Help From Home
If you are an IFAW supporter, please read our newsletters to keep informed of the issues on which we are working and be sure to complete and mail the postcards that are included in many of our mailings. If you are interested in obtaining additional copies of our newsletter, action cards or any other items you receive in our mailings, please send us a sample or a description of the item you would like.
If you are not yet a supporter of IFAW, a donation of any amount will place your name on our file and you will begin receiving our newsletters. Please remember that the donor slip and return envelope included with each newsletter are for the convenience of those individuals who wish to send a donation each month, or for a specific campaign.
Spread the word
Share your
knowledge with others. Let your friends, relatives and co-workers know what you
have learned about the abuses inflicted on animals. Pass on the information you
receive from IFAW. If you are a student, use animal topics for your school or
club project; if you have children, encourage them to do the same.
If you are interested in obtaining additional information on IFAW campaigns to share with friends or to distribute in your community, please contact us at these addresses.
Write letters
If a newsletter
includes an address of a person influential in a particular issue and asks you
to write, please do. This kind of support is very valuable to IFAW, and our
successes prove that letter-writing campaigns do work!
Write to
your representatives in Parliament and ask for their support. Also, write
letters to the editor of your newspapers when you read articles that deal
unsympathetically with abuse of animals. If you become aware of any animal abuse
in your community, contact the your local animal society or local authority.
Using our materials
You may
reprint information or photographs you receive in our mailings in articles you
write for newspapers, magazines, or newsletters as long as you clearly indicate
in the article (or under photographs) that the information was reprinted with
the permission of IFAW. Also, we would appreciate receiving a copy of any
publication in which you use our materials.
Petitions
If you would like to
create petitions for animal issues, please feel free to do so. Simply gather
signatures and send your protests to the appropriate officials. If you would
like to write to presidents, ambassadors or officials of other countries
regarding animal welfare issues in those countries, you may obtain their names
and addresses from the respective embassies in Nairobi or Kampala or Dar es
Salaam.
Careers working with animals
Contact your school career counselor or wildlife authorities in your
country.
To physically help
If you would
like to physically help an animal welfare organization in your own area, please
check the telephone directory for their contacts.
If you are unable to locate local groups, please let us know and we will be
happy to try to locate one for you.
Monitor the media for IFAW
If you see IFAW mentioned in a newspaper or magazine, please send us a copy
of the article(s) with the name and date of publication.
If IFAW is mentioned on TV, please send us an email or drop us a card with the date, city, network, channel and a brief description of the subject.
