The World of Us and the Pets

The Story

Update:

12th May 2020

Thank you everyone for the donations! With your help, the donation has exceeded my own personal target which is RM500. Actually this campaign's ,Animal's Hope, aim is to achieve a target of RM2000 and we are a team of 7 people who helps to fundraise this campaign. We each have a target of RM500. Now, since I have reached my personal target, I am going to increase it to RM1000 to hopefully boost your morale to donate even more. Of course, do check out my friends' page as well. 

Steps to explore their page is as follows:

1. Scroll all the way to the top of the page. You will see my page title which is "The World of Us and Pets".
2.  Click on the blue "Animal's Hope" letter and you will be able to go to the main campaign.
3. To explore other fundraiser's page, you can scroll all the way down of the main campiagn page.

13th May 2020

Currenly, Animal's Hope campaign has fundraised about RM1869.28 which is close to our initial goal. It looks like we can achieve RM2000 in no time. Thus, we decided to ask the NGO whether they have any other needs which can help the strays. The good news is yes ! They also need vaccine for the strays to prevent them getting rabies. Due to this reason, the new goal to achieve now has been increased to RM4000. It has been great to see everyone is so passionate about this problem. Words can't express how grateful am I to every single one of you. Here's a big THANK YOU to you all! Stay Safe and Safe Strays! :)

14th-16th May 2020

Sorry for the slow update but recently there is not really much updates on the activities going on. However, do stay tuned for what's gonna happen next week.

The main reason I'm writting this update here is because we have finally reached our personal target which is RM1000!! Woohoo! Cheers guys! Thank you everyone!

However, the main fundraising campaign requires RM4000. Thus, we shall keep working to help and share this awareness to everyone so that they can help out! So, let's keep going ! Spread the awareness!

Main Story:

Have you ever watched Youtube channels about Huskies or Corgis having fun time with their owners? Or videos on cats' daily activities? I mean they are not weird… I do watch them sometimes. But have you seen a stray dog that looks like it hasn’t eat for days, wagging its tail slowly, walk towards you for food? Or have you seen strays skipping their way across the street as they just got ran over by a vehicle? Or heard news on another person getting rabies from a stray dog? For most Malaysians, I guess the answer would be yes.  

Hi, I am Ngieng Sen Zen. I am an AIESEC Virtual Volunteer who is currently helping to spread this awareness about pets. If you were to go to google and type in “rabies case in Sarawak”, you will probably get a news on a 5 years old girl who got bitten by a stray dog and not being treated carefully which lead to her death. Imagine that little girl being your child, how heartbroken would that be. In this current society, you might say I can just find information online to take precautions when I get bitten by a stray. However, does that solve the problem of stray animals running around and might bite anyone, anytime?

Rabies is one of the problem that brings danger to our community but how about the danger that could bring to the animals if they are stray? According to Sibu Animal Rescue Society(SARS), they have encountered cases where pets were being abused. The examples were the pet’s legs were being glued together or cellotape on the fur of the animals. It’s terrible to see people express their frustration on these helpless animal. I believe at this moment everyone do believe that these poor animals really need a proper shelter.

Hmm… so how can we help to reduce the amount of strays in the public?  

• By adopting them and take good care of them. Every stray you reduce might not only help the animal alone, but also help the society to reduce a possible threat.  We will be having a Virtual Adoption Drive soon. If you are in Sibu and you are interested you can contact me via email (ngiengsenzen@outlook.com) and I will update you when the event takes place.

What if I don’t want to adopt them, can I still help?

• Yes! By clicking the donate button and donate. You can help Sibu Animal Rescue Society (SARS) to achieving their goal. Their goals are funding pet food for the pets who are waiting to be adopted and also spaying which helps reduce the amount of strays in the community.

What if I’m not able to donate, what can I still do?

• No money? No fear! By sharing this donation website alone, you are already helping the society by spreading this awareness.  At the same time, you are also searching for possible candidates who are able to donate or adopt a pet, so yeah!

Talk so much… What do you even know about pets?

• Personally, I am a dog lover. As mentioned earlier, I do watched those pet videos as it warms my heart. In the past, I do have pet dog which can be consider to be a stray as I obtained it from my school foyer. Someone left this puppy in a box at the school foyer and I brought home and took care of it. The picture you are seeing? That’s her! However, due to my lack of knowledge, she died when she was a year and 2 months old. She died due to a lethal dog disease which I didn’t know the name of the disease back then. We did not went to the vet and have her the vaccine needed when she was a puppy. Due to this reason, I hope the society does not make the same mistake as me. Understand well about your pet and take good care of them.

I have more questions who do I contact?

• You can contact me through email (ngiengsenzen@outlook.com) and I will answer you through there.

Remember all of us are citizens part of Earth. Animals are just a friend of different species to us.