A history
of care.

A Regional Holistic Conference brought new PCAP partners to an eco-farm in St. Louis, Quebec on September 27–28. A neighboring community had built a straw-bale house and was growing canola as a source of biofuel.

Local restaurants agreed to use the canola oil and return the used oil to the community for its diesel vehicles. The report describes a local attempt to connect food production, reuse and community self-sufficiency.

A PCAP mobilization drive in Asheville, North Carolina on October 10–15 included presentations on global warming and PCAP activities around the world. The original report does not specify an event year.

The archive introduces Out to Pasture Animal Sanctuary, managed by Kit and John Collins, as a refuge for abandoned and stray animals. At the time of the report, it had been operating for three years.

Its growing animal family included two newly welcomed feral cats and three rabbits. Kit and John planted 81 blueberry bushes as a possible future source of sanctuary income. The report also mentions a rabbit’s dental care, deworming for two horses, and adopted pigs named Raymond, Ramone and Raoul from St. Helens Pig Sanctuary.

A separate report describes rabbits adopted from an owner offering them for butchering. POPPA, a local animal welfare organization, offered free spaying and neutering, and a habitat was being built where the rabbits could run and dig safely.

Animal Aid donated some food to the sanctuary, while a request for animal feed and project support had been submitted to PETCO. These are historical accounts of support and applications, rather than current partnerships.

The original reports describe weekly fur protests outside a Nordstrom fur shop, with public education about the fur trade. Letters to the Estacada newspaper urged people to avoid fur and discussed the environmental effects of factory farming.

Another report records a three-year protest at Schumacher Fur Company. The store owners sued the city, claiming inadequate police support and a loss of two million dollars in sales. These are claims reported in the historical source, not independently established current figures.

PCAP participants also campaigned about Kentucky Fried Chicken, the dog and cat fur trade in China and rabbit slaughter in the USA. They worked with In Defense of Animals and attended City Council meetings to raise animal welfare issues.

Community outreach encouraged people to adopt from local shelters. At the city’s May Vegfest, participants displayed sanctuary photographs, distributed leaflets and sold vegan dog biscuits to raise funds.

During a European tour, the PCAP Global Coordinator visited partners, helped identify possible new projects and reviewed ongoing work.

At Ananda Puttabhumi Ecological Farm in Poland, the 18th annual Ecological Festival ran from July 16–21. Its program included mountain hikes in Karkonosi National Park, harvesting produce from the organic garden, cultural dances and environmental awareness workshops. A committee to register PCAP in Poland was being considered.

Ananda Vipassa Ecological Farm near Verona, Italy hosted a five-day ecological festival, including vegetarian cooking. PCAP volunteers donated resource materials intended to help finance local projects.

A Central London workshop for animal rights and ecological activists explored Neohumanism as a response to consumer culture. Gemma Ashford presented a dog-sanctuary project in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand near the Myanmar border, undertaken with PCAP cooperation. The source identifies it as Baan Unrak Animal Sanctuary.

At the Basic Training Centre in Ydrefors, Sweden, PCAP sponsored a three-day community organizing workshop on June 26–28. M. Medic of the PCAP Croatia Executive Board was the main trainer.

The workshop was intended to help career volunteers on the centre’s three-year course apply community organizing skills in their future field work.

After registering in 2001, PCAP Croatia spent its first three years building a foundation for its work. Lectures and seminars at the Karlovac library attracted volunteers, while monthly meetings helped create a network of environmental organizations. The report records twelve affiliated NGOs working on county and national issues.

In 2003, volunteers began helping dogs in Karlovac’s overcrowded government-managed shelter. A public campaign encouraged adoption; the archive reports that homes were found for 70% of the dogs during that campaign.

A second project, also launched in 2003, planted trees in city areas with little greenery. With grants from organizations including USAID, the Soros Foundation and the Academy for Educational Development, PCAP worked with the forestry department, private companies and partner NGOs.

Playgrounds and newer urban areas were selected. A public company assessed planting sites, consulted stakeholders and selected trees, while PCAP raised funds. Seven-year-old trees about four metres tall were chosen for resilience. The report credits door-to-door awareness work with helping protect the planted trees from vandalism; its comparisons with municipal losses belong to the historical report.

PCAP also worked with Momentum, a Zagreb community foundation that raised and distributed funds for environmental projects. The twelve-member NGO network submitted proposals; the archive records eight approvals out of eleven in that reporting period.

The branch hired its first paid employee in 2005 and later opened a second office in Samobor. At the time of the report it employed eight people, four full-time and four part-time.

A grant from the National Foundation for Civil Society Development supported a bird-care project for 300 children aged 12–14 at four schools in Zagreb County. The planned three-year program combined technical skills with biology and environmental protection. Three staff members worked on it.

Children built bird houses, provided food, observed nesting, identified visiting birds and tracked movements. Their observations were forwarded to the National Ornithology Institute.

PCAP coordinated 45 partner organizations on a five-year sustainable development strategy based on Local Agenda 21. Six months of work produced a 100-page document for Karlovac government addressing waste management, urban planning and landscaping.

The Partnership for Environment brought PCAP, other NGOs and the Helsinki Watch Committee together to propose environmental practices for the Croatian military. The archive records discussion in Parliament and plans for changes in the Ministry of Defense, alongside similar monitoring efforts in Italy and Slovenia.

At Petrova Gora, the state forestry department removed 13 hectares from economic exploitation and granted PCAP a ten-year use period for plant and animal protection, conservation, education and research.

These historical figures and agreements document a period of growth. They do not establish the branch’s present staffing, property rights or project status.

PCAP member Ingrid Sollai described ten years of caring for stray and injured animals as part of her holistic way of life. Dogs and cats shared her home.

The report recounts an injured cuckoo recovering after feeding on grain left near her apartment and returning during devotional music. Ingrid also supported Animals Asia’s work against moon-bear farming in China and Vietnam.

At an annual summer conference near Alzey, volunteers from England, Iceland, Denmark, Germany and Hungary shared experiences and discussed future PCAP activities.

Their proposed work included information campaigns, tree planting and environmental education in schools. The report records intentions from that meeting, rather than confirmed completion of each activity.

Through partner organizations, PCAP explored possible projects in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Orange Farm Community Service Project had a nursery described as having one million tree seedlings, supplying schools in Gauteng Province. This is a historical description of the nursery’s scale.

In Durban, PCAP developed Yogi Guides, an environmental education syllabus linking health, hygiene and ecology for primary-school children. The report proposed a first implementation at Richmond Primary School in January 2009; it does not confirm that the planned implementation took place.

A local partner in Mombasa advocated against monkey hunting by sailors visiting the port. The historical report presents this as an animal protection concern.

At a partner secondary school in Kangemi, Nairobi, ornamental and vegetable gardens formed part of the upper-grade agricultural curriculum. The report states that the gardens attracted attention from the Ministry of Environment and Local Resources.

PCAP began a feasibility study for afforestation around the Mafi-Zongo dam in North Tongu District. The proposed work was to be carried out through AMURT Ghana, which had facilitated a community-driven water project serving 26 villages through a reservoir described as having a capacity of 100 cubic metres.

The tree-planting proposal aimed to protect the catchment from encroachment and help maintain water levels. A later report on the News page records partners starting a nursery.

Eco-tourism was also being explored near the dam. The original account describes a ten-minute Volta River boat trip to the sacred Tshekshepko forest, a possible site for activities.

PCAP and the Vegetarian Association of Ghana jointly held a one-day workshop for 300 participants on vegetarianism from environmental and health perspectives.

PCAP linked with AMURT Togo on development of a seven-acre organic garden in Lomé. The plan was to supply organic vegetables to restaurants in the capital.

The original report describes the proposed supply role; it does not verify subsequent production or sales.

After finishing work with AMURT, PCAP’s sister organization, the Global Coordinator began working full-time on PCAP activities.

He joined two local environmental NGOs in a three-day global warming workshop for 700 students at De Britto College, Yogyakarta. Students planned a photographic exhibition at Gajah Mada University for Earth Day on April 22.

At an international seminar at Atma Jaya University, he presented a paper on Neohumanism and consumer culture within a wider discussion of culture and relations between humanity and nature.

With support from the Lanesra Foundation in the Philippines, PCAP sponsored three weeks of organic composting training for 75 farmers in Wonolelo village. The archive reports that the participants exceeded their production targets.

A five-year aspiration was to help the village’s 301 farmers move to organic farming. PCAP planned further support and similar environmentally friendly methods to improve returns for farmers. This was a plan recorded in the source, rather than a confirmed five-year outcome.

PCAP posters and T-shirts were distributed and sold through chapters in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

A volunteer named Jemma, working at the Neohumanist Foundation’s primary school in Sangkhlaburi, took sick street dogs into her home. The report describes rescued puppies recovering from distemper and dogs receiving treatment for cancer at a hospital about 160 kilometres away.

The archive proposed a small sanctuary in the school compound for up to thirty dogs, with recovery followed by adoption or other arrangements. It included a construction estimate of US$6,000 and an invitation for donations. That estimate and appeal are historical; no current fundraising claim is made here.

At Thai Organic Farm in Ratchaburi, a one-day Organic Day included PCAP presentations connecting organic food with well-being and care for the planet.

A subsequent visit to Lemon Farm organic food outlets offered staff an introduction to organic food and yoga practices.

In cooperation with Ang Makata and the San Rafael barangay council, PCAP held an environmental forum and clean-up drive in Rizal Province, Luzon.

Maharlika Social Service Volunteers, Sangguniang Kabataan and Kayrupa Youth Organization participants helped clean a 1.5-kilometre stretch of the Wawa River.

Following the devastating May 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, the Global Coordinator introduced ecological features in three kindergartens built by AMURT. The source records about 6,200 deaths and 1,751 destroyed schools in the disaster.

Bamboo became an integral structural material, using a fast-growing and locally available resource. The report describes support from civil engineering faculty at Gajah Mada University, earlier bamboo-building experience in other countries and tests of earthquake resistance. It also records bamboo used within bathroom walls.

Biofilters treated water from hand basins for reuse in fish ponds. Rainwater storage supported irrigation of gardens and playgrounds. The original report gives an imprecise capacity unit, so that capacity has not been restated here.

These are accounts of particular reconstruction projects, rather than general claims that every bamboo building is earthquake resistant.

PCAP Central’s archive describes maintaining a deer sanctuary at the international headquarters in Ananda Nagar, West Bengal for six years.

The report records the herd growing from four to eighteen deer, a daily diet of grains and horse gram, and regular veterinary attention. These are historical figures.

The original assistance contact was shubhatmananda@hotmail.com. That archived address is preserved as part of the report; current arrangements should be confirmed through the movement’s contact channels.