Traveling through some parts of Asia on my animal rescue missions, I’ve come across  overwhelming amounts of plastic waste along the beaches, clogging up the streams, all through the forests, and along roadsides.

The problem is impossible to fathom. Most locals, lacking regular waste collection services, simply dump everything on the ground, leaving the landscape and beach zones utterly littered. And unfortunately the adults have become accustomed to doing this, and the kids just follow along.

I do my best picking up rubbish wherever I go, and encourage the locals to organise collection days, I buy the garbage bags and some food and they come along to help out

But they need to be encouraged and supported and this takes some resources. 

I’ll keep doing whatever I can, with what I have, but I am asking you for support, please. 

You can help two ways, either donate here directly, or buy one of our T-Shirts.

Thank you… for at least reading this.

Note: The story of the cover photo kitten is in the updates under the ‘donate button” link – please read.  If you can’t afford to donate, please download and print the PDF flyer (button on left) and put these up at your local community notice board. Thank you so much.

While travelling parts of Asia primarily through the more remote regions where tourists rarely go, I have encountered so many sick and/or injured animals, cats in particular, that are on the streets abandoned and left to die in many cases. The problem is that local people in these poorer villages just don’t have the cash resources to care for them. Most of the locals are struggling themselves and rightfully give priority to maintaining their own families.

The consequence, however, is that many animals are left out of the care cycle, and many are just being dumped for someone else to deal with. I have come across far too many, which is heartbreaking, and I find it impossible to ignore them.

All of my efforts over recent years have been self funded and I am starting to run out of resources. My bank account has limits, but my heart does not. 

This isn’t going to work as a one-and-done so ongoing support to provide adequate healthcare, emergency treatment, and desexing programs, as well as finding suitable homes for them after care.  This needs to be created and managed by locals, and I have already tested one site which is so far very successful, but the project needs more resources to better establish this into a working model that can be duplicated in other areas. 

But I need support to make this happen. If many of you donate just a little now, this will make a huge difference, or, if there is one of you who has ample cash resources, perhaps you can consider bring a sole donor to support me in this. 

There are 4 ways that you can help out: 

Either donate here directly in the ‘go fund me’ campaign

Buy a T-Shirt or other product in the online store.

Download the printable PDF A5 flyer on this page, click on the button to the left, and print and display in your business window or on local notice boards.

Or just share this with everyone in your social media network in case one of your friends would like to support this work.

Updates are available on the Go-Fund-Me page link.  I am back in New Zealand (June 2025) running out of funds to keep this going so praying for some miracle to happen soon..

Thank you so much.

Brian, a former veteran known as “The Dog Man of Raglan” (Waikato, New Zealand), had been sleeping rough for many years when I met him. Most mornings, I would buy him a coffee, and, over time, a friendship grew between us. By that time, towards the end of 2021, Brian had been homeless for about 15 years and lived with his German Shepherd Luga in an old Subaru wagon, hardly ideal.

He shared with me his dream to one day own a van in which he and his dog Luga could be comfortable and warm over winter. I knew this was never going to happen, he was on a pension and spent most of what he got on dog food and food for himself, but the dog came first. 

I managed to persuade Brian to allow me to start a campaign with ‘Givealittle’ in New Zealand, eventually Brian agreed, though he didn’t think it would amount to much.

I set up a Givealittle page and reached out to the community. Brian was far more liked than he realised and within no time the target of NZD10K had been reached. Ultimately, a full NZD17K was raised to buy him his dream van, which was beautifully kitted out as a home on wheels for him and his dog.

The community rallied together in more ways, providing clothes, blankets, food for both Brian and Luga, and helping to fit out the van. It was a wonderful event for everyone involved, and a big thanks to Linda Bulk who helped make it happen too.

On 13 February 2022, Brian received the keys to his new mobile home, witnessed not only by the local Raglan community but also covered and broadcast on a major New Zealand TV network. It was a true testimony of what can happen when people come together with focused intention.

Brian sadly passed away suddenly about two years after he got his new van; he was found on the side of the road, had suffered a heart attack and died with his beloved dog by his side.

Brian, Rest In Love ❤️