- Community Development ·
Rescue, Rehab and Re-home African Street Dogs
Funding sterilisation programs to tackle street animal crisis while providing emergency rescue, rehab and rehoming to others in need
- South Africa
- hello@actionchange.org
Project Summary
Project Challenge
Project Solution
Impact
Reports
Project Summary
We work to stop cruelty, spread kindness, and lessen animal suffering.
Our goal is to abolish animal cruelty in South Africa and foster compassion. To uphold and respect the protections afforded to animals.
We get hundreds of calls each year from people attacking dogs with acid to others grooming dogs to fight. The situation we face is real and it is expensive but we never leave a god alone. Our team are out rescuing these puppies as well as providing a weekly service in a township where we provide vaccinations and help manage breeding through our neutering program. We fund this project 100% through donations, you are the people saving these puppies!
Project Challenge
Too Many Dogs with out a Home! It is not their fault but we still see more and more people breeding dogs and making them homeless when they can’t afford them or they don’t do what they want. It is a full time job rescuing these animals providing emergency care and re-homing them but we can’t do this without the support of our donors and supporters
With the streets overrun by stray dogs or dogs owned by families that can’t afford to look after them we have an urgent need to tackle the reproduction of animals while providing support to those left in need on the streets of South African townships.
Project Solution
This project will work to fund emergency management, re-home rescued puppies and work on an outreach program to help sterilisation of all dogs that are on the streets or poorly cared for in a response to help decrease the amount of puppies being born on the streets.
Impact
Tackling the number of the dogs on the streets will help eliminate this issue long term
Reports
Lennon is Home
By Richelle the Butterfly |Â Rescue Program Leader – September 2025
Lennon our Baby Survived!
Hello Supporters!
Just one week ago, we reached out to our amazing community for help with one of our beloved rescues, Lennon. We were overwhelmed with gratitude when four kind-hearted people responded and donated during a time when we urgently needed support to keep him alive.
After being rescued unexpectedly, our sweet boy Lennon suddenly collapsed at the Haven. We truly didn’t know if he was going to make it. It was one of the most terrifying moments we’ve faced — rushing him to the emergency vet, praying with every heartbeat that we weren’t losing him.
But today, we get to share the most beautiful news:
Lennon has been discharged from the hospital!
He’s walking again.
He’s wagging his tail.
He’s smiling with those soulful eyes.
He’s Lennon again.
After a full week of intensive care, IV drips, tests, and constant monitoring, our miracle boy has defied the odds and is coming back to us. There are no signs of liver damage or failure despite his enlarged liver and other worrying symptoms. Lennon has proved, once again, that he deserves to live.
Right now, we care for over 100 rescued dogs like Lennon — but the bills are mounting fast. Sadly, we have been forced to suspend our outreach efforts and focus on safely re-homing as many dogs as possible, as we simply can’t afford to feed and care for all 100 at our farm.
We are so relieved. So full of gratitude. So amazed by Lennon’s strength. And we couldn’t have done it without your suppawt, love, prayers, and donations.
However, Lennon’s vet bill alone came to just over $3,000. Each month, we still scrape together around $1,500 to cover specialized dog food and medication for all our dogs. We currently carry $6,000 in outstanding debt with our local vets, and our farm rent is two months overdue.
The rising costs, non-stop emergency call-outs, and daily rescue requests — 10 to 15 calls a day — mean that, for now, we’re stretched beyond our limits. We’re working closely with a volunteer mentor to get our website and social media channels live, promoting adoption and fostering options, which we hope will help reduce costs and raise much-needed funds.
Life around the world is becoming more challenging every day. We understand that many people aren’t in a position to give right now, but we are committed to adapting our priorities to stay afloat. Without you — and our faithful monthly donors — we wouldn’t have survived this long.
The future may be uncertain, but we are not giving up. We are ready to face the challenge ahead. So, watch this space!
Thank you again for being part of our program and our extended family and from Lennon, myself and everyone at our rescue haven – thank you again!!!
We work to stop cruelty, spread kindness, and lessen animal suffering.
Our goal is to abolish animal cruelty in South Africa and foster compassion. To uphold and respect the protections afforded to animals.
We get hundreds of calls each year from people attacking dogs with acid to others grooming dogs to fight. The situation we face is real and it is expensive but we never leave a god alone. Our team are out rescuing these puppies as well as providing a weekly service in a township where we provide vaccinations and help manage breeding through our neutering program. We fund this project 100% through donations, you are the people saving these puppies!
Too Many Dogs with out a Home! It is not their fault but we still see more and more people breeding dogs and making them homeless when they can’t afford them or they don’t do what they want. It is a full time job rescuing these animals providing emergency care and re-homing them but we can’t do this without the support of our donors and supporters
With the streets overrun by stray dogs or dogs owned by families that can’t afford to look after them we have an urgent need to tackle the reproduction of animals while providing support to those left in need on the streets of South African townships.
This project will work to fund emergency management, re-home rescued puppies and work on an outreach program to help sterilisation of all dogs that are on the streets or poorly cared for in a response to help decrease the amount of puppies being born on the streets.
Tackling the number of the dogs on the streets will help eliminate this issue long term
Lennon is Home
By Richelle the Butterfly |Â Rescue Program Leader – September 2025
Lennon our Baby Survived!
Hello Supporters!
Just one week ago, we reached out to our amazing community for help with one of our beloved rescues, Lennon. We were overwhelmed with gratitude when four kind-hearted people responded and donated during a time when we urgently needed support to keep him alive.
After being rescued unexpectedly, our sweet boy Lennon suddenly collapsed at the Haven. We truly didn’t know if he was going to make it. It was one of the most terrifying moments we’ve faced — rushing him to the emergency vet, praying with every heartbeat that we weren’t losing him.
But today, we get to share the most beautiful news:
Lennon has been discharged from the hospital!
He’s walking again.
He’s wagging his tail.
He’s smiling with those soulful eyes.
He’s Lennon again.
After a full week of intensive care, IV drips, tests, and constant monitoring, our miracle boy has defied the odds and is coming back to us. There are no signs of liver damage or failure despite his enlarged liver and other worrying symptoms. Lennon has proved, once again, that he deserves to live.
Right now, we care for over 100 rescued dogs like Lennon — but the bills are mounting fast. Sadly, we have been forced to suspend our outreach efforts and focus on safely re-homing as many dogs as possible, as we simply can’t afford to feed and care for all 100 at our farm.
We are so relieved. So full of gratitude. So amazed by Lennon’s strength. And we couldn’t have done it without your suppawt, love, prayers, and donations.
However, Lennon’s vet bill alone came to just over $3,000. Each month, we still scrape together around $1,500 to cover specialized dog food and medication for all our dogs. We currently carry $6,000 in outstanding debt with our local vets, and our farm rent is two months overdue.
The rising costs, non-stop emergency call-outs, and daily rescue requests — 10 to 15 calls a day — mean that, for now, we’re stretched beyond our limits. We’re working closely with a volunteer mentor to get our website and social media channels live, promoting adoption and fostering options, which we hope will help reduce costs and raise much-needed funds.
Life around the world is becoming more challenging every day. We understand that many people aren’t in a position to give right now, but we are committed to adapting our priorities to stay afloat. Without you — and our faithful monthly donors — we wouldn’t have survived this long.
The future may be uncertain, but we are not giving up. We are ready to face the challenge ahead. So, watch this space!
Thank you again for being part of our program and our extended family and from Lennon, myself and everyone at our rescue haven – thank you again!!!
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