About Us
Together with Love: Let's Be Hope for Our Street and Shelter Animals!
How We Started
In 2013, shelter volunteers who started working as volunteers at the Urla Municipality Temporary Animal Care and Rehabilitation Center made efforts to improve the existing conditions of the shelter by holding meetings with local government. From that year to the present, our shelter volunteers have been going to the shelter in an organized manner 5 days a week, primarily focusing on the adoption of puppies, taking the sick ones to private clinics for treatment, following up on adopted puppies, walking the banned breeds that stay permanently in the shelter, and working to raise awareness through social media channels.
Each volunteer dealing with street animals takes care of area feeding in Urla and surrounding regions, sterilization of dogs in the areas they feed, and treatment of sick ones.
Until today, since Urla Shelter volunteers were not an association, they have been trying to meet these activities only with their own financial means in terms of financial resource provision and, as you will agree, they were trying to reach a large number of shelter children with extremely limited means. Based on this need, Urla Shelter Volunteers Association (URBADER) was established on 12.09.2024 and aims to be life to many more lives.
URBADER, which held its first general assembly on 21.10.2024, as the elected board of directors; our primary goal is to do our best to provide the best living conditions for both our lives living in the shelter and those on the streets, in cooperation with official and private institutions in our region.
URLA SHELTER VOLUNTEERS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our Shelter
A glimpse into our shelter and the loving care we provide
Our Mission
As Urla Shelter Volunteers Association, our mission is to improve the quality of life of animals living on the streets and under protection in our shelter, to provide all kinds of support they need so that they can live a safe, healthy and loving life. Our main goal is to make the voice of our animal friends heard, to defend their rights and to create awareness in society.
Our Vision
In the future, we aim to create a world where every living being can live safely, where animal rights are observed, and where street and shelter animals are not left without owners. We aim to create a safer and more loving environment for our animal friends by increasing the level of social awareness and sensitivity.
On this path we have taken for our animal friends to live a healthy and safe life, we are taking steps towards a more beautiful future with everyone's support. You can also join us and contribute to this change, and be a light of hope to improve their lives.
What We Want to Do
1. Meeting the Needs of Street Animals
Meeting their basic needs such as regular feeding, water supply and health checks.
2. Shelter Improvement Works
Making our shelter more comfortable, providing physically and psychologically healing environments.
3. Treatment and Sterilization Works
Supporting the treatment processes of injured and sick animals, organizing sterilization campaigns to keep the population on the street under control.
4. Adoption and Education Works
Organizing adoption campaigns to find warm homes for street animals and offering training programs for new owners.
5. Community Awareness and Education Activities
Creating awareness in society about animal rights, organizing awareness events and education programs especially for children and young people.
2026 Board of Directors
President
Figen Akgül
Vice President
Berna Tespihçioğlu
General Secretary
Zehra Nedret Taş
Treasurer
Hilal Temiz
Member
Sibel Yazar
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