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.

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.

Our Mission

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.

Our Vision

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.

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.

Co-founder
Co-founder & CTO

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.

Developer

Mihai Ignat

Builds the relationships that make Pawdare real: with clinics, partners, and organisations across Europe who share the same belief.

Co-founder
Co-founder

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.

Marketing
Co-founder

Nikolai Soustin

Thinks in strategies. He asks the hard questions early so we build the right thing, not just the fast thing.

Support

Arina Kalchenko

Is the first person our users reach when they need help. She makes sure no one feels alone with a problem.

Community

Svetlana Tarasevich

Takes care of the people who take care of their pets. She is the heart of the Pawdare community.

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.

Knowledge. For a Better Life Together.

On our blog, we share knowledge, experiences and stories about your pets’ health and well-being.

Stay up to date with Pawdare.

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