URGENT: We’ve raised over 80% of our emergency goal — thank you. But the typhoon is still coming. And the fundraiser closes at midnight tonight. There is nowhere else these dogs can go. But if we hit our goal, we can keep them safe. Will you help close the gap before midnight? Click here to rush your gift now »

Friend,

The shelter is still flooded. The dogs are still there. And now the storm is getting worse.

Typhoon Emong is intensifying rapidly. It’s forming an eye — and it’s heading straight for Pangasinan, where our rescued dogs are trapped inside a shelter already damaged by flooding.

This is where AWIP’s dogs go to heal after escaping the dog meat trade. But now, the shelter is surrounded by floodwater — and keeping the kennels dry has become a constant battle.

Tarp roofing is leaking. The ground is soaked. And the woman protecting them is still there — completely alone, doing everything she can to stop the water from getting in.

“If I go, they’re finished,” she told me. “These dogs have nowhere else to go", she added.

She’s right.

There is nowhere else for these dogs to go.

But if we act now — we can make it safe for her and the dogs.

There’s nowhere else for these dogs to go. Will you help make the shelter safe before the storm hits even harder, Friend?

We know these stories are hard to read, Friend.

But this is what we do at AWIP — we go into the darkest places, we pull animals out of cruelty, and we fight like hell to protect them.

This shelter is part of that promise. It's the first place our rescued dogs experience safety. No barren cages. No chains. Just space to breathe, recover, and start again.

But it was never built to withstand this. Not floods. Not typhoons. Not the kind of brutal weather systems that are becoming more and more common in the Philippines.

The woman who runs it — alone — doesn’t complain. She just works. She patches leaks with tarps. She lifts dogs onto platforms to keep them dry. She hauls in supplies on foot when roads wash out.

And when everyone else evacuated, she stayed behind.

Why?

Because they’re AWIP’s dogs. And she knows what it took to save them.

She won’t let them go through more trauma — not if she can stop it.

And with your help — she can.

This isn’t about rebuilding a shelter one day. It’s about getting through the next 48 hours with every single animal alive and safe.

Please, if you’re still reading this, take that final step.

Give what you can. Share if you can’t. And know this: Your action right now could be the reason these dogs make it through the storm.

For all animals,

Greg Quimpo

P.S. To everyone who’s already donated — thank you. Your support is already making a difference. Emergency materials are being prepared. We’re doing everything we can to protect the dogs before the storm hits. If you haven’t had a chance to give yet, please know — there’s still time, but not much.