- About our association
Animal welfare that brings people together.
We are a young animal welfare association that connects people, ideas, and opportunities. Together, we create meaningful support for animals and strengthen dedicated animal welfare organizations.
- Achieving More Together
- Creating New Opportunities
- Mission & Vision
It all began with a simple question: How can support reach the right places more reliably?
Many people want to help animals. At the same time, animal shelters and welfare organizations often lack time, visibility, and reliable resources.
Pawdare was created to bridge this gap. As a young association, we bring together people, ideas, and opportunities so that compassion becomes meaningful help.
We grow step by step, listen carefully, and develop solutions together that provide support today and create lasting impact.
- Recognize and understand real needs
- Make support simple and transparent
- Build connections that last
We bring support to where it is needed most.
Committed individuals, animal welfare organizations, and responsible partners come together to make needs visible and ensure that support reaches the right places in a targeted, transparent, and reliable way.
- Understand needs and make them visible
- Connect supporters with animal welfare organizations
- Make support transparent and sustainable
A future in which no animal is overlooked and no one has to help alone.
A strong community shares knowledge, opportunities, and responsibility. This creates reliable networks that strengthen animal welfare organizations and enable more people to make a meaningful difference.
- Faster support when animals urgently need it
- Strong networks for sustainable animal welfare
- More people sharing responsibility together
- Our Team
Different strengths. Shared values. One goal.
Behind Pawdare are people with different experiences, ideas, and strengths. What unites us is the belief that sustainable animal welfare is built on responsibility, compassion, and genuine collaboration.
Compassion
We see not only the need, but also the animals and people behind every situation.
Responsibility
We act reliably, make thoughtful decisions, and stand by what we promise.
Togetherness
We listen, share knowledge, and develop solutions together that create lasting impact.
Maria Ignat
Started Pawdare with one question she could not stop asking. Today she leads the vision, strategy, and every decision that shapes what this platform becomes.
Andreas Fries
Leads the development of Pawdare. Every feature you use, every screen that loads- that is his work.
Daniel Fries
Builds the things that make Pawdare work. Quietly. Reliably. Every day.
Mihai Ignat
Builds the relationships that make Pawdare real: with clinics, partners, and organisations across Europe who share the same belief.
Ioana Andrei
Makes sure everything we build reaches the right people, stands up legally, and delivers on what we promise. She is the reason we can be trusted.
Adely Bulatova
Shapes how Pawdare speaks to the world. She is the voice behind every post, every story, every campaign.
Nikolai Soustin
Thinks in strategies. He asks the hard questions early so we build the right thing, not just the fast thing.
Arina Kalchenko
Is the first person our users reach when they need help. She makes sure no one feels alone with a problem.
Svetlana Tarasevich
Takes care of the people who take care of their pets. She is the heart of the Pawdare community.
- Creating greater reach together
Awareness can make a difference too.
Support does not always begin with a donation. Share our work, connect people, or launch new initiatives with us so that help can reach more animals and animal welfare organizations.
Join community
Stay connected with our work, gain insights into current projects, and discover meaningful ways to get personally involved.
Support a Project
Support specific animal welfare projects with a donation, your reach, or your own resources. Together, we bring help to where it is needed most.
Share Our Mission
Help make our work more visible and tell your friends, family, or network about Pawdare. Every shared post can reach new supporters.
- Guides for Pet Owners
Knowledge. For a Better Life Together.
On our blog, we share knowledge, experiences and stories about your pets’ health and well-being.

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