About us
Dahab Cats is a small volunteer-run community non-profit charity in Dahab, a town on the Gulf of Aqaba in South Sinai, Egypt.
Our main focus is to treat sick, injured, vulnerable, abandoned cats and kittens and find forever homes for them. We also have cat hotel fac for owned cats and kittens while their owners are travelling or waiting for their pets to be ready to travel.
Gillian is the founder of Dahab Cats. Retired, and Originally from the UK, she lived and worked as a Change Consultant, around the world before settling in Dahab in 2017. She’d never owned a cat but one day a young lady brought her a tiny kitten that needed saving so she took him in and cared for him. She soon fell in love with his gentle character and loving ways and so started to help more cats and kittens, and went on to establish a sanctuary to care for sick, injured and vulnerable cats and kittens.
There are now 2 sanctuaries in the Assalah area of Dahab; one is run by a team of volunteers from around the world who come to work between 2 and 6 weeks and one is managed by Gillian with support from part time volunteers.
Ahmed is the Egyptian housekeeper who oversees both places when Gillian is away. His responsibilities include keeping the houses clean and keeping cleaning products and medication in stock.
Anas is the medical manager and together with Gillian he trains new volunteers and is always available for questions or problems. His responsibilities include making injured or sick cats better, which includes administering injections, syrups and creams.
Laura is our marketing specialist. Her responsibilities include keeping the website, social media channels up to date and providing medical schedules that Anas uses for his medical shifts. She’s also doing the recruitment for new volunteers (interviews etc.).
Francis & Gillian are doing the fundraising programms and many more!
We heavily depend upon donations and all funds raised go directly to helping the cats and kittens that come into our care.
