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JAAN stands for Jakarta Animal Aid Network. Our mission & goal is to improve the welfare of all animals throughoutIndonesia, in whatever way we can.

We constantly dedicate our entire time to better the situations for our beloved animals. Unlike most shelters, none of the animals that we rescue are caged as we believe this is defeating the whole purpose. All animals are roaming free at our headquarters or are in very large enclosures. Some animals need to be temporarily caged for example quarantine or are healing after an operation but even then all cages are still probably bigger then your room with many toys & constant interaction to keep the animal mentally stimulated.

We are a complete grass roots, non profit organisation with a small team that recieves very limited help from the government so your donation really makes a different to us!

We were founded in January 2008 by Femke den Haas, Karin Franken & Natalie Stewart. 3 ladies who thought not enough was being done regarding the well being of animals in Indonesia. So they decided to create their own platform that people were able to contact when having questions/reports etc. regarding animal welfare.

Our staff count is reasonably small considering all our projects & comparing to other organisations, as we want to keep it small & intact to ensure all projects are followed through. We have over 30+ animal loving people involved including veterinarians, volunteers & employees.

Our maing source of funds & support is from individual donations. We sometimes recieve support from schools/companies/local organizations that are interested in a program/campagn in particular or also from other international animal charities.

We have very limited work which is hands-on with animals due to the fact that the animals we get are often traumatized & are healing, which makes them unsafe for kids/students to help with. Our volunteers also need initiative & are able to work independently as we are a very small team & have no staff available to provide a lot of supervision.

However, we DO often need volunteers in the following areas; fundraising, soliciting & coordinating donations, media contacts, organizing/assisting specific events, doing educational outreach & finding foster homes.

JAAN has very limited work which is hands-on with animals.

If you think you can help JAAN in any of the areas listed above please send an email to us & we’ll get in touch with you to understand your time commitments. JAAN LOVES ITS VOLUNTEERS!

Thanks for wondering! There are numerous ways to help us. Check out our DONATE page!

Indonesia does have an animal welfare act, KUKP Pasal 302. Although this ‘act’ has unfortunately never been updated since 1930. We still strive to use this law to end various cruelty to animals cases.

We also fully support Indonesia’s commitment to enforcing the National Law No. 5 made in 1990 that prohibits the trade in protected wildlife.

We constantly keep striving for the Government to create new laws & update the old as this would make many cruelty cases towards animals illegal!