We are the Association Andreea & Benji's Happy Dogs from Cluj County. Since 2022 we have been pulling abandoned, injured, forgotten dogs off the streets. Today we care for about 90 souls, many of them in former paid shelters, and every month is a fight to be able to pay for them.
We dreamed of a place of our own, where we could keep them safe and also rescue others for whom there was no space left. We put all our savings and borrowed money from friends and bought a modest house in Aghireșu.
On the night of 17 to 18 October 2026, just two weeks after we bought it, the house burned. We hadn’t managed to insure it. I watched our dream turn to ash in a single night. Firefighters say the fire most likely started from an improperly insulated chimney. Fortunately, no dog was injured. But the loans remain, the dogs are left without their home, and winter is coming.
The whole reconstruction costs about €35,000. We want to rebuild it with a metal structure, safer. This page is the first stage: €10,000 for the roof and structure, so the place can be closed and safe before the cold. When we reach that, we’ll open the next stage.
Any amount matters, even 10 lei. On the page we’ll post the invoices and receipts of the reconstruction so you can see with your own eyes where every penny goes. And if you can’t donate, we sincerely ask you: share. For 90 dogs, a share can mean a roof.