SAVA Community Veterinary Clinics

SAVA Community Veterinary Clinics www.savacvc.co.za | SAVA-CVC supports responsible pet ownership and support vets providing services to animals from lower income communities.

Professional vets provide vaccinations, deworming and tick & flea treatments as well as sterilizations. In South Africa there are unfortunately no state run veterinary hospitals or clinics. The South African Veterinary Association (SAVA) supports responsible pet ownership and understands the importance of the human animal bond. The SAVA therefore established Community Veterinary Clinics (CVC) to a

ssist disadvantaged pet owners with basic animal health care. The South African Veterinary Association Community Veterinary Clinics (SAVA CVC) is a project where private veterinarians donate their time and skills to render primary veterinary services to disadvantaged communities or those who have no access to veterinary services. Our main activity is primary health care: vaccinations, parasite control and sterilisations. We also put a lot of emphasis on educating pet owners about basic care of their pets: general health, prevention of dog bites, nutrition, training, etc. Our booklet "Your best Friend" is available in 7 official languages (English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu, Setswana, Xhosa and Tsonga). These booklets are distributed countrywide, as we hope to reach as many people as possible. CVC involvement is intended to address needs expressed by the community. We are not in favour of going into communities and insisting on performing procedures and treatments on peoples' pets regardless of whether the owners agrees with what needs to be done, or has given consent for the procedures. This is not SAVA CVC's mandate or policy. The CVC clinics must take a long term, sustainable approach, ensuring the community's understanding, acceptance and co-operation care. Seldom is there immediate co-operation on all aspects. However, with time and patience, most communities come to value our services, and will accept all aspects, including sterilisation. All CVC workers assist at the clinics on a voluntary basis. We try to involve the community as much as possible and to establish partners instead of charities within communities. We believe in the importance of growing and sustaining partnerships with communities. The SAVA CVC plays a vital role in community development. To be relevant in a country with such overwhelming human need, animal welfare should have a humanitarian impact. It is a long-established fact that there is a direct relationship between animal cruelty and violence within communities. Access to basic veterinary services and humane education of children creates empathy for others, through the fostering of respect for life, creating a culture of caring and empathy for all beings. This is a vital ingredient in the building of a nation.

John Moore CVC – Supporting Access to Sterilisation ServicesWhen SAVA-CVC has funds available from activities in the pre...
21/08/2026

John Moore CVC – Supporting Access to Sterilisation Services

When SAVA-CVC has funds available from activities in the previous financial year, the directors authorise sponsorships for projects that support the community veterinary clinics within the SAVA-CVC network. This year, one of the clinics selected for support was John Moore CVC, which provides affordable veterinary services, including sterilisation, to low-income communities in and around Robertson in the Western Cape.

Many of the communities served by John Moore CVC face a significant barrier to accessing veterinary care: lack of reliable transport. In Nkqubela, outside Robertson, many pet owners do not have access to their own transport and therefore cannot easily bring their cats and dogs to the clinic for sterilisation.

To help address this barrier, SAVA-CVC sponsored secure travel crates for the programme. Cats and dogs can now be safely collected from Nkqubela, transported to the John Moore CVC operating facility, and returned to their owners at the end of the day. This enables animals to access essential sterilisation services without their owners having to find or afford transport to the clinic.

SAVA-CVC also sponsored additional sterilisation kits, increasing the clinic's surgical capacity. With sufficient equipment available, two veterinary surgeons can work simultaneously, allowing more animals to be sterilised during each campaign.

The sponsorship therefore addresses two important constraints at the same time: transport and surgical capacity. By providing the equipment needed to safely transport animals and increasing the number of surgical kits available, SAVA-CVC is helping John Moore CVC reach more animals in low-income communities and make sterilisation services more accessible to owners who would otherwise struggle to access them.

This is an example of how SAVA-CVC's available funds can be reinvested into community veterinary services in a practical way, strengthening the capacity of local clinics while directly improving access to essential veterinary care for underserved communities.

The South African Veterinary Association Community Veterinary Clinics (SAVA-CVC) supports veterinarians who provide esse...
23/07/2026

The South African Veterinary Association Community Veterinary Clinics (SAVA-CVC) supports veterinarians who provide essential primary veterinary care to animals in low-income communities. By making veterinary care accessible, our clinics help prevent many of the situations that animal welfare organisations and shelters are later forced to respond to.

In 2025, Woolworths rebranded MySchool to MyDifference. While the programme remains a wonderful way to support charities, they have discarded all the supporters that SAVA-CVC had signed up over the years.

You now need to reselect your chosen charity through the Woolworths app. Your previous selection did not carry over automatically.

If you would like to continue supporting SAVA-CVC, it's quick and easy:

Open the Woolworths app (or download it and register if you haven't already).

Follow the simple steps shown in the attached images to select SAVA-CVC as your chosen cause.

Your support helps us continue providing affordable veterinary care, improving animal welfare, and supporting the dedicated veterinarians who serve communities most in need.

Thank you for choosing SAVA-CVC and for making a real difference in the lives of animals and the people who care for them.

We have 8 cats and 137 dogs waiting for their sterilisations to be subsidized! Raven is the dog that has been waiting l...
22/07/2026

We have 8 cats and 137 dogs waiting for their sterilisations to be subsidized!

Raven is the dog that has been waiting longest for his sterilisation! If you want to help to have Raven sterilised, please go to: https://www.savacvc.co.za/campaigns/raven-johannes-geduld/

To browse our full list of cats and dogs waiting for sterilisations, please go to https://www.savacvc.co.za/sponsor-a-pet-sterilisation/?area=&species=&status=publish

Please remember that all animal owners have to pay something towards the sterilisation. You will also get an 18A tax deductible certificate for your sponsorship!

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19/06/2026
We currently have 90 cats and dogs nominated for sterilisation and Raven was nominated in January already!If you can spo...
08/06/2026

We currently have 90 cats and dogs nominated for sterilisation and Raven was nominated in January already!

If you can sponsor a cat or dog for sterilisation please go to https://www.savacvc.co.za/sponsor-a-pet-sterilisation/ where you can browse our list to "click & pay".

Thank you so much for your continued support!

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