Beyond rescue and treatment however, Nowzad also conducts vital public awareness programmes!

Meet Maggi and also Awrang – Nowzad’s amazing dog whisperer!

Life for an animal on the streets in Kabul is particularly hard during the bitterly cold winter months, when food, water and shelter is scarce. But last winter, when Maggi was found, was an especially brutal one.

World Stray Animals Day – April 4^th 2025: A Spotlight on Hope in Kabul

Friday, April 4th marked World Stray Animals Day - a global initiative to raise awareness about the plight of stray animals and advocate for their welfare. Across the globe, individuals and organisations took action to improve the lives of these vulnerable creatures. Among them, Nowzad got to work in Kabul, Afghanistan where we’ve been working to improve conditions for animals for almost 18 years now.