Greater Good South Africa

The SA.MAST sterilisation clinic is in need of assistance with a vehicle donation or sponsorship towards the purchase of one.

Based in G section of Khayelitsha, SA.MAST undertake animal sterilisation programmes in communities that are unable to support and care for these animals and provide emergency medical assistance.

On 5 September 2013, Vuyolwethu Ponono, team Leader at the clinic and senior community liaison officer, was involved in a head-on collision and the Nissan NP200 he was driving is severely damaged.  Vuyolwethu has sustained minor injuries but theaccident brings the entire Sterilisation, Emergency Medical Assist Programme and kennel distribution project to a grinding halt.

According to their insurance company, it will take a minimum of four weeks for any pay-out to be confirmed.

Tamsin Nel, Managing Director of SA.MAST says: “They say no good deed goes unpunished and it seems that this will be a case in point. Yesterday, using only two vehicles, we managed to deliver thirteen kennels, rescue nine animals that were severely neglected and abused, including a young mommy cat suffering from horrific burns to much of her body because she had been doused in boiling water (her two kittens were also in a very bad state, suffering from malnourishment) and rush a total of three patients off to hospital for emergency medical treatment. Independent Newspapers are loaning us a truck to complete kennel deliveries, but we’re still in need of a bakkie to continue doing the work that people rely on us to do.”

If you are able to sponsor a vehicle or donate towards the purchase of a replacement, please email or call the clinic on 021 712 2170 or 084 778 1215.