Some people just ignore the existence of stray cats in their neighborhood or even see stray cats as pests. They live in the traditional market, housing area, and also the streets. Often, we find kittens being dumped inside a box on the street and in the traditional markets. People just don’t want to be bothered by newborn kittens and think that dumping the kittens in the traditional market will solve the problem. In fact, almost all kittens die instead of surviving. It is not different from slowly killing them.
Mitra local GREAT (Star Paws Stray Cats) needs support from international volunteers to achieve the aims:
- Raising awareness of local people against animal abuse, spreading the message to start doing good things for stray animals around us.
- Supporting the cat lover community by helping them to maintain the shelter, street feeding, and fundraising.
By joining this project, volunteers will also learn:
- How to pet a cat properly
- Have a chance to practice Indonesian Traditional Martial Arts
- Street Feeding in Universities, Traditional Market, and other places.
- Manual work in the cat shelter
- Caretaking a cat (volunteers have to choose a cat from Star Paws as their pet during the workcamp)
- Campaign against animal abuse using social media
- Mini-workshop on stray cat care issue
- Semarang Historical City Tour
- Practicing Indonesian traditional martial art
- International Class / Culture exchange with university students
Animal issues
- 2nd floor of the Star Paws Building
- Shared room with the staff
- Shared bathroom and toilet
- Shared kitchen & fridge
- Wifi available
- Close to the ATM, food stall, and supermarket
- Laundry shop available nearby
Start Date:
- 26 February – 11 March 2025
Duration: 2 weeks
Ngaliyan District, Semarang City, Central Java
