Dear friends and followers,

winter is coming. The dogs at the Bark Ark shelter will need all the energy they can get for surviving the harsh temperatures of the Bosnian winter weather. They live in outside kennels, there is not much space for them to move. 

Although we are constantly trying to reduce the amount of dogs at the Bark Ark, the number if incoming dogs is still higher than the dogs that get adopted. It is a vicious circle and we can´t escape. 

We are six months behind with our fundraising for food and the cost for the current shelter. Besides that, we are building a completely new shelter at the same time. Food suppliers are calling Bojan daily. What can he say? He doesn't have the money to pay the debts. Bojan and the admin team have drained their personal funds. Bojan even took a loan from the bank to pay past debts. Bojan has to pay for each food delivery in advance. Some years ago he was able to order food and pay later but these days have long passed

Our team does their best to reduce the overall cost and the number of dogs. But still Bojan has to take care of the remaining dogs. They need food, they need veterinary care. Despite of our efforts we still create more debts.

Please stay with us in these troubled times. Please don't turn your back on us. Bojan needs your help more than ever! With your donation, you can really make a change!

It is crucial that we hurry to raise this money. Can we please help Bark Arker to get the incredible amount of money needed to maintain the shelter! Every single penny counts, no donation is too small.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you donate via this fundraiser, you can adjust the tip amount to 0 before sending your donation. Click on the "Change tip amount" link, go to "Other" and type in 0 before you confirm with "Count me in". This way you will not be charged any PayPal or other fees for your donation!!

You can however donate directly to our PayPal barkarkdogs@gmail.com Please mark your donatoin for "Food". We will add such donations as OFFLINE donations to the fundraiser.

Breakdown of cost 

300 bags of dry food                                     3100€
Workers salary and insurance                    1000€
Rent                                                                    600€
Electricity, Water, Garbage                            150€
Fuel for shelter van                                         200€
Payback for food loan                                   529€
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subtotal                                                           5579€
PayPal and bank fees 12%                             670€
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Total                                                   6249€