It could be:
A Virtual Adoption gives you the opportunity to ‘Adopt’ your chosen pet by sponsoring it from the comfort of your home while the pet remains with the Caretaker Organisation.
Yes, that random act of kindness where you get to help, have a pet and not have any of the physical responsibility for it on a daily basis. Win/Win!
This is what your money will do:
EUR per month
feeds 1 cat for one month
EUR per month
helps to share the cost of fostering of 1 cat (approximately 50% share - yes you get half the cat virtually speaking)
EUR per month
provides full board, care, food, and bedding and pays for minor vet bills - like parasite treatments etc
EUR per month
feeds 1 dog for one month
EUR per month
helps to share the cost of fostering of 1 dog (approximately 50% share - yes you get half the dog virtually speaking)
EUR per month
provides full board, care, food, and bedding and pays for minor vet bills - like parasite treatments etc
*Please note that these prices were surveyed by our team in September 2023 across various regions in Ukraine. Some areas are cheaper, and some are dearer so we’ve averaged the prices. eg. In Kramatorsk, your foster might be cheaper but your food is dearer etc.
As a Virtual Adopter, you make a financial commitment to your chosen animal. The Caretaker Organisation uses these funds to provide the things listed in the ‘How will my money be spent’ paragraph as well as companionship, training, preparation for re-homing and love – everything they can possibly do to give the animal a happy and healthy life while under their care.
In return:
It is a direct, easy and beautiful act of kindness that will help save the voiceless victims of this terrible war in Ukraine.
YOUR Virtual Adoption will mean there is:
So before we get to the costs let’s talk about the local culture and economy in Ukraine.
Unlike well-heeled countries, Ukraine is struggling. About 25% of the population is internally displaced, A LOT of people have lost their jobs, houses, families and everything that they held dear. Those who have any income frequently support other family members who have none. Social security in Ukraine is very basic to non-existent. Furthermore, it is culturally expected in Ukraine that fosters charge daily rates to the organisations for fostering. There are some free fosters, but they are a bit like hen’s teeth or unicorns - very hard to locate.
Therefore, all animal organisations in Ukraine have to pay for fostering - some more, some less, but it is an unavoidable cost, even for the ones that work on a shelter model.
It’s like a never-ending uphill battle, the rescue animals pour in from the frontlines, the organisations have no money to cover the costs of the fostering or their free fosters or shelters were destroyed by Russian bombs, debts mount up and the misery continues. Any disposable income or savings that the volunteers had before the war is -GONE! Spent on their rescues, food, vet bills etc. There are hundreds of thousands of abandoned and injured animals as a result of this war and adoptive families are really hard to find in Ukraine.
We’ve surveyed our partner organisations and their costs plus the average costs for each item per area.
What we do find, and this certainly is true since March 2022, is that prices for services, veterinary costs, medication costs, and pet food costs in Ukraine are NOT reflective of people’s wages or pensions. And even if cheaper items can be found outside of Ukraine - eg. medication - then you still have to freight it hundreds if not thousands of kilometres, and thus your cost is the same if not higher, plus there are the added challenges of border crossings and transporting through a war zone. Remember, Ukraine is a huge country.
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