Pawkala Social Welfare Foundation

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Pawkala Social Welfare Foundation A registered animal rescue founded by Nilima & Kishore Pokala. We rescue, rehabilitate and rehome dogs and cats in need.

Our work is supported by Barambah Retreat Kennels, where 100% of profits help fund our mission—giving every animal the chance to find

01/10/2026

🐶 12 PUPPIES NEED YOUR HELP! 🐶

Our new arrival puppies are absolutely flying through their food and we are now down to just HALF A BAG of puppy biscuits.

With 12 hungry little mouths to feed, we desperately need some help!

We’re looking for donations of:
🐾 Puppy biscuits
🐾 Human grade beef mince (fatty)
🐾 Wombaroo puppy milk
🐾 Puppy pads
🐾 FOSTER CARERS who can open their homes to one or more of these little pups

If you can donate food or puppy pads, or think you could foster, please TEXT 0437 870 245 📱

Every bag of food, packet of pads and foster home makes a HUGE difference to these babies ❤️

Please share this around too! Someone out there might be able to help 🐶❤️

They Don't Know What a Forever Home Is Yet.They only know the comfort of a warm bed.The sound of a familiar voice.The ge...
01/10/2026

They Don't Know What a Forever Home Is Yet.

They only know the comfort of a warm bed.
The sound of a familiar voice.
The gentle hands that care for them.
The feeling of being safe tonight.

They don’t know that somewhere, there could be a place where they wake up every morning to the same loving face.

A place that is theirs.

They don’t know what it means to be chosen.
They don’t know what “forever” feels like.

But they know how deeply they can love.

And maybe, one day, they’ll finally learn what home means. ❤️

Until then, we keep showing up.
We keep caring.
We keep hoping.

Because every paw matters. 🐾

Could you help give a rescue animal the safe, loving future they’ve been waiting for?

Foster. Sponsor. Donate. Share. Every little act of kindness can bring them closer to the life they deserve.

$1,000 RAISED. ONE STEP CLOSER TO KEEPING REGGIE WITH HIS FAMILY. ❤️HOME ISN’T A COUNTRY. FOR REGGIE, HOME IS HIS FAMILY...
30/09/2026

$1,000 RAISED. ONE STEP CLOSER TO KEEPING REGGIE WITH HIS FAMILY. ❤️
HOME ISN’T A COUNTRY. FOR REGGIE, HOME IS HIS FAMILY.

Home is the baby whose pram he walks beside.
The voices that make him feel safe.
The people he looks for in every room.

Reggie’s family must return from Australia to the United Kingdom because of circumstances beyond their control. Their home is about to change, but the family Reggie belongs to should not.

His safe and legally compliant journey from Sydney to London Heathrow has been formally quoted at AUD $6,301.53.

Thanks to the compassion of our community, AUD $1,000 has already been raised.
We are incredibly grateful to every person who has donated or shared Reggie’s story.

But his journey is not yet fully funded.
AUD $5,301.53 remains to help Reggie stay with the only family he knows and loves.

Your contribution is more than money towards a flight.
It is another step beside the pram.
Another morning with his little boy.
Another family memory with Reggie in it.

❤️ DONATE TO REGGIE’S JOURNEY
BSB: 034036
Account Number: 716815
Account Name: Pawkala Social Welfare Organisatrion Ltd

If you cannot donate today, please share this post. The person who helps complete Reggie’s journey may already be in your network.

Different country. Same family. Reggie belongs with them. ❤️🐾

Imagine Being Scared of the Hands That Are Trying to Help You. You don’t know that they came to make the pain stop.You d...
30/09/2026

Imagine Being Scared of the Hands That Are Trying to Help You.

You don’t know that they came to make the pain stop.
You don’t know that they came with food, medicine, warmth and love.
You only know that you’ve been hurt before.

So you step back.
You hesitate.
You wait.

And someone stays.

They don’t force you.
They don’t give up.
They simply keep showing you that not every hand will hurt.

Slowly, you come closer.
Then a little closer.

Until one day, that hand becomes the hand you trust. ❤️

That is what rescue can look like.
Not just saving a life, but patiently teaching a frightened heart that it is safe to love again.

🐾 If you can, help a rescue animal feel safe — adopt, foster, sponsor, donate, or simply share their story.

Because every paw matters.

THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST POSTS I HAVE EVER HAD TO WRITE. ❤️🐾With speculation circulating about recent events at Baramb...
30/09/2026

THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST POSTS I HAVE EVER HAD TO WRITE. ❤️🐾

With speculation circulating about recent events at Barambah Retreat, I want to clarify what happened.

After we advised of plans to move back onto the property to oversee repairs and animal care, four team members voluntarily resigned on the same day. No one was dismissed, terminated, forced to leave or asked to resign.

Although we had extended notice regarding our plans, the resignations occurred without a handover period, resulting in an unexpected and significant burden on our family at a time when the welfare of dozens of animals depended on continuity of care.

Suddenly, we were caring for more than 30 boarding dogs and cats, along with our rescue animals, while rebuilding an entire team.

There was no pause button. The animals still needed food, medication, exercise, clean spaces and care. We were exhausted, but walking away was never an option.

We postponed or cancelled some bookings. To every family affected, I am genuinely sorry. Continuing without the staff needed to maintain our standards would have been irresponsible.

We chose animal welfare over profit.

During this time, my daughter Niki and I were told to “go back to India.” Those words hurt deeply, but they do not represent the South Burnett community that has overwhelmingly shown us kindness.

Australia is my home. South Burnett is where we are building a future dedicated to animal welfare.

Animals do not care where someone was born. They care about who feeds them, comforts them and refuses to give up on them.

Barambah Retreat is rebuilding. We are recruiting and training a new team, with services returning progressively. Pawkala Animal Welfare will continue rescuing and protecting vulnerable animals.

To everyone who supported us, thank you.

We will learn and grow, but we will never walk away from the animals that need us.
They do not care where we came from. They only care that somebody came for them.

Nilima Pokala
Owner and Director, Barambah Retreat
Founder and Chairperson, Pawkala Animal Welfare

30/09/2026

SHE ARRIVED AS BROOKE. SHE FOUND LOVE AS BINDI. 🧡🐾

At the Pawkala Animal Welfare Charity Gala Dinner, Bindi’s transformation showed us what can happen when compassion refuses to look away.

At only two or three years old, Brooke had already endured more than any animal should.
She was found in a pound weak, underweight and covered in flea bites. Her skin was painful. Her body was exhausted.

She needed veterinary care, nourishing food, safety and time.
Most of all, she needed someone to believe she could heal.
Pawkala Animal Welfare gave her that chance.

With patience, care and kindness, Brooke slowly began to understand that life could be different.
She learned to trust.
She grew stronger.
The fear began to leave her eyes.

Then came the moment every rescuer hopes for.
Brooke found her forever family and became Bindi.
Today, she has the warm bed, safe home and loving family she always deserved.
Her past may explain where her story began, but it does not define where she belongs.

Bindi’s transformation is why rescue matters.
It is why veterinary care matters.
It is why foster carers, adopters, sponsors and donors matter.

Thank you to everyone who made the gala such a moving and successful evening. Your support gives more vulnerable animals the chance to heal, trust and begin again.

Bindi received her second chance.

With your continued support, the next Brooke can become someone’s beloved Bindi too.
Please continue to donate, share our stories and stand with animals waiting to be seen.

Because Every Paw Matters. ❤️🐾

29/09/2026

The Promise
HE MADE A QUIET PROMISE TO THIS BABY: WHEREVER YOU GO, I GO. ❤️🐾

Reggie never needed to be taught how to love his little boy.
He simply stayed close.
Beside the pram.
Near the tiny hands reaching towards him.

Watching, following and protecting with the gentleness that earned him a very important title:
Four-pawed bodyguard.

But now, his family must return from Australia to the UK because of circumstances beyond their control.

The baby will go.
The pram will go.
The voices Reggie trusts and the people he calls home will go.
Reggie needs to go with them.

His safe international relocation has been formally quoted at AUD $6,301.53.

The cost covers his compliant travel crate, export permits, health preparation, boarding, international freight from Sydney to London Heathrow, and UK customs and veterinary clearance.

For a single-income family raising an eight-month-old baby, the cost is more than they can afford alone.
But this family is not alone anymore.

Pawkala Animal Welfare is raising AUD $6,300 to help Reggie keep his place beside the little boy he loves.

630 people.
$10 each.
One promise kept.
One family kept together.

❤️ DONATE TO REGGIE’S JOURNEY
BSB: 034036
Account Number: 716815
Account Name: Pawkala Social Welfare Organisatrion Ltd

Watch for their bond.
Donate for their journey.

Share so Reggie’s story reaches the people who can help bring him home.
Because a bodyguard with four paws should never be left behind. ❤️🐾

Nilima Pokala

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Lawler Street, Chermside
Brisbane, QLD
4032

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