MAWS

🐾 MAWS Mobile Clinic – Matlapana 🐾

We’re heading to Matlapana this Friday! Bring your dogs and cats for sterilisation and vaccination and help us build a healthier, safer community for animals.

📅 Friday, 1 May 2026
⏰ From 8:00 AM
📍 VDC Office (next to the clinic)

Sterilising your pets helps prevent unwanted litters, reduces roaming and fighting, and improves overall health. Vaccinations protect against deadly diseases like rabies.

📞 Contact: 76 499 440 / 73 573 774
📌 MAWS policies apply

Please share to spread the word—every animal reached makes a difference. 🐶🐱💚

Some smiles say it all 🐾

To every supporter, donor, volunteer, and voice behind MAWS — thank you.

Your kindness keeps tails wagging, hooves moving, and hope alive in communities that need it most.

Because of you, we’re able to reach further, treat more animals, and continue building a future where compassion leads the way.

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We couldn’t do this without you. Truly. 💙

MOHEMBO AREA OUTREACH

From 25–29 March, MAWS conducted an outreach in the northern Delta panhandle, visiting the villages of Xhaoga, Gowa, Xhakao, Mohembo East, and Samochima.

Services included sterilisation, vaccination, and parasite treatment for dogs and cats, as well as parasite control, wound care, hoof trimming, and harness checks for donkeys and horses, supported by SPANA.

A total of 368 animals were assisted:
151 dogs, 7 cats, 125 donkeys, and 85 horses.

MAWS extends sincere thanks to:
Krokovango Crocodile Farm for accommodation, and to Mr Boshoff and Annelise Langman, owners of the farm.

Ansie Gildenhuys for once again facilitating the outreach, including acting as liaison and coordinator.

Marna Dames for providing the most delicious hot meals for the team each evening.

Lance Gildenhuys and Lloyd Wilmot for assistance with emergency vehicle repairs.

We couldn't do it without the generous support of the communities we visit!

🌍🐾 Happy Earth Day from MAWS 🐾🌍

Every day, we see how deeply animals are affected by the world around them — the condition of the places they live, the availability of water, the kindness (or neglect) of the people they depend on.

Earth Day is not just about the planet in a broad sense. It’s about the dog searching for shade, the donkey carrying heavy loads, the cat finding a safe place to rest. Their lives are shaped by the environment we create.

When we protect our earth, we protect them. When we choose compassion, responsibility, and care, we give animals a chance at safer, healthier lives.

This work can be heavy, and the challenges are real — but change begins in the small, everyday choices we make.

Let’s keep showing up. For them. Always. 💚

Another week of vaccination drives completed 🐾

We’re out in the community, doing what we can to protect animals and prevent the spread of disease — one vaccination at a time.

Real change starts with action. Be part of the solution. 💙

🐾 Inspiring the Next Generation 🐾

MAWS had the privilege of visiting the junior primary students at Matshwane International School, where we spoke about responsible pet ownership and the importance of caring for animals.

These early lessons matter. By teaching compassion, empathy, and kindness, we are helping shape a generation that understands the responsibility that comes with caring for animals. 🐶🐱

We hope these young learners will grow into strong advocates and voices for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Some STUDENTS even brought donations of food for the animals in our care - THANK YOU!

A sincere thank you to Matshwane International School for welcoming us so warmly — we truly enjoyed sharing this special experience with your students. 💚

There is a growing crisis our country — child abuse and gender-based violence are at an all-time high.

R**e: ~4–6 cases per day (reported)
Women killed: ~1 every few days
Child abuse cases: multiple cases reported daily

What many don’t realise is that violence rarely begins with people. It often starts with animals.

When compassion is absent in how we treat the most vulnerable — the voiceless, the innocent — it does not stop there. A person who can harm an animal without remorse is far more likely to harm another human.

This is why the work we do at MAWS goes beyond animal welfare.

It is about building a more compassionate society. It is about teaching our youth empathy, responsibility, and respect for life — starting with animals.

Because when we raise children to be kind to animals, we raise adults who are less likely to harm each other.

Compassion is learned.

We must do better.

If your animal is caught and destroyed during the culling campaign, the responsibility lies with you!

They don’t know the rules — you do!

Keep your animals contained. Be part of the solution, not the problem.

PUBLIC NOTICE FROM NWDC

PUBLIC NOTICE:

IMPORTANT REMINDER TO ALL PET OWNERS.

The DVS and NWDC stray animal culling campaign continues this week (and ongoing). Any animals found roaming the streets will be euthanized.

We urge all pet owners to act responsibly :

🐾 Keep your animals safely contained within your yard.

🐾 Ensure they have adequate food, water, and shelter.

, 🐾 Keep your pets rabies vaccinations up to date. This MUST be done annually!

RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP STARTS WITH YOU!

Let’s all work together to keep our animals, our families, and our community safe.

Teach a child to be kind to animals, and you teach them to be kind to people.

Botswana is facing a serious rise in child abuse and gender-based violence.

These issues don’t exist in isolation — they are often rooted in a lack of empathy and compassion.

Cruelty is learned. And so is kindness.

When a child is allowed to harm an animal without consequence, it sends a dangerous message — that causing pain is acceptable.

But when we teach them to protect, to care, and to respect even the smallest, most vulnerable lives, we are shaping a different future.

Animal welfare is not separate from human welfare. It is the foundation of it.

If we want safer communities, we must start where compassion begins — with how we treat animals.

Because kindness should never be optional.

🐾 Rabies Vaccination Campaign – April 2026 🐾

We’re continuing our ward-by-ward vaccination drive to keep our community and animals safe.

📍 Vaccinations take place next to the main kgotla in each ward.

Upcoming Dates:
• Tue 14th – Old Disaneng (4pm–6pm)
• Wed 15th – Wenela (4pm–6pm)
• Tue 21st – Botshabelo (4pm–6pm)
• Wed 22nd – Kgosing (4pm–6pm)
• Sat 25th – Moeti (9am–12pm)
• Tue 28th – Borolong (4pm–6pm)

⚠️ Please ensure:
✔️ Pets are brought for vaccination
✔️ Animals are kept at home and under control
✔️ Pets have shelter, food & water
✔️ Dogs wear collars to show ownership

If you missed your ward, you can still take your pets to DVS or MAWS Clinic.

💛 Donations (big or small) are always appreciated. A reminder that we are a non profit charity and rely totally on fundraising or donations to continue our projects, every small donation goes a long way.

Let’s work together to protect our animals and our community from rabies.