You're pledging to donate if the project hits its minimum goal and gets approved. If not, your funds will be returned.
The primary goal of this project is to rescue, rehabilitate, and safely rehome vulnerable, abandoned, orphaned, sick, injured, and at-risk kittens. We aim to provide immediate intervention for kittens in critical situations, including neonatal kittens requiring bottle-feeding, emergency veterinary treatment, and intensive care.
Additional goals include reducing preventable suffering, improving survival rates for rescued kittens, supporting sterilisation to help reduce overpopulation, and promoting responsible long-term rehoming practices.
These goals will be achieved through coordinated rescue efforts, partnerships with local veterinary professionals, foster care support, emergency medical treatment, rehabilitation, vaccination and sterilisation programs, and careful adopter screening to ensure safe and permanent placements.
How will this funding be used?
Funding will be used directly for animal welfare and rescue operations. The largest portion of funding will support veterinary treatment, emergency medical care, vaccinations, parasite treatment, sterilisation, and medication. Additional funding will cover kitten formula, food, bedding, litter, heat pads, cleaning supplies, transport to veterinary appointments and rescue locations, and foster care support.
A portion of the budget will also be reserved as an emergency buffer to respond to urgent medical cases and periods of high rescue intake. The project is volunteer-run and does not currently include salaried staff.
Who is on your team? What's your track record on similar projects?
The project is led by myself with support from trusted volunteers, foster carers, and local veterinary professionals. Together, we have experience rescuing and rehabilitating abandoned, orphaned, sick, and injured kittens, including neonatal kittens requiring specialised feeding and care.
The project is already active and has successfully rescued, treated, fostered, and rehomed vulnerable kittens in urgent situations. Previous successes include rehabilitating severely underweight, premature and ill kittens, coordinating emergency veterinary care, and placing rescued kittens into safe permanent homes. Despite limited funding and resources, the project has continued operating through volunteer support and strong personal commitment to animal welfare.
What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails?
The main risks to the project are insufficient funding, rising veterinary costs, limited foster capacity, and increasing numbers of kittens requiring urgent rescue. Neonatal and emergency rescue work is unpredictable, and severe medical cases can quickly exceed available resources.
If the project fails or loses the ability to continue operating, many vulnerable kittens may be left without rescue, veterinary treatment, foster care, or safe placement. This would likely result in increased suffering, untreated illness or injury, preventable deaths, and greater exposure to neglect, abuse, and exploitation. It would also reduce sterilisation and responsible rehoming efforts, contributing to long-term overpopulation and abandonment.
How much money have you raised in the last 12 months, and from where?
The project has primarily operated through personal contributions, volunteer support, and occasional assistance from local supporters and foster carers. Funding has been inconsistent and limited, which is one of the main reasons we are now seeking external grant support to continue operating sustainably.
Over the past 12 months, funding has mainly been used for veterinary treatment, kitten formula, food, medication, transport, and rescue supplies. While the project has successfully continued operating on a small scale, existing funding sources are no longer sufficient to meet the growing demand for urgent rescue and rehabilitation work.