Kale Besigaun was picked up in Besigaun on 31 October 2023 in poor condition. Good food and care made a big difference and he is now a happy member of...
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Puppy Rina
Puppy Rina was picked up in Besigaon on 8 February 2024 with a significant tumour on his nose. Taken straight to AMC for a diagnosis, he was found to have...
Read MoreKale Krishna
Kale Krishna was picked up at Krishna Mandir in Paika on 12 April 2021 suffering from a broken leg. The wound was also infected, so he had an x-ray and...
Read MoreDolma Khetsun
Lama Khetsun from Ani Gompa brought Dolma to us in Novemebr 2019, she was in poor condition so went straight for a checkup and blood tests. An infection was diagnosed...
Read MoreCDWK News April 2020
Hello everyone, a brief update on CDWK during lockdown in Nepal. We are still functioning, our staff are working (fortunately, all live nearby), we are getting food for the dogs...
Read MoreSponsors Urgently Needed
SPONSORS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE ROUTINE SHELTER COSTS OF 32 DOGS AT THE CDWK CENTRE At CDWK, we believe that every dog’s life matters….. therefore, we aim to provide the...
Read MoreGoFundMe Update 5 – 26 June 2019
First of all, an enormous thank you to Juliana and Mark of Boho Beautiful for their wonderful video about Starbuck and their link with Community Dog Welfare Kopan. This video...
Read MoreOur new T-shirts!
We made our first “Community Dog Welfare Kopan” t-shirts, designed by Maëlle from Belgium. They will serve for our staff as well as for the volunteers who would like to...
Read MoreBoho Beautiful
Boho Beautiful have just issued a wonderful video on their experience trying to save a dog with distemper near Kopan Monastery recently and their visit to Community Dog Welfare Kopan...
Read MoreNew swimming pool for the dogs
After the paint! The pool is now ready. Filling up the pool. First start of the pool. Our team working on the pool.
Read MoreVisit from Centre for Disabled Children Assistance
Recently, we had a visit from the Centre for Disabled Children Assistance in Kapan. Here is a link to a video of the visit. We are very grateful to CDCA...
Read MoreGofundme campaign Update
A big thank you to all those who have supported us so far – we have now reached AU$6,998 and only need $1,002 to hit our target. So please help...
Read MoreTransferwise
Do take a look at TransferWise if you are sending us money – this is a very low cost method of sending money. We can accept TransferWise payments into our New Zealand...
Read MoreGofundme Update
Our fund raiser has slowed down again – we are almost at AU$5,800 thanks to several donors over the past 10 days or so. How about another push to at...
Read MoreLooking for Long-term Volunteers
We are currently looking for longer term volunteers from 1 – 5 months of full-time work caring for the dogs in the shelter. Please see the Volunteering section on the...
Read MoreFund-raiser off to a Good Start
So far we have raised AU$4,363 towards the target of AU$8,000 needed for the medical costs for homeless dogs over the next 12 months. This means that we are 54%...
Read MoreMedical Contingency Fund Fund-raiser
With the increasing numbers of inpatient dogs from the community, cases of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour, and sterilizations, we are finding it more and more difficult to cover the costs...
Read MoreGofundme Campaign – Final Report on Completion of New Facilities
After 9 months of fund-raising and hard work, the new facilities for CDWK have been completed according to budget – with all funds expended and accounted for. AU$3,942 was raised,...
Read MoreGET COOKING…
Click the link below to purchase a copy of this amazing e-cookbook – now discounted to only AU$12 (~US$8.80) for CDWK supporters. This illustrated pdf book was created by one...
Read MoreCommunities Caring for Homeless Dogs
Temba Raju alerted us to Temba – a large, black, Tibetan mastiff-type dog – in his local area of Nayabusti. Although the local teashop lady had been feeding Temba and...
Read MoreShelter upgrade May 2018
The kitchen roof has been completed and today the broken brick soling for the floor was placed. We hope to have the window and door of the isolation room completed...
Read MoreAmazing! Funding Target Reached
In just 22 days, CDWK supporters have raised AU$3,800 for building new enclosures and facilities on the recently rented piece of land adjoining the centre. Thank you ALL! Construction work,...
Read MoreProgress May 2018
Progress has been slow but steady. We have put up a shelter in part of the new area and have the structure for the toilet/washroom and isolation room almost complete....
Read MoreThanks to Recent Volunteers
CDWK wishes to thank our longterm volunteers: Sonia and Guillem from Spain (2017 – 2018) Kimberley from Australia (2016 – present) Trent from Australia (2017 – 2018) Achille from France...
Read MoreSome of our dogs have recently moved on
In the last month or so, a few of the dogs in our shelter have passed away. May they all rest in peace. Poppo succumbed to old age and a...
Read MoreDonation in memory of Daphne Olsen
We received a generous donation from Patricia, Lynne and David, from Luton in the UK, in loving memory of their dear friend, Daphne Olsen, who recently passed away. Daphne was...
Read MoreGofundme update
Our gofundme campaign has now reached over half our target of AU$3,000, presently at $1,650. Thank you to everyone who has contributed and shared. Please help us keep going by...
Read MoreALMOST HALF WAY TO REACHING OUR TARGET
Only AU$180 remaining until we reach the half way mark for reaching our target of $3,000. Who will help us reach $1,500 by the end of this weekend. Please share...
Read MoreFund-raising campaign for new dog enclosures and facilities
Due to recent housing development and sale of land, CDWK has had to relocate nearly all our dogs in the past year or so. Although a new piece of land...
Read MoreSpecial thanks to Atsuko and John from Canada
Special thanks to Atsuko and John from Canada for offering to pay the rent for our new piece of land. This land is adjacent to the present area and has...
Read MoreTwenty Dogs Sponsored in the Past 6 Weeks
A huge thanks to our generous supporters, from all over the world, who have newly sponsored the care of 20 adult dogs in our shelter since the beginning of February...
Read MoreA Community Dog Welfare Story
A mini documentary on the noble works of Kate and Doug Clendon for street dogs of Kathmandu, Nepal. Happy New Year 2017 to all and best wishes to Community Dog...
Read MoreThank You Kimberley
Special thanks to Kimberley for the wonderful help she has been over the past few weeks putting together a power point presentation and video presentations for fund raising and sponsorships....
Read MoreFund Raising for Enclosure
We are starting a fund raising campaign with Kimberley’s help to build a new enclosure for some of our smaller weaker dogs that presently need to be kept apart from...
Read MoreAnti-rabies Vaccinations
Anti-rabies vaccinations 25 April 2015. A very big thank you to Dr Awadesh Jha and his team from the Tripureshwar Veterinary Hospital for carrying out a deworming, health check and...
Read MoreMore 5 in 1 Vaccinations
Special thanks to Shell, a vet nurse from Australia, for carrying out another round of 5 in 1 Vaccinations on 17 June 2015. This completed a second round for some...
Read More5 in 1 Vaccinations
We are very grateful to Julie, Kim and Karen, vets from the USA, who came out on 17 April and vaccinated all our dogs with the 5 in 1 vaccine....
Read MoreNew Travel Crate
Thank you to Angela in the UK for donating a travel crate – also very useful as temporary housing for the puppies. The puppies check out the new crate. It...
Read MoreKate Receives Award
Kate was presented with the National Senior Citizens Award by the Honourable Foreign Minister, Mr Mahendra Pandey, at a ceremony arranged by Saar Nepal (a non-profit social organization that runs...
Read More5 in 1 Vaccinations
We are very grateful to Dr Anne and Thom from Canada for obtaining and administering 16 doses of 5 in 1 vaccine for the shelter dogs on 26 February 2014....
Read MoreJessica’s Dog Blog
Jessica has written a delightful blog about the dogs. See the link: https://www.madnessandbeauty.com/2013/03/my-favourite-place-in-kathmandu.html
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