The Dinkenesh Fund was founded in 2000 by Kate Fereday Eshete because she wanted to help the animals of Ethiopia. She named the charity after her donkey, Dinkenesh, who walked 500 miles across the Ethiopian Highlands with her in 1999. Dinkenesh has several meanings in Amharic: 'she who is first', 'she who is great', 'she who is beautiful'...
The Fund supports projects in Ethiopia that help animals in need. When it can, it works with local Ethiopian partners, including the state veterinary service. In future, the trustees hope to work more with Ethiopian animal charities, but very few exist at present. In Ethiopia there is currently no effective national society for the prevention of cruelty to animals such as exists in England, and there are no animal welfare laws. The government veterinary service has inadequate staff, facilities, equipment and drugs due to lack of funds.
Kate lives and works in Dib Bahir, north of the Simien Mountains, where no other animal charities operate.
To help animals, Kate runs various projects, including three funded by The Dinkenesh Fund: Animal Birth Control, Animal Rescue, and Education & Training.
The Dinkenesh Fund's objectives are to prevent cruelty to and to relieve the suffering of animals in Ethiopia. The Fund does this by:
(1) financing projects for animal population control, vaccination and de-worming;
(2) rescuing distressed animals, including working with the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority to return captive primates to the wild;
(3) paying for emergency shelter, food and medical treatment for neglected, mistreated, sick and injured animals in need; and
(4) promoting education in the compassionate treatment of animals.
Please support the work of The Dinkenesh Fund by making a donation. See the GIVE section for information on how to do this.
Dinkenesh and Kate
The Fund supports projects in Ethiopia that help animals in need. When it can, it works with local Ethiopian partners, including the state veterinary service. In future, the trustees hope to work more with Ethiopian animal charities, but very few exist at present. In Ethiopia there is currently no effective national society for the prevention of cruelty to animals such as exists in England, and there are no animal welfare laws. The government veterinary service has inadequate staff, facilities, equipment and drugs due to lack of funds.
Kate with Jenny
To help animals, Kate runs various projects, including three funded by The Dinkenesh Fund: Animal Birth Control, Animal Rescue, and Education & Training.
The Dinkenesh Fund's objectives are to prevent cruelty to and to relieve the suffering of animals in Ethiopia. The Fund does this by:
(1) financing projects for animal population control, vaccination and de-worming;
(2) rescuing distressed animals, including working with the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority to return captive primates to the wild;
(3) paying for emergency shelter, food and medical treatment for neglected, mistreated, sick and injured animals in need; and
(4) promoting education in the compassionate treatment of animals.
Please support the work of The Dinkenesh Fund by making a donation. See the GIVE section for information on how to do this.