One vet from Bosnia!

vet at simabo

Thanks a lot to Gerlinde Weber and Dr. Emilio Lavezzari for sponsoring the flight of Dr. Svjetlana. Thanks a lot also to the country mate Gospa for taking care of her in her little free time. And, last but not least, thanks so much to Nicky StevensĀ for recommending her! Dr. Svjetlana is a young veterinary … Read more

Thank you Simone!

volunteer Simone

Beautiful Simone gave to Simabo one month of his precious time as a robotic engineer. But he is also an animals lover, so he helped at the shelter a lot. And even at the hostel, taking care of our paying guests. Thank you Simone for the great help that made the difference in the move … Read more

Hallo liebe Tierfreude

Mein Freund sein Kumpel und ich waren 10 Tage auf Kap verden unterwegs und bei unseren Reisen sind wir auf das Tierheim Simabo gestoƟen. Wir haben uns angewƶhnt bei Reisen Tierheime zu besuchen und vorort Spenden abzugeben. Dieses Mal bin ich auf Simabo aufmerksam geworden. Wir waren begeistert. Das Tierheim ist in einer alten Fabrik … Read more

Volunteering dog therapy at Cape Verde

From the guestbook: After a couple of coincidences, I ended up staying at the Simabo hostel for a few nights at the end of my Cape Verde holiday. I was only half aware that this was the Mindelo’s animal shelter and the hostel set up to support its activities. Just a short, three-day experience changed … Read more

Thanks to the 68 incredible guests we had in February!

Hi everybody! It was really a pleasure to have had you all with us this month. You helped us to cover our monthly expenses and to overcome an emergency: no fish for free from the usual provider this month, so we had to buy a lot of dry food, and it is very expensive here. … Read more

Guests of September

This month we want to thank first of all once more Helen FreeSpirit, who was with us since the end of July and left in September. Then Sofia GiĆ£o Torrinha and Bastien for the great time we had together. Then Razoul Aquarius (did you manage to take all the grogue bottles safe home?), then Mariana, … Read more

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