(August 29th 2022:the road is made)
Finally we have started and completed the first step to cultivate the new land for the dogs. Last week, a road and the construction area for the dog shelters were leveled with heavy machinery. Even if some donors are still lost, we were lucky enough to get to know Thomas from Lower Saxony, who really supports us a lot.
(September 2nd 2022: construction area for the dog shelter is leveled)
You see in the video how the land level is "sloping" on our property and why it really needs to be leveled before we can start fencing and building the dog shelters. A driveway on the property also had to be created urgently so that we could also transport the many goods that the project demands of us by car to the destination. More than 200kg of meat for the dog food, 500kg of corn grist, 600kg of dry food and firewood for cooking the dog food have to be moved every month. In addition, when building the new accommodations, supplies of materials have to be brought as close as possible to the construction site.
(September 2nd 2022)
Two weeks ago I visited Thomas for the first time and got to know him personally. Thanks to his great support - and of course also the support of all previous donors - we were finally able to start preparing the land for the new kennel. Which is really badly needed in terms of time and nerves. In Thomas we have found someone who would also like to actively help on site in Brazil to build a safe and dignified home for the dogs. He sold personal technology to give us a large cash injection and through his work he is also committed to the point that he speaks of the "100Dogs" project and thus draws the attention of other supporters to us.
For this, a big and heartfelt thank you to him and ALL of our supporters!!!
It encourages us and gives us confidence that the window of time before the city takes over the old dog shelter won't eat us up. The general conditions all around the world have been playing against us lately so it's important for us to let supporters know that they are helping us a lot at a difficult time for everyone and we appreciate that. We would like to thank not only Thomas but also:
Christine Sp.
Gudrun S.
Karola & Rudi M.
Anita M.
Silke S.
Marion K.
Mr.Steels Dartbar (Bernburg)
Margitta & Rebecca P.
Tobias S. & Sophie P.
Heike H.
Christine K.
Jana H.
Thomas N.
Kasya M. & Mats N.
Sören S.
Christian B.
Siegfried M.
Linda S.
Ellen M.
Kerstin S.
Timea K.
Susan M.
Tino Z.
Nicole B.
Odette S.
Mark E.
Felix S.
Sven M.
Markus D.
Michael & Katja P.
Dietmar & Cornelia St.
Tassilo P.
Susan F.
Frank S.
Mandy T.
Britta M.
Stephan & Katja Sp.
Lucienne N.
Stephanie Z.
Andrea G.
Matthias S.
Alex M.
Glenn S.
Steve S.
Silvana L.
David J.
Katja S.
Steffen U.
Frank H.
Nadine S.
Cindy L.
Vicky V.
Anika B.
Mirnes S.
Vincent A. G.
Franz
Michael S
Tino L.
Ronny S.
Yvonne K.
Corinna L.
Diana I.
Sandra C.
I don't know if I really named all the one-time donors, but most of them should be there. To all of you: thank you very much again!!! Without all the support (big and small) we wouldn't have gotten as far as we are today.
There is still a hard way ahead of us to finally get our dogs onto the new land, but at least the basis (driveway and construction level) is in place! We know or expect that the world situation will not improve any time soon for most people and that inflation and rising costs unfortunately affect us all.
With the help of my parents, I can largely cover my living expenses here in Germany, since my mother often brings me one or two things from her weekly shopping and sponsors them. Due to the retraining that I am doing right now, I receive a monthly wage of about €1800 net, which you can live on quite well in Germany, but which is not enough for the dog yard in our situation, and to build it up from scratch on our piece of land.
What our politicians are currently demanding from all of us in terms of "austerity measures" is nothing new to me, since I generally have hardly any lights on in my apartment (to save money) and I save wherever I can.
It was just as impressive for me to feel what you can actually do without to save money for a good cause, as it is depressing to get to the point where you can't do without more and save more. Nevertheless, we hope for further support and are working our way step by step until the day when the dogs, cats and chickens on our dog farm will soon be safe on the new land!
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(August 15th 2022: Onça, Struppi and Lampiâo)
Onça (left) is an elderly lady in our sanctuary, while Lampiâo (right) is a child of Magrela, she gave birth to her children just before I was in Brazil for the first time. Struppi, who pushes his way into the middle here, is also a child of the recently deceased Barriguda. They all deserve so much to finally see the new country, to be safe.
written September 4th | 2022
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