Animal Smile Africa: Providing Health and Hope Where Itâs Needed Most
When we think about animals in Africa, most of us picture lions stalking their prey, zebras and wildebeest gathered around a watering hole, or elephants and giraffes striding across the savannah. In reality, these sorts of scenes are limited to relatively small patches of the continent, and the animals you’re far more likely to encounter are of the domestic variety, most of which are living in poor conditions.
Just south of the equator in eastern Africa is Tanzania, home to breathtaking scenery and the world-famous Serengeti National Park. Tanzania is also home to approximately 3 million stray dogs.
In a country where poverty and public health have been the focus of many missions and charitable organizations, one man saw a need to address the way stray animal populations impacted, and were impacted by, these issues. In 2021, Alpha Maiseli founded Animal Smile Africa, an NGO located in the nation’s capital of Dodoma, with a vision of improving the lives of animals in need, under the guiding values of compassion, sustainability, and integrity.
With the help and support of his former colleagues at Visele Livecrop Skills Training Centre and the founder of International Veterinary Outreach, Alpha has created an organization that is helping to improve the health of stray dogs and cats, as well as providing education and experience that benefit the whole community.
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