Greetings Steemit - we are Krabi Animal Welfare also known as K.A.W.
We are based out of Krabi, Thailand; which is located just about 800 km south-west of Bangkok.
We are a non-profit organization that operates off of the charitable contributions of animal lovers all over the world and veterinarians come and visit us to donate their skill and time.
Our aim is to ease the suffering of the stray dog and cat population of Krabi and the surrounding areas, because the animal control situation in Thailand is a little less than perfect. For the most part, animals grow up completely unchecked by society and live off of garbage and the generosity of strangers, but mostly the populations of stray animals in Krabi and the rest of Thailand continue to grow and this problem will only get worse as time goes by if no one does anything.
We were founded in 2017 and have been slowly growing since that time.
We are a small operation but are the only such operation in existence in the area. We receive no financial assistance from the Thai government and operate entirely by way of the generosity of others. We hope that with continued attention to the stray dog and cat population that we can make significant headway in improving the lives of these animals who have no one to look after them.
Our primary goals are
- Finding forever homes in Thailand or abroad
- treatment of skin diseases such as mange and other parasitic problems
- treatment and rehabilitation of injuries caused by abuse or traffic accidents
- and most importantly, sterilization of an already out of control population
On occasion, some of the images that I may post might be a bit graphic, but I will be certain to warn if that is the case.
The animals in the south of Thailand are a truly neglected group and we get great joy in helping them to get the love and attention that we feel they deserve. I am not here to beg for money, but simply to make people around the world aware of our efforts and progress and if they want to help us as well, that is just an added bonus. I became aware of Steemit through a friend that "wont stop talking about it," and i figured I may as well add it to our social media portfolio.
So let's see what happens. In the meantime, we are happy to join this very different-than-the-other mainsteam social media site.
I lived in Krabi for a while, it was about a year ago. I feel terrible that I didn't help out or volunteer with you while I was there but I honestly didn't know you were around. Hopefully you can continue to do the great work you are doing there because I can attest to the rather dire situation as far as stray animals are concerned there.
Are you in any way affiliated with the Lanta Animal Welfare organization?
BTW - I'm going to delegate to you a bit so that you don't have resource credit issues - you may not know what that is but hopefully I got to you in time so that you don't ever have to figure it out!
I'm going to delegate you 50 steem too, right now, so you have some "juice" to vote and post with. :)
Welcome to Steem - wishing you great connections and looking forward to supporting you when I can. Greetings from Chiang Mai!! :)
Welcome to STEEM! Great to see an animal welfare organization take advantage of this platform!
Thanks for the welcome! WE hope it can add to a little bit more exposure for our organization. Every little bit helps!
Welcome to Steem! I hope you find this to be a generous place and you find lots of funds to help in your work with the animals!
Followed you so I can upvote your posts!
Thanks for the welcome and the upvote. It is appreciated!
Just discovered your blog @kbv.animalwelf. I think that you are doing a great job with stray animals in your area. I will continue to support you thru Steemit. Good luck with your work. Awesome!
Thanks for that. I'm hoping that in time more people will have a look although I do admit that there really isn't much opportunity for back and forth dialogue when I talk about what we are doing. Any exposure is good exposure though and hopefully some people will notice :)
Any platform will help get the word out about your work. Just continue posting great content and engage with people on STEEM. :)