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GARC’s December 2025 Featured Platform User: Cat Angel Refuge, South Africa
We are excited to introduce you to this month’s Featured Platform User, Cat Angel Refuge. Based in the Ramotshere Moiloa District of South Africa’s North West Province, they have become a vital lifeline for animals and communities across an area spanning more than 7,000km².
GARC’s November 2025 Featured Platform User: Algerian Organization Against Rabies (AOAR), Algeria
We are excited to introduce you to this month’s Featured Platform User, Algerian Organization Against Rabies (AOAR). As our first Rabies Center of Excellence in Algeria, they have been using the GARC Data Platform since 2022.
GARC’s October 2025 Featured Platform User: Amici Cannis, Ecuador
We are excited to introduce you to this month’s Featured Platform User, Amici Cannis in Ecuador. Amici Cannis is also our first Rabies Center of Excellence in South America. Their mission is to protect and improve the lives of animals in Cotacachi and surrounding indigenous villages. Their team provides high-quality veterinary services to stray dogs and cats, companion animals with owners, and those who cannot afford treatment.
GARC’s September 2025 Featured Platform User: Bali Paws, Indonesia
The theme for World Rabies Day this September is Act Now: You, Me, Community. To show how a community can come together to work towards rabies elimination, this month’s featured GARC Data Platform user is Bali Paws in Indonesia. Bali Paws is an Indonesian volunteer-run animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming stray and abandoned animals. They focus mainly on dogs and cats. The organization aims to provide
GARC’s August Featured Platform User: Lilongwe SPCA, Malawi
This month’s featured GARC Data Platform user is Lilongwe Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (LSPCA). As a non-profit organisation based in Lilongwe, they are dedicated to veterinary care and animal welfare. To teach the community compassion for animals in Malawi, they work with the government and other partners to drive public awareness campaigns, humane education, veterinary support, and promote the enforcement of the Animal Protection Act.
GARC’s July 2025 Featured Platform User: Department of Livestock Development, Zanzibar
This month’s featured GARC Data Platform user is the Department of Livestock Development (DLD), Zanzibar. The DLD falls under the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, Natural Resources, and Livestock. They play a pivotal role in advancing the livestock sector through disease prevention and control.
GARC’s June 2025 Featured Platform User: Quezon City Veterinary Department, Philippines
This month’s featured GARC Data Platform user is Quezon City Veterinary Department, Philippines. They believe veterinary services are essential and should be considered as a part of basic service delivery to the community.
GARC’s May 2025 Featured Platform User: Communication Initiatives for Change, Ghana
This month’s featured GARC Data Platform user is Communication Initiatives for Change (CIC) in Ghana. As an organization focused on rabies education, they firmly believe in the principle of community collaboration and work in partnership with reputable global organizations and experts in the field of health and development communication, community engagement and advocacy!
GARC’s April 2025 Featured Platform User: The Big Fix, Uganda
The GARC Data Platform featured user for April 2025 is another recognized Rabies Center of Excellence (RCE) – The BIG FIX Uganda. As this month’s featured user, The BIG FIX Uganda highlights how the Platform has helped them to keep track of the animals that they have vaccinated since 2022, as well as how keeping track of vaccinated animals helped them to plan more strategically for future events.