Help us expand our shelter for more stray dogs

Hello there my fellow animal friend!

This is our second GoFundMe campaign dedicated to helping our local stray dogs here in Uganda.

Our first campaign focuses on raising enough money for feeding the dogs in our shelter, whereas with this campaign, we try to reach out to as many people as possible to help us build a bigger shelter for more stray dogs to take care of. We are currently (9/2023) taking care of 42 dogs, but our goal is to shelter up to 150 stray dogs.

Our ambitious plan consists of three main steps in order to being able to shelter 150 dogs:

First and foremost, we want to buy some extra land in order to expand our shelter. This will approximately cost us around 10,800,00 – 11,500,00 Ugandan shillings (~2,800 – 3,000 Euros / 3,000 – 3,200 American dollars). 

After that, we would be able to start building onto our already existing shelter creating more space for future rescues.

For the construction, we would require some basic materials such as bricks, timber, nails, sand for solid substratum and iron/steel.

At our local market, this will cost us an additional 10,000,000 Ugandan shillings (~2,500 Euros / 2,600 American dollars).

As for possible damage of the materials at the market, while transportation, on the construction site and for additional repairs we want to make sure everything goes smoothly and as planned. For this, we would need an additional amount of about 1,200,000 – 2,000,000 Ugandan shillings (~300 – 500 Euros / 320 – 540 American dollars).

Finally, our new shelter would require the installation of water and electricity, which is quite expensive in Uganda. About an additional amount of 4,000,000 Ugandan shillings (~1,000 Euros / 1,075 American dollars) would be needed to finish our expensive but necessary plan.

We hope that by creating more space at our shelter, we will be able to rescue more strays and bring more awareness to the miserable situation of the stray dogs in our country.

If you made it this far, we would like to thank you for your very precious time and effort and look forward to hearing from you soon!

In the name of our Happy Souls Animal Shelter we say thanks to all our previous supporters and donors and look forward into a brighter future for our dear animal friends.

Faithfully yours and lots of love❤️

Saul Lubega and the Happy Souls Animal Shelter 

You may also like to check out our first GoFundMe campaign raising money for dog food: 

https://gofund.me/247d895c

You can also find us on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@user2936081786744?_t=8fg3kwTSAgS&_r=1

Created by Lisa in the name of Saul Lubega and the Happy Souls Animal Shelter