OUR PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD
The Royal Canin Foundation Board considers all projects, big or small, that align with our defined objectives. This covers very diverse areas such as search and rescue dogs’ training, disease detection, therapeutic cats and dogs or assistance dogs. As a first criteria:
- Being aligned with our Animal Welfare Policy,
- Support one or more of the Royal Canin Foundation focus areas (search and rescue dogs; cats and dogs in support of medical health; cats and dogs in support of human mental health),
- Have long-term added value to human health and to society.
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Since it was founded in 2020, the Royal Canin Foundation supports all around the world various initiatives to improve the health of persons with the help of extraordinary cats and dogs, and is proud and grateful to support the NGOs deploying these actions
OUR PROJECTS
Therapy dogs to help children with neuro – cognitive damage at hospital 12 de Octubre (Madrid, Spain)
The program started on November 2020 to give an answer to the neuro-cognitive demands of paediatric patients with neurological damage, showing already very good results with the help of these dogs.
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A Special Animal-Assisted Therapy Program
Support children and young people facing mental and physical health challenges, through therapeutic interaction with therapy dogs from the SGS shelter.
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Addressing the needs of search and rescue teams in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes in Türkiye
AKUT Search & Rescue Association has been at the forefront of rescue operations in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes that shook Türkiye in 2023. The scale and severity of the disaster demanded weeks long intensive search and rescue missions with canine teams on the ground, requiring continuous supply of materials and equipment for rescue teams. Royal Canin Foundation was there to support.
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Search and rescue dogs for disaster situations with ACECC
ACECC's main goal is to serve the community by training search and rescue dogs, especially to rescue potential survivors in the event of a disaster. ACECC trains dogs and provide training for handlers and their dogs, from the beginning to the highest levels. ACECC has a longterm work plan, focused on the training of different search and rescue teams with dogs, to grow the number of highly skilled teams that train today to save lives tomorrow
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PROJECT SUBMISSION PROCESS
The Royal Canin Foundation supports only projects submitted and selected by Royal Canin Associates (Employees) woldwide during an internal call for projects.
The Royal Canin Foundation supports non-profit organizations that deploy initiatives that highlight the positive role of dogs and cats in human health in 3 areas:
Search and rescue dogs
Dogs and cats in support of human medical health
Dogs and cats in support of human mental health
An emergency fund has been created for disaster relief.
During the 3 first project cycles, 15 projects have been selected and supported in 12 countries around the world.
Which organizations are eligible for the calls for projects?
The Royal Canin Foundation funds exclusively non-profit organizations of general interest.