Page 34 - Appaloosas Now October/November 2020

Bones before Bones after
Jara before Jara before
Jara after
Now in 2020 we have been faced with a different and much larger crises...a worldwide pandemic which has closed down nearly all travel and tourism. Our islands are 100% tourism dependent and without tourists there is no income. As of now the islands have been closed since March 15th and the borders of Indonesia are set to remain closed international until In June sone domestic tourism returned but only in very small amounts not nearly enough to support hundreds of horses and ponies. So we have been distributing horse feed free
of charge since early April. Currently we are helping to provide food for around 250 horses on three small islands. This is about 10 tons of food every two weeks. One ton of food delivered is about $170 USD. This has been a massive effort but it’s working! We are keeping the animals alive and healthy enough to return to work
next year and this gives their owners the time and ability to focus on feeding their human families.
We get donations through bank transfers to both a US and Indonesian account as well as PayPal and Go Fund Me. We are not currently a tax deductible charity as the cost of becoming one here is still quite prohibitive and we have always chosen to spend money on the horses.
Feel free to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook. com/horsesofgili and Instagram @horsesofgili. We also have a website (which I rarely update) at www.horsesofgili.com ~
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