Changing the life of a Little Donkey for the better

I’m watching the TV and the news reports showing people in very dire circumstances.  They may be living in tents, drinking filthy water, hungry, tired, just wanting to have their homes back. 

And in the middle of all this, there’s a little donkey.  He’s pulling a very heavy load, weighed down, and he looks exhausted, thirsty, hungry.  There are deep sores on his back, perhaps he is lame and broken in spirit.  He carries on as best he can, but when he falls to the ground, his legs carrying him no further, he’s beaten until he struggles back up on his feet again.

This Little Donkey is invisible to the news reporters.   Animals usually are. 

I watch the TV, as he struggles on.   Close up, you can see the sores are everywhere.   The flies are bothering him, and he keeps trying to flick them away.   His hooves are overgrown, making walking more uncomfortable, and his ribs are sticking out, for lack of food.

At this moment, I would give anything to make this donkey feel better.   I want to be by his side, stroking him, comforting him, telling him that I am going to help him, soothing his eyes and sores.    I want to give him a nice soft, deep, warm bed of straw that he can just sink down into, with the relief his work is done.  I want to bring him buckets of clean, fresh water, good food to eat.  And I want to get a vet to look at those sores, and a farrier to sort those hooves out, so that my little donkey is put on the road to recovery.   And I want to tell him that he will never be in such a state again.

He may feel better then.   And so will I.

I want his owners to know how to care for him – perhaps they have no idea of what to do.   Perhaps they cannot afford the care needed to mend this donkey’s wounds.  Perhaps they can barely afford to feed him.  These owners need their Little Donkey so that they can have a livelihood, fetch water. Perhaps…

What can I give this little donkey? 

I live thousands of miles away from him, but I cannot ignore him. 

I can give him my love. 

I can help those who are working to help little donkeys like him.  It can’t be easy for them, either, with some of the sights and sounds they see.

I can be a part of the team striving to make a difference, rather than sit and watch from the bench.

They can give Little Donkey and so many others like him the care they need.

They can give owners the knowledge and skills they need to care for their animals.

The more of us who are part of the team, the bigger a difference we can all make together. 

I can make a start by raising awareness here. Please help if you can. Little Donkey and his friends need us.