Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society
AARCS is a non-profit organization that relies on the generosity of the public to help cover the costs of all our expenses, the majority being veterinary care for our animals. Their goal is to help homeless animals in our community and enact societal change, so that we may all witness a Compassionate World for All Animals. While they have the manpower, drive, and ambition, financial support is essential to cultivate and maintain not only the basic costs but to further develop our programs and initiatives.
Pups with Soul Rescue
Pups with Soul Rescue, this local non-profit organization, has been rescuing pups for almost 4 years. Founded by Christina and Lee, they have 9 dogs of their own. They say if they fit into the pack, they end up staying! Christina has a ridiculous passion for animals, especially Dogs, and its always been a Vision and Dream of hers to have my own Rescue one day. When her and her boyfriend moved to a 10 acre ranch over 7 years ago, they knew it would the perfect spot to build their own rescue. FINALLY, it happened, and they started building in July 2019 and put the last kennel in on Nov 8th 2019. They rescue from all over Canada, down to the Shelters in LA, and a few from Mexico so far. They rescue, take surrenders, and rehome them to their perfect forever families!! They love all dogs big and small.
Facing Africa NOMA
Rescuing severely damaged faces. Facing Africa funds two teams of highly skilled and experienced volunteer surgeons from the UK, Ireland and Canada to Ethiopia each year to perform complex facial reconstructive surgery on the victims of the disease noma and other severe facial disfigurements.
In 1998, Chris Lawrence heard about the terrible plight of the hundreds of thousands of children suffering the dreadful and shocking destructive and devastating effects of "Noma". Chris wanted to do something, anything to help, and contacted Allan Thom, a Consultant Orthodontist whom he had known for several years to ask if he had ever come across the disease.
Together, Chris and Allan researched, spoke to dozens of people, scoured the internet and finally conceived and registered the charity “Facing Africa – NOMA”.
Facing Africa NOMA sends two teams annually to travel to Africa and spend 2 weeks performing pro-bono facial reconstructive surgeries on patients, mainly children, effected by the horrifying disease, noma. Each team is made up of 4 surgeons (plastic, maxillo-facial and cranio-facial), 3 anesthetists, 3 operating room nurses, 3 ward nurses, a doctor and 2 wound care nurses. Each surgical mission spends 2 weeks in Ethiopia and generally carries out 25 – 35 facial reconstructions.
In addition to the surgery, Facing Africa also encourages local doctors, surgeons and nurses to attend lectures and presentations done by our volunteers in order to teach them new and better procedures and techniques. Ethiopian surgeons are invited to observe and assist during surgery. Facing Africa also donates surgical instruments, consumables and disposables to Ethiopian hospitals at the end of each mission.