Opening of "Olhu Hiyaa" - Maldives' First Shelter + Spay & Neuter Clinic on 2nd November 2024

In a joint effort by the Male' City Council (MCC), the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Welfare (@maawmv) and the animal-related NGOs in Maldives, the first cat shelter and clinic has had its inauguration on November 2nd, 2024. Chief guests were Honourable President of the Maldives, Dr. Muizzu, and Honourable Minister Aisath Rameela:

Celebration: World Animal Day 2024 on 4th October at Artificial Beach, Male'

It was just THE most amazing event that Maldives never had before! We offered Microchipping on the event day, had great food and small businesses selling their animal-themed goods. 20% of all sales (MVR 3194) and all sold microchips (MVR 4,750) were donated to the #MaldivesStreetCatFund

Photos speak more than words, so take a look on our Instagram page @zoophilist.maldives - Highlights - "Oct 4th"

Launching of RaajjeChip.org on October 4th, 2024

We launched the first and only Animal Microchip Database on the World Animal Day, October 4th 2024!

It has been a huge success - pet owners chipping their cats and registering them online, so that if a cat ever gets lost, it will find its way home!

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Drawing Competition - World Animal Day 4th October 2024 - Themed "The World is Their Home Too"

The voting has closed on 4th Oct 01:00am

Tree Planting at the upcoming Clinic & Shelter, 9th July 2024

The four animal-related NGOs were invited to plant trees in the outdoor area of the upcoming "PetCare Facility" at Hulhumale' phase 2.

Swimsol Team Event Fundraiser - 24th June 2024

We got 450 EUR donations on that day, all from the team of Swimsol GmbH based in Vienna, Austria.

During the annual summer outing, they went out of their way to get donations for Maldivian Street cats!

March 2024: Our Storage moves!

Since we are getting so many goods donations, the free storage we had been using has become too small.

We are moving our donations to a new, bigger place in Hulhumale' Phase 2, on 3rd March 2024!

Presentation to the Male' City Council for the need of a Cat Spay & Neuter Clinic - 28th January 2024

We introduced our NGO to the Mayor of Male', Honourable Mr. Adam Azim, and explained him why it is important to establish a cat spay & neuter clinic as soon as possible. Cats are suffering on the roads from lack of space, dangerous vehicles and people who poison or drown cats. He listened closely and promised us to tackle the problem. This is the very beginning of the "PetCare Facility" Hulhumale' Phase 2.

Drawing Competition - International Cat Day 8th August 2023 - Themed "Pawsome Adventures"

The voting has closed on 14th August 2023 - 00:01

Fundraiser by the DiveClub Weinviertel

May 2023: The latest excursion by the TauchClub Weinviertel was a fundraiser for our project! 155 Euros were donated by the Adventure Park Gänserndorf for the street cats of Maldives!

Clean-up of Community Cat living spaces

On Friday morning, 17th February 2023, the cat-aholics went out to clean the "Hammer Gym" area, which is the parking lot next to King Salman Mosque in Male'. We collected four bags of large trash bags, full of (human) waste, mostly paper cups, plastic bottles and energy drink cans. The community cats were fed, given treats and got anti-flea spot-on treatment.

Information session about Animal protection in Hulhumale'

16th Jan 2023: A special information session was given to HDC Hulhumale' about the street cat problem, the #MaldivesStreetCatFund and how TNR can solve the problem of overpopulation.

Fundraiser in Austria

In December 2023, we conducted two fundraisers in Austria. One at the annual Swimsol team event in Vienna, and the other one at the Year-End-Party of the Dive Club Weinviertel in Lower Austria. Both together brought us in 421 EUR for the Maldivian street cats! During the Dive event party, a presentation was held by marine biologist Verena about the status of animal protection in the Maldives.

Fundraiser with OGAA - Hulhumale'

11th Nov 2022: OGAA Maldives sells handcrafted, wholesome premium bath and body products and we are so lucky that they are cat lovers, too! Together we did a fundraiser at a BML event in Hulhumale in November 2022 - raised 4000 MVR for the #MaldivesStreetCatFund!

Art Contest 2022

On the occasion of International Cat Day - 8th August - we held an Art competition themed "Street Cats in Maldives" for everyone under 18 years. Kids and teens participated in 4 categories:

under 7 years
7 to 10 years
11 to 14 years and
15 to 18 years of age

Sponsors donated a wide array of cat food, treats, toys and accessories worth 7000 MVR!

Every first and second winner of each category was awarded with a cat-gift pack!

Finland School Project

23rd Aug 2022: Students of the Finland International School, Male', set up a sample business project from which they received some revenue from selling items... and decided to donate 80% of this to our #MaldivesStreetCatFund - 8672 MVR! This was an overwhelming surprise for the fund!

Cat Adoption Programme

People in Maldives who have to give up their beloved pet for adoption now find a Facebook-platform to do so. The group rules show the necessary information that needs to be provided for each cat.