May 2nd, 2013 Next Grant Nowzad $ 13,000 War Dogs Making it Home $ 1,000
Thank you to all our generous donors
for making these grants possible.
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Click here to check the updates on the three Nowzad rescues at War Dogs Making It Home. |
RECENT UPDATES
Upcoming Rescues click here updated 05-17-2013
Hannah becomes a War Dog click here updated 05-14-2013 Your Donations at Work click here updated 05-02-2013 Featured Rescue Story click here updated 05-01-2013 Kala becomes a War Dog click here updated 04-20-2013 Pippa becomes a War Dog click here updated 04-20-2013 Homecoming Album click here updated 04-13-2013 |
Our Purpose
The purpose of the Soldiers’ Animal Companions Fund is to help the animals who’ve meant so much to our troops and who can ultimately mean so much to our veterans.
By supporting Nowzad Dogs, we promote the welfare and rescue of animals in war-torn Middle Eastern countries where our soldiers are stationed. These animals have often provided immeasurable comfort to those serving in harsh and extremely difficult situations. These dogs who find their way into our soldiers’ compounds and into their hearts, are often left behind to suffer terribly when the soldiers must move on. We want to help them go home with the soldiers who love them.
By supporting War Dogs Making It Home, we promote service dog training for our veterans suffering from PTSD and TBI.
The value of these animals for the morale and health of our soldiers cannot be underestimated.
the following excerpt from The National Alliance on Mental Illness helps illustrate this point:
According to the Army Surgeon General’s special assistant for mental health, Col. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, M.D., the Army is using dogs “much more” to help soldiers recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “Animals are not just cute,” Ritchie said. “They provide support.”
The observation came at a 2010 NAMI Convention symposium on “Veterans and Military Mental Health,” focusing on the needs of returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other veterans |
Soldiers’ Animal Companions Fundis a Donor Advised Fund, administered by Charities Aid Foundation America (CAFAmerica), a US 501c(3) public charity that specializes in the responsible oversight of global giving, American donors may claim the maximum tax benefits allowed by law for their contributions.
The money raised through this fund will go directly to the following:
Nowzad Dogs, the British charity responsible for the rescue of our soldiers' adopted pets from Afghanistan.
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War Dogs Making It Home, an organization helping Veterans with PTSD and TBI