For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid
Donating to FAWNA
FAWNA is on the Federal Register of Environmental Organisations and is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission which enables it to operate the FAWNA (NSW) INC Public Fund and offer tax-deductible receipts for donations of $2 and over.
All such donations are set aside to directly benefit wildlife.
There are many items of equipment needed by FAWNA for the continuing rehabilitation of injured and orphaned wildlife.
By donating to FAWNA (NSW) INC you will be helping the hard-working band of volunteers look after their charges by funding materials for pre-release pens, specialised foods, education campaigns etc.
Help FAWNA Volunteers Help Wildlife
Did you know?
- Rescued wildlife in rehabilitation need special food
- Joeys don’t tolerate lactose and marsupial joey milk can cost up to $8 a litre
- FAWNA spent over $31,000 on wildlife food in the last 12 months
- Volunteers spent another $10000 or more
- $17000 value of marsupial milk was given to volunteers for their charges
- $5000 in special bird feeds and $6000 for flying-fox fruit
Over 4500 animals were helped – we need ongoing support to operate
Last year on NSW Mid North Coast FAWNA volunteers operated over an area of 18000 sq km. They give of their time freely with animal rescue and care, and telephone rescue line duties. They spend large sums themselves on their wildlife rescue and rehabilitation with vehicle costs, enclosures, pouches and bedding, medications, heating and power. FAWNA buys in the expensive wildlife foodstuffs and milk formulae in bulk and reimburses members’ costs for meat, seed, fish, fruit and veg needed for their wildlife patients.
There is no formal funding (that’s right, Government does not fund wildlife groups to help rescue and look after wildlife) and FAWNA relies on membership fees, the generosity of public donations and grants to keep running. Around 4,500 animals are rescued annually bringing a huge cost to the group to ensure they are well fed prior to their release back to the wild. In the last 12 months FAWNA spent over $31000 feeding the wildlife in care and members spent more and we are asking the community to help us with this work. Every donated dollar is spent directly benefitting wildlife in care and is not spent on administration costs which we keep to the bare bones.
The FAWNA Team thanks you for how you can help us help wildlife.
You can use the Give Now donation form below or donate to FAWNA via our page at https://www.givenow.com.au/httpswwwfawnaorgaudonating-to-fawna
FAWNA Food 4 Wildlife & Nest Box Appeal
NSW’s Mid-North Coast is facing unprecedented drought and horrific fires that have decimated wildlife habitat. As well as receiving and rehabilitating burned animals our FAWNA volunteers wish to help the area’s animals, and birds survive until drought-breaking rains arrive
How will the funds be used?
Support from FAWNA for all our volunteers with the full cost of products, food and housing for all wildlife bushfire victims.
Just days after the fires decimated members’ properties and a macropod release area in the Mopabarrabah and surrounding district FAWNA has purchased kangaroo pellets and wild bird seed for distribution to affected areas. We need to keep this going perhaps for months until the weather improves.
History is repeating itself as the area just 4 years ago was so badly affected, one member lost her home and her precious wildlife habitat and our campaign at the time for public help ran.
A phone call on 15th November 2019 from Mick at Moparrabah in the Kempsey region…..
“Mate”, Mick said
“I saved my house, but we lost sheds, and I don’t know what I am going to do with all the kangaroos and wallabies and birds that have no feed. Everything’s burnt. They’re like family to me, and I don’t know how I can help them”.
Mick received his first supply from the FAWNA Food 4 Wildlife scheme on 15th November and was so thankful. Knowing this help is available for the longer term meant so much to him.
The nest box project aims to provide alternate homes for all the wildlife species – possums, and gliders that are dependent on tree hollows, many of which have been consumed by fire. We are bulk-purchasing nest boxes that will provide alternate homes for possums, gliders and bird species who are dependent on tree hollows for their homes. The installation will be a challenge, and we will be seeking community partnerships where we can.
FAWNA is through the media, encouraging the community to put out Water4Wildlife to help them survive these horrible conditions. As well we will also be supporting the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital’s rollout of its project providing mobile water stations out in the field.
Key Areas of Expenditure for this 2023 campaign repeat what worked 4 years ago.
All donations from this appeal will be spent on food items and equipment that directly benefit injured, orphaned and disadvantaged fauna. Any capital wildlife care items purchased will remain FAWNA’s property but will be held by active wildlife rehabilitators. Veterinary costs for wildlife will be included.
All of FAWNA’s activities are directed at meeting our aims For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid, and our admin costs are kept to the bare bones. There are no paid employees – maximising our dollars to benefit wildlife directly.
You can use the Give Now donation form below or donate to FAWNA via our page at https://www.givenow.com.au/fawna
How will the funds be used?
All donations from this appeal will be spent on food items and equipment that directly benefits injured, orphaned and disadvantaged fauna. Any capital wildlife care items purchased will remain FAWNA’s property but will be held by active wildlife rehabilitators.
All of FAWNA’s activities are directed to meeting our aims For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid, and our admin costs are kept to the bare bones. There are no paid employees – maximising our dollars to benefit wildlife directly.
Bequests
One of the most significant ways to show your support and passion for the conservation and care of Australia’s vulnerable wildlife is to leave a bequest to FAWNA (NSW) INC in your will.
FAWNA’s ABN is 65 455 270 251
Making a will ensures that everything you have worked hard for in your life is passed on to your loved ones and the causes you care about.
Without a will, your estate is distributed by the law – and not necessarily how you would choose.
A bequest is a personal gift of great importance and a lasting legacy of your beliefs and values. Your bequest would ensure our continued care and rescue of injured wildlife and help protect our precious threatened species.
For further information on leaving a bequest download the following PDF file