Working horses · Street dogs · Sea turtles
Nicaragua's animals work hard, eat little and rarely see a vet. You give. We go. You see where every penny lands, with receipts and video.
Why Nicaragua
In Nicaragua the horses haul the firewood, the water, the harvest and the tourists. The dogs raise themselves on the street. The turtles crawl up the same beaches they have used for a thousand years, and most of their eggs never make it back to the sea. The people here are not cruel. Most of them are just stretched thin. So we don't come to judge. We come with food, a vet, and a deal.
Who we show up for
Caballos
They pull carts in the heat on whatever they can find to eat, with saddle sores nobody has the money to treat. This is the one that breaks my heart most.
Perros
They don't belong to anyone, so they're everyone's problem. Hungry, sick and having litter after litter. Food helps today. Spay and neuter helps for good.
Tortugas
Eggs get dug up and sold before they ever hatch. Our friend Ramón runs a hatchery that moves the nests to safety and walks the babies to the water.
How family sponsorship works
A family that already has a dog or a working horse, or will take one in. Real neighbors, not a shelter.
"Will you keep this dog, feed him and love him, if we help you every month?"
The family keeps the animal fed, sheltered and safe. In return they get a small monthly stipend, because it helps them too.
Food, vaccines, deworming, spay or neuter, farrier and vet visits. Paid directly, never guessed at.
Photo and video updates of your family and your animal, and a public ledger of every dollar. No mystery, ever.
You don't just save an animal.
You keep a family going.
Sponsor a family + their animal
Choose a dog or a horse, choose your monthly gift, and watch exactly how it splits. Things cost less in Nicaragua, so a little goes a long way here.
Monthly gift
That's $1.67 a day to change two lives.
Cancel anytime. You'll get your family's first update within 30 days of being matched.
Ramón's hatchery · Pacific coast
On the beaches here, turtle eggs get dug up and sold before they ever hatch. Our friend Ramón moves the nests to a guarded hatchery and walks every baby down to the water. When I ask Ramón what he needs, he says the same thing every time: help the animals. So we will.
Radical transparency
Most charities hand you a pie chart once a year. We post the receipts. After every trip you'll see the line items, the photos and the video. If you give $5,000, you'll see where all $5,000 went.
Kiera's Promise is a grassroots project and is not a registered 501(c)(3) yet, so gifts are not tax-deductible for now. The receipts are public either way.
KIERA'S PROMISE · FIELD REPORT
Photos + video of every line ▸
gracias · thank you
Sample of how every trip gets reported. Real reports go here after each trip.
The Founding 100
Every founding sponsor gets a print on this wall, permanently. Claim one and your name is part of how this started.
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Who's going
Years ago I owed the court community service hours. I could have done them anywhere. I picked Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge in Christmas, Florida, and it rearranged me. I went in to check a box and came out knowing what I was for.
After that I ran a dog-walking business. My own babies, Kiera, Callie and Whitey, lived long, spoiled lives, up to 21 years, because I know how to care for an animal.
Kiera was my girl. This carries her name because every dog, horse and turtle here deserves the kind of care she got. That's the promise.
I also grew up with farm animals. I had a pet pig named Piggy, and yes, we ate him. So I understand how people here see animals. I'm not here to lecture anybody. I'm here to help.
Nicaragua has my heart. I go every chance I get, and every time I see the horses and the dogs I cry. Now I'm doing something about it, out in the open, with you.
Live anywhere. Help everywhere. — Sheri
"Ayudá a los animales."
"Help the animals."
I have Nicaraguan friends who shower out of a bucket to save water. When I ask how I can help them, they point at the animals. That's who we're working with. We're not rescuing Nicaragua. We're backing the people who already care.
Give
Feeds a street pack for a week.
Not tax-deductible yet (no 501(c)(3) for now). Every dollar shows up on the public ledger.
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