TOHA: Inspiration in Action: VOTE NOW!!

Inspiration in Action - Your vote really, really counts! Vote now!

After all of our efforts campaigning for World Vets in the Heska poll, they pulled ahead into first place for a few days. But now.... they have slipped back into second place! So if you haven't voted yet, please do so and ask all of your friends to help, too. Share it on Facebook, tweet it on Twitter, email it to your lists and help World Vets win $25,000 so that they can help us here in Timor-Leste - and in other countries that need their support so much.

VOTE NOW!!!!  With your help, World Vets can can still win! Click on this link:

http://www.heska.com/About-Heska/Inspiration-In-Action-poll.aspx

This is what they are hoping to do with the grant if they win:

Establishing a sustainable disaster response program for animals in disaster situations throughout the world.

World Vets is a nonprofit that provides free veterinary aid to animals that otherwise would never receive veterinary attention. WorldVets addresses both animal and human health issues by developing sustainable veterinary aid programs to improve animal and human populations in 24 countries. World Vets empowers local partners through collaboration, education and training. With $25,000 in additional funding, World Vets hopes to develop a disaster response program with protocols, procedures and adequate training to enable veterinary professionals to assist animals in natural disaster situations.

Vote for our World Vet friends - Help THEM to Help US!

World Vets are currently trying to help vet Antonino do Karmo obtain vital equipment (microscope, surgery table, autoclave, computer, anesthesia machine, portable x-ray machine) which they will bring to Dili next year to help care for animals in Timor-Leste. Click here to see their website appeal. 

World Vets is a nonprofit organisation that provides free veterinary aid to animals that otherwise would never receive veterinary attention. WorldVets addresses both animal and human health issues by developing sustainable veterinary aid programs to improve animal and human populations in 24 countries. World Vets empowers local partners through collaboration, education and training. 

They have been entered in a poll, which, if they win, will gain them $25,000 in additional funding to be used to  develop a disaster response program with protocols, procedures and adequate training to enable veterinary professionals to assist animals in natural disaster situations.  For more information about World Vets, click here: http://worldvets.org/

And PLEASE vote for them in the poll - at the moment they are lying in second place, so your vote can really make a difference! 

To vote click here: 

 http://www.heska.com/About-Heska/Inspiration-In-Action-poll.aspx

(The poll is being run by the Heska Corporation, which is a company  selling advanced veterinary diagnostic and other specialty veterinary products). 

Please help World Vets to help us!

Tiger needs a home

A friend of TOHA found this cat on the road in Dili, struggling for life after being hit by a car. TOHA vet Antonino fixed him up and now he has been neutered, vaccinated and de-wormed. We called him Tiger (well, it IS the year of the Tiger and he's striped). 

If you want to adopt Tiger, don't hesitate to give Antonino a call on (+670) 723 3792.

Our Mission Statement

Timor Oan Hadomi Animal is a non-profit organization focusing on animal welfare in Timor-Leste. The objective of this organization to provide voluntary services to protect animals and prevent any disease which could potentially jeopardize human life in Timor-Leste. Furthermore, we are well aware that the condition of the environment in which animals are kept in Timor-Leste is in need of radical improvement, in the case of both domestic animals (livestock) and pets. Based on our empirical research, the majority of East Timorese do not have enough knowledge and information on how to take care of their animals, in terms of animal rights, food, health and so forth. From these crucial points, we East Timorese, along with like-minded friends from other countries, are intending to establish an activity or an organization to involve East Timorese so that they will be able to pay more attention to the condition of animals in this country. We believe that through these ideas and activities, Timorese will have more mindful perspectives in animal care, especially owners of livestock but also pet owners. 

The activity of Timor Oan Hadomi will involve many people at many different levels in order to a create better environment for animal life in Timor-Leste. We would approach people at national and local level, engaging them in the process of delivering better service through our training programs, door-to-door campaigns, personal animal treatments, distribution of medicines and intensive consultations. Timor Oan Hadomi Timor constitutes an association of veterinarian doctors as well as people who are interested in providing better services for animals in Timor-Leste. Membership of this organisation will not be compulsory nor will we impose financial contributions in order to involve as many East Timorese as possible in helping us to implement TOHA's programs. It will be a worthwhile voluntary mission for all of us to make what changes and improvements we can to animal conditions in Timor-Leste. This area has received very little attention in the public arena here; however, it is one of the most important sectors in Timor-Leste; to produce quality livestock and to protect animal rights. Therefore, our first step will determine the future of the animal environment in Timor-Leste, which has been a matter of concern to those people who care about the rights and health of animals in this country.