What is the problem

According to the Persatuan Haiwan Terbiar Malaysia (SAFM), the number of stray animals in Malaysia has increased by 70% during the pandemic of Covid-19. Without the proper care, the population of stray animals will increase substantially. When the number of stray animals increases, more and more stray animals will be injured or die in starvation or road accidents. Other than that, the pet owners choose to abandon their pet will also cause this situation to become more worse.

This situation will cause the stray animals to wander in public places and rummage through the rubbish looking for food. Besides that, some stray animals like dogs may attack people such as bit people, chasing people, and so on when they are too hungry. Therefore, it is a pretty serious issue. The Stray Free Labuan needs our help in raising more funds from the public to maintain the daily living of stray animals. If not, it is difficult for them to rescue and rehome more stray and abandoned pets.

How to solve the problem

From the problem stated above, our group like to help the stray dogs and cats at Stray Free Labuan. Therefore, we will organize a fundraiser with the Stray Free Labuan to raise the amount of money from the community through a crowdfunding website. First, we will use MyStartr.com to collect the funds from the public. After collecting the fund, we will use the donation funds to buy the animal's needed stuff. And we will supply dog and cat food, shampoo, and other materials to Stray Free Labuan. In addition, it also helps to raise awareness for animals in need, which contributes to the future support of numerous animals. With minor backing and kindness, the population of dead and homeless stray animals could reduce and be protected. Thus, through crowdfunding, we hope that we can make a safe place and shield the stray animals in Labuan.

Budget

List of donations requested by Stray Free Labuan

• 13 bags of 10 Kg rice
• 10 bags of dog food
• 7 bags of cat food
• 2 bottle of medicated dog shampoo (flea & tick)

As the future is unknown, there is a probability that a potential risk and challenges might occur, which are shown as below:

1. There is a potential risk that our inability to achieve the proposed target amount of up to RM 2,600 could result in reduced donations for Stray Free Labuan.
2. The challenge that we might face is the price of animal food that is expected to increase in the next months.
3. The challenge of collecting a large amount of budget and locating possible donors in a short period of time are the project's obstacles.

Another major challenge to this project is the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) across each state, which prevents us from gathering, discussing, and promoting physically.

This project is an assignment of the students in University Malaysia Sabah, Labuan Faculty of International Finance, and may not be suitable for everyone. 

This project has not been reviewed by the MyStartr and bear no responsibility for any information including any statement, opinion or report disclosed in relation to this fund raising exercise. MyStartr also makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the information disclosed.