Our impact
Every dog rescued, every child educated, every community reached.
This is what your support makes possible.
Six years, and the year just gone
- 6 years serving Vietnam
- 800+ dogs rescued since 2019 60 of them in 2025
- 600+ rehomed since 2019 51 of them in 2025
- 900+ treated since 2019
- 500+ sterilised since 2019
- 1,900+ volunteer visits in 2025
- 250+ volunteers in 2025
- 59 education visits in 2025
Rescue. Rehabilitate. Rehome.
Rescue
At-risk dogs who have been abandoned, abused, or need urgent medical care, from the streets, from slaughterhouses, from impossible situations.
Rehabilitate
Veterinary care, nutrition and love to recover, physically and emotionally. A cage-free shelter gives them space to heal at their own pace.
Rehome
A careful adoption process matches every dog with the right family, in Vietnam and internationally, with support every step of the way.
The people behind the shelter
Four of them, and a shelter of 30 to 40 dogs. Everything on this page runs through these four.
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Elizabeth Homfray
Founder
Started feeding street dogs in 2007, grew a community of 10,000 animal lovers around it, and founded the shelter in 2019.
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Carmen Viteri
Executive Director
Joined in 2020 and built the shelter's day-to-day operation with Elizabeth.
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Shabana Cooke
Community Engagement & Fundraising Manager
Looks after the volunteers, the Care Collective and everyone who turns up to help.
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Ashleigh Casserly
Partnerships & ESG Manager
Works with the businesses and schools who take the shelter's work into the city.
Annual impact reports
Transparency is at the heart of everything we do
Every year we publish a full summary of our work, our impact, and how donations are put to use.
Veterinary outreach
Taking care to where it's needed most
Con Dao Island has limited veterinary resources. In partnership with Six Senses Con Dao, our outreach program brings vaccinations and sterilisations to the island's dogs and cats and helps manage stray populations humanely. Three visits so far, and we're committed to returning.
The organisations we work with
Every one of them works with us on something specific, and each of these pages says what.
- Six Senses Con DaoVeterinary outreach on Con Dao Island
- Seek SophieGuided shelter experiences
- UrbanGlampHomes for our senior residents
What our community says
“Easily one of the best decisions I've ever made. If it wasn't for the volunteers at Laws for Paws, Ollie would still be homeless, or worse.”
“Laws for Paws set us up for a 2-week trial with everything we could need. It's only day 2 but we are in love.”
“The cleanest shelter I have ever visited, and all the puppies are incredibly friendly, which shows how well they are being nurtured and loved.”
In the news
- VnExpress Why are dog meat streets disappearing in Ho Chi Minh City? August 2026
- VnExpress Foreigners Volunteer in Vietnam September 2024
- VnExpress How Australian woman has been lifeline for abandoned dogs in HCMC for 17 years April 2024
- Vietnam News Adopt, Don't Shop: Rising Demand for Pets Heightens Risk of Maltreatment April 2023
- Tuoi Tre News Why Have 2,200 People Petitioned After Pets' Deaths in Saigon's Expat Hub? June 2021
- Vietnam News Documentary Highlights Plight of Abused Animals January 2021
34 supporters, 3 of them new in October 2026
Every figure on this page was paid for by someone. The people below asked to be named. The rest chose not to be, and they count exactly the same.
- Mendy H.
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- Claire B.
- Duc L.
- Priya S.
- Nga P.
- Tom R.
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- Rob D.
- Yen Nhi T.
- Alex W.
- and 18 who chose not to be named
Make a difference today
Whether you donate, adopt, volunteer, or simply share our work, you are part of the change. Quietly. Consistently. Every month.