails for a reunion with Tapioca! He and Miguel are kind souls and passionate about their work.

I have been donating to the Sanctuary since my return as best I can, but they need more help to get ahead of the flow of financial responsibility that goes with this mission work.

Daily they are faced with:

Costs for building and maintaining the Sanctuary which is urgently needed now!

Food for the animals

Veterinary Care

Travel and Transport of the Animals

While they have accomplished so much and saved so many lives, They are in a cycle of always being in a state of emergency or as they say URGENTE! as new animals are found in desperate shape almost daily. They are often on the brink of no food for the dogs, and asking for donations for urgent medical care. They are helping so many animals (even farm animals), yet they are struggling to set a base of strong financial support.

Irving once told me:

"This is a project of life, you know. We are here in this world to support animals and other persons. It is our reason of life, especially dogs, they suffer a lot on the streets here."

I know the hearts behind this sanctuary and they are pure angels to do this work. They will not give up, it is their mission and purpose in this lifetime to help the dogs, cats, and other animals of Cancun that are in need of human assistance, but they need a supportive community.

They need our our help.

Right now they are in the process of constructing a new building to shelter the dogs safely during the rain and hurricane season. They need roughly $3,000.00 US for this urgently.

I am asking for more in this fund raiser to provide them a solid financial base for food and medical care so they can breathe a little easier and get more stable footing going forward.

I am asking that you assist with a one-time donation now and if possible a monthly donation to Santuario Kuxtal through this Go Fund Me.

We have so much to be grateful for and it is truly easy to share - even when we think we don't have enough - we truly do.

In addition, If you want to be a flight volunteer, or adopt a dog, they have over 100 dogs needing new homes right now.

Here is the message that Irving the founder of Santuario Kuxtal wrote to all of you:

Hello!

We are the Santuario Kuxtal team, we started the rescue shelter in 2019 with the sole objective of sheltering, rehabilitating, sterilizing and finding loving homes for stray homeless dogs and kittens in the city of Cancun.

As you may know, it is a difficult task, very few people get involved and it hurts our hearts a lot to see so many little animals asking for help in the streets. We work long days, see so much suffering, but we are rewarded with seeing those that we have saved start a new life where they are surrounded by love.

Despite our challenges, we will not give up, but we call for your assistance to provide a safe home, food and medical care for the animals. They deserve not to be in the rain and to have a warm and firm space to sleep in. After everything they experience on the streets, the shelter is a place of rest and where they find a temporary family until we find their forever home.

We have done our best, but we need assistance urgently now.

I have faith and hope that this new space will be completed in November, 2023, thanks to this fundraiser.

After several years working to improve the shelter spaces we now need to create a space so that all the dogs in the sanctuary have a safe, comfortable space that is a refuge from storms and hurricanes.

So far we have achieved the most difficult part, raising the material that forms the roof of the main building of the sanctuary, however, we have to get the concrete to finish this work, it has a cost of

$51,000mx/$3,000 usd.

We have changed the lives of hundreds of dogs and cats, today we need the support of all possible people to achieve this goal. We ask you to help our shelter, it is an important moment and we need to raise that amount as soon as possible to be able to finish this work. We must complete it soon as we the rainy season is here and the building is so close to completion.

Thank you so much!

Irving and Miguel

You can find them with over 13K followers on Facebook here:

Santuario Kuxtal Facebook

And on Instagram here:

Santuario Kuxtal Instagram

And on YouTube here:

Santuario Kuxtal YouTube

All of the animals in this world deserve to have shelter, food, medical care, and love just like humans. Unfortunately, they cannot advocate for themselves in our human world.

We have to step forward and help and

"Be The Change We Want To See In The World"

We are but a drop in the ocean and each time we step forward to make positive change it makes a huge difference.

We hope you will join us in helping these animal friends in need and supporting the important work Santuario Kuxtal is doing.

With Love & Gratitude,

Kelly, Irving, and Miguel

Please note:

All donations will be transferred from me in the United States directly to Santuario Kuxtal. Transfers directly from GoFundMe to Mexico are not available at this time.