RFW has been working towards a rabies-free Philippines for more than four years. These beautiful islands are badly affected by rabies, with several hundred recorded human deaths per year.

Thousands more are afflicted with the fear, pain and suffering of anti-rabies treatment following animal bite injuries. Additionally, countless animals suffer from rabies needlessly.

Rabies can be prevented at the most basic level by dog and cat vaccination, which costs little more than one dollar. Our click2vaccinate program operates on a $1 = 1 vaccine basis. In October, RFW sponsored its first series of dog vaccinations (see photos) in Manila where an estimated 1 in 100 dogs is infected.

Experts have estimated it would only cost about 8 million dollars to eradicate rabies from the Philippines. Global awareness of the scope of this problem is lacking - World Rabies Day plans to focus attention on it, and RFW will contribute through our work in the Philippines so together we can rid ourselves of this scourge once and for all.