Three more children ready to go

Three more of our children victims of the street are now ready to be adopted in Holland! Natalino was found in front of the door of the office on the 25th of December 2017 with a severely wounded leg.    Bea was hit by a car in front of our clinic: her adopter had taken … Read more

Princess Erica in her castle in Belgium!

After 5 months preparation and waiting, Erica has finally arrived in Belgium last night, the 8th of February 2019! Thank you so much Hannelore and your family for giving this great opportunity to one of the 12.000 dogs of Sao Vicente! Erica has already a boyfriend and rabbit friends at home, and also a lot … Read more

Puppies’ care at the shelter

Unfortunately many puppies are abandoned at the shelter every month. Some of them die after a couple of days or weeks due to the very bad health conditions, or the chock of abandonment, or the many parasites they had on their body when they were rescued. But many of them survive thanks to the good … Read more

Our Max needs special care

Beautiful Max, our oldest dog, the soul of Simabo, is ill. Luckily enough, Iris van Maarschalkerwaart and her husband Dr. Caspar a vet from Holland specialized in holistic treatments, and dr. Catarina Fogaça, from Veterinarians without Borders Portugal can take care of him. Before leaving for Holland, Caspar teaches Catarina how to put needles for acupuncture. Max is now doing … Read more

Great news!

dog at Simabo shelter

Great news! The album of our animals looking for a sponsor is ready! 💞 Some stories are still missing but they will be ready soon! Thank you to Hannelore Hauquier for the great work. 🙏💙 Thank you to all the volunteers for the great pics and thank you to every body who will sponsor one of our … Read more

Castanha and Simba

Two more puppies neutered and adopted the same day! They had been rescued with their mother in May and they went now. The mother was released after 2 months, when they were big enough and were already eating alone. Now they are gone as well… To be able to keep all this process going, for … Read more

Book a room in our hostel

The Hostel finances our ONG Simabo, which takes care of the street dogs of the island.