New Shelter & Hospital
A Vision for the Future: the Next Twenty Years of Villa Kitty
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Villa Kitty desperately needs a new shelter and hospital to continue the lifesaving work we do and to safeguard our future. Please help the cats and kittens of Bali and support us so we can continue our mission for the years to come.
The lease on the current premises expires in December - that’s just a few short months away! During that time, we must construct an entirely new shelter and hospital. The current premises are plagued by flooding, blackouts, structural damage and overcrowding - for the safety of our feline residents, we must vacate the current shelter as soon as possible.
Our future home will be a modern sanctuary and hospital - a haven for abused and neglected cats and a place for struggling residents to access aid for their animals. It will also be a place of education to continue changing mindsets and a comfortable work environment for our staff.
Villa Kitty’s new buildings have been designed and engineered in a manner that will address previous shortcomings and allow the strict protocols that ensure a hygienic, comfortable, and welcoming facility both now and into the future.
It is the greatest challenge Villa Kitty has undertaken and it can only be realised with your generous support and commitment.
Donors will have ample opportunity for their gifts and bequests to be recognised and commemorated, through an extensive naming rights program, which will see benefactors’ names applied to buildings, areas and equipment.
New Shelter
From Struggle to Sanctuary
A new shelter and hospital will empower Villa Kitty to further lift the standard of care, deliver assistance that keeps pace with community needs and save the lives of many more animals each year.
Covid-19 has had devastating impacts and is forcing sweeping changes. Villa Kitty must adapt to continue operating in the new global context.
The new modern shelter and hospital is meticulously designed and constructed to resolve the current problems. The new facility will be built on land leased for 2 decades and located just outside of Ubud, 2kms east of the current Villa Kitty and three times its
size.
This will provide the much-needed space within and between buildings, in particular quarantine and isolation wards. There will be separate cleaning areas for quarantine and isolation wards, resulting in infection control protocols no longer being hindered and reducing outbreaks of panleukopenia.
Only suitable materials will be used, such as treated bamboo instead of timber, and a proper drainage system will be installed which can contend with Bali’s weather, eliminating flooding. There will be no areas of exposed earth between or around buildings, which cannot be disinfected and harbour pathogens. Further, there will be a proper litter tray cleaning area and the possibility of breaking down both the litter and waste into compostable material.
Hospital
A modern hospital will enable the provision of most veterinary care in-house, reducing monthly operational costs. A new hospital will also allow for the expanding of the desexing and vaccination programs, reducing populations and intake. And by providing most veterinary assistance onsite, it will allow for an expansion of assistance offered and contribute to keeping animals with their families/owners.
At present, Villa Kitty holds five free desexing days each month and one day a week is dedicated to sterilising the resident cats and kittens. With a new hospital, this could be increased to daily desexing and vaccination days.
A new shelter, with a modern hospital, would lighten the load on staff and enhance the quality and efficiency of care provided. With Covid-19, it is more important than ever that that strict hygiene protocols are employed - in particular, sufficient room for staff to work comfortably.
Lastly, a modern shelter and hospital will permit for the expansion of the education program.
Thank you for supporting our work
For more details on the new shelter and hospital download the prospectus.