29/09/2026
Wanted to post this yesterday, but better late than never ✨
28th September — World Rabies Day. 💉🌍
And this year, Diu witnessed something truly historic — something that, to our knowledge, had never been achieved before in Diu. 🙌🏻
In just 2 months, Rainbow Animal Aid privately vaccinated 1,000+ community dogs against Rabies. 💪🏻🐾
No catcher.
No dedicated vaccination team.
Not even a single volunteer.
Just three hoomans who refused to stop. 🧍🏻♂️🧍♀️🧍🏻♂️
Through the ongoing heat wave, heavy rains and storms, we kept going — because Rabies prevention cannot wait for perfect weather or perfect circumstances.
But this mission didn’t begin this year.
Since 2019, Rainbow Animal Aid has been working for Rabies prevention in Diu on a small scale, year after year, privately and at our own expense.
And this year, we decided to take it a step further.
We set ourselves one goal:
**1,000 community dogs.
2 months.
No excuses.**
And today, we can proudly say —
WE DID IT. ❤️🔥
To our knowledge, never before in Diu’s history had 1,000 community dogs been vaccinated against Rabies through one focused campaign — and there had never been a dedicated anti-Rabies vaccination drive of this scale.
1,000 vaccinations.
1,000 community dogs protected.
And potentially thousands of people and animals safer because of it. 🐾💉
But this milestone doesn’t belong to us alone.
It belongs to every local feeder, caregiver and community member who helped us identify these dogs, feed them, hold them, calm them, keep an eye on them and make vaccination possible.
YOU are the real heroes. 🤝🏻❤️
A vaccinated community dog isn’t just a protected animal.
It is a layer of protection for the entire community.
And this is why vaccination, awareness and responsible population management matter far more than fear, cruelty or relocation.
From the first few vaccinations in 2019
to 1,000+ vaccinated dogs in just two months in 2026 —
this has been a journey of persistence, not privilege.
Thank you to everyone who stood with us, believed in this mission and helped us keep going.
**1,000 done.