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In 2024,​ Sidewalk Specials were asked to help clear an overcrowded shelter, a situation where good intentions had led to over 300 animals living together in filthy conditions, with limited resources, no access to veterinary care and minimal human interaction 😔

South Africa’s severely under resourced and completely overwhelmed welfare system, combined with current soaring inflation, is making the sustainability of physical shelters unrealistic for smaller organisations. One of the many reasons Sidewalk Specials have always been 100% foster based.

Taking all that into account, and taking the blame game out of it, Sidewalk Specials focus became finding safe forever homes for our new intakes – River being the most traumatised intake of all…

When the clever, sensitive ones suffer abuse – they don’t forget so quickly, they don’t adapt so easily and they often fall through the cracks in rescue 💔

Thank God for foster homes, ‘foster fails’ and families that take their pets with them when they emigrate!! 🥰

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One of the most effective ways in which you can ensure that Sidewalk Specials NPC’s work continues is by way of a bequest in your will.

 

What Can You Bequeath?

You can leave any realisable assets to Sidewalk Specials NPC, including:

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If you wish to donate to Sidewalk Specials NPC by way of a bequest, please make specific mention of us in your will.

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“I bequeath to Sidewalk Specials NPC (2017/316326/08) the sum of [insert amount or percentage of overall estate value]. “ 

If you have already drawn up your will, a bequest to Sidewalk Specials NPC can be contained in an addition to your will, known as a Codicil, which can be added at any time.

A codicil must be signed and witnessed in the same way as the will itself (although the witnesses do not need to be the same). It must be kept with the will, but not affixed to it.

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“I, the undersigned, declare the following to be a codicil to my will. I bequeath to Sidewalk Specials NPC (2017/316326/08) the sum of [insert amount or percentage of overall estate value] “

Thank you for protecting the future of Sidewalk Specials NPC and the safety of the animals under our care. 

If you require any further information or advice, please don’t hesitate to contact us at: contact@sidewalkspecials.org

 

 

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INDEMNITY AND EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR SIDEWALK SPECIALS NPC/CIC
IN APPLICATION OF STERI CLINIC PROTOCOLS (“THE PROTOCOLS”)

  1. I/We agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sidewalk Specials NPC/CIC and any of its directors, employees, volunteers, and veterinary experts/medical personnel under direct instruction from any and all claims, damages, losses, including death, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or in connection with the application of any protocols as provided by Sidewalk Specials NPC/CIC, and/or while at the premises of Sidewalk Specials NPC/CIC, or at any location in application of these protocols.

  2. I/We acknowledge that application of any of the protocols involves certain risks and hazards, including but not limited to the risk of personal injury and property damage. I/We agree to assume full responsibility for any such risks and hazards, and to release and waive any claims against Sidewalk Specials NPC/CIC and any of its directors, employees, volunteers, and veterinary experts/medical personnel under direct instruction arising out of or in connection with application of the protocols or while at the premises of Sidewalk Specials NPC/CIC, or at any location in application of the same animal protocols.

  3. I/We acknowledge that this indemnity is intended to be interpreted as broadly as allowed by law, and that it shall survive the termination or expiration of Sidewalk Specials NPC/CIC, and that the indemnity referred to herein shall inure to the successors and assigns of Sidewalk Specials NPC/CIC, and its directors, employees, volunteers, and veterinary experts/medical personnel under direct instruction.

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