ROLDA UK activity consists of fundraising and rehoming of Romanian dogs in British homes (including transport of these dogs to UK)
ROLDA is an internationally supported charity working in Romania to efficiently solve the appalling problem of the country’s millions of homeless animals. Our keys focuses are rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming dogs and cats from our private shelters, but we also offer practical help and education locally to low-income pet owners. ROLDA campaigns nationally for animal rights and provides humanit
arian aid during disasters like the war in Ukraine. ROLDA UK is a small charity acting as “supporting organization” for the partner charity ROLDA Romania, the “global entity” to:
• raise awareness and financial support for ROLDA Romania for animals in need and for the poor Romanian communities struggling to look after their pets responsibly;
• find homes for rescue dogs by ROLDA Romania team, alongside compiling applications for grants to sustain our work;
• support other programs and campaigns initiated by ROLDA Romania, including providing Worldwide aid to animals and their people located in areas affected by natural of humane made disasters e.g. the war in Ukraine;
• build a network of fosters careers in order to bring dogs over for people to meet before they make a decision and also as a back-up for any unsuccessful adoptions.
11/07/2025
Tina was wandering the streets of Ukraine, starving, exhausted and carrying a huge tumour on her fragile body.
We searched for days, and just when hope was running out, our ROLDA Hero, Inessa found her.
She could barely lift her head. We rushed her to the clinic where vets are now doing everything they can to stabilise her.
Right now, Tina is too weak for surgery, but she’s not alone anymore.
With your help, she has a chance to live the life she was denied.
Help us show this sweet girl what real love feels like 🥹
If you'd like to help cover her ongoing care, please make a donation today: https://rolda.org/donate/
10/07/2025
🐾 Could your pet be our first-ever ROLDA Pet of the Month? ✨
Entries are officially open, and we’re on the lookout for one extra-special dog or cat to feature as our July star! 🌟
Whether they’re a rescue hero, a mischief-maker, or just the best snuggle buddy around, we want to celebrate them 💛
Here are the details 👇🏼
🌍 Open globally
📸 Winner will be featured on our website and social media and you'll win a cute pet bandanna!
🗓️ Entries close on 30th July and the winner will be announced by 15th August
🏆 Ultimate bragging rights included
Cristina was rescued from a steel plant where she was living in a loud, dangerous environment.
Life hasn’t been easy, and she’s still a little unsure around strangers. But once she feels safe, she quietly blossoms into the sweetest, softest girl who loves gentle affection and calm company.
She’s been waiting in the shelter for years, quietly hoping someone would see her. Maybe that someone is you?
💛 Cristina is available for adoption or sponsorship. Learn more: https://sponsoradog.rolda.org/dog/cristina/
📍Adoptions available in the UK, Sweden, and USA (under certain conditions).
08/07/2025
☕ One of our incredible ROLDA friends recently hosted a Coffee Day in Bucharest and donated 10% of the day’s sales to help animals in need at ROLDA 💛
It was a beautiful event made possible with the help of our team member Delia, and it’s proof that meaningful impact can start right in your local community!
These community-led events might seem small, but they create real change, and we’d love to see more of them, whether you’re in Romania, the UK, the US, or anywhere in the world.
💡 Want to host a fundraiser in your community? A dog walk, bake sale, or even a coffee morning like this? Send us a message, we'd love to hear from you 💛🐾
06/07/2025
Remember sweet Masyanya? She was hit by a car, and then shot, leaving her paralysed but she’s still fighting...
Masyanya has been through more pain than most of us could imagine.
After surviving a car accident and beginning to heal, she was found by one of our ROLDA Heroes, injured again, this time from a gunshot wound. 💔
She can’t walk right now, but she’s not giving up, and neither are we.
Now in foster care with our trusted ROLDA Hero, Ruslana, she’s receiving the love, therapy, and time she needs to begin her long road to recovery.
Whether she walks again or not, Masyanya is safe and loved ❤️🩹
💛 If you'd like to help cover her ongoing care, please make a donation today: https://rolda.org/donate/
Remember the poor dog who was involved in a car accident, healed and than she was discovered injured after being shot?Yesterday, we took her from the clinic....
05/07/2025
🚨 Day 3 of our Founder, Dana’s, journey through Ukraine...
After more than 1,300km on the road, Dana spent the final day of her trip meeting two remarkable ROLDA Heroes, Irina and Alex, in Zaporizhzhia.
Together, we:
🐾 Delivered food for the cats and dogs in their care
🐾 Visited a clinic treating a kitten with partial paralysis, who is now fighting for her future
🐾 Reunited with some of the very first animals ROLDA supporters helped save when the war broke out
While every stop on this trip was heartbreaking, it was also filled with so much hope, seeing the impact we can have together when we show up for those who need it most ❤️🩹
Right now, our friends at are boosting your donations by 50%, but only for a limited time.
Today we’re celebrating 19 years since ROLDA USA first began supporting vulnerable animals in Romania and beyond.
From emergency rescues to shelter upgrades, adoptions to education, our US community has played a vital role in bringing second chances to thousands of animals in need.
💙 Thank you to every supporter, fosterer, volunteer, and team member, past and present, who has been part of this journey. Your compassion fuels our mission every single day.
As we look ahead to year 20, we’re more committed than ever to expanding our impact, and we’re so grateful to have you with us.
Here's to the next chapter of second chances for vulnerable animals 🐾
03/07/2025
🚨 On Day 2 of her 1,300km journey across Ukraine, our founder Dana headed straight into the ruins of Kupiansk, a once-bustling city now devastated by war.
Alongside our Ukrainian ROLDA Hero, Ruslan, she helped reunite two beloved cats with their owner after two years apart, transported newly rescued animals to safety, and delivered food and aid to those still holding on in the hardest-hit regions ❤️🩹
💛 These are not just supply drops, they’re lifelines, made possible by people like you.
Right now, our friends at are boosting your donations by 50%, but only for a limited time.
🚨 Our Founder, Dana, recently travelled more than 1,300km across war-torn Ukraine delivering aid, reuniting families, and rescuing animals in desperate need.
Since the war broke out, we have been working with ROLDA Heroes in Ukraine to provide immediate rescue support, medical treatment and resources to the innocent animals impacted by this terrible conflict.
From Galati to Mykolaiv, Poltava to Kharkiv, Dana met with a rescue we support, delivered 400kg of food for senior dogs, and visited their new shelter site after military restrictions forced them to relocate... and that's just day one of this journey!
Every step of this journey was only possible thanks to people like you.
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Right now, for a limited time, our friends at are matching donations by 50% to support our work in Ukraine.
📍Please note: We can currently only accommodate adoptions in the UK, Sweden, and the US (under certain conditions).
28/06/2025
Drop a '💛' in the comments if you think Blanca would make the perfect cuddle buddy! 🥹
She was found sick, scared, and alone on the streets of Galați but everything changed the day a kind ROLDA Hero brought her to safety.
She’s quiet at first, a little shy, a little unsure. But give her a chance, and she’ll melt right into you, craving gentle pets and curling up for cuddles.
Now, all Blanca wants is a warm, loving home to call her own. Think that could be with you? 🐶💛
📍We can only accommodate adoptions in the UK, Sweden, and the US (under certain conditions).
Today we’re celebrating Nic, ROLDA’s amazing Social Media Assistant and community champion! 💙🐾
If you’ve ever liked, commented, or shared one of our posts, Nic has likely been behind the scenes helping bring our stories to life.
From scheduling content across our channels to responding to your kind comments and messages, Nic keeps our online community connected and thriving.
When she’s not supporting ROLDA’s mission, Nic's home is also a mini animal haven, shared with dogs, ferrets, rabbits, and guinea pigs, all rescued and deeply loved 🐶🐰🦔
Nic, we’re so grateful for the heart you bring to our mission and everything you do to support our rescue work. Help us wish her the happiest birthday in the comments! 🎂💌🎉
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ROLDA mission is to save responsibly, efficiently and humanely the strays and abused animals in Romania.
It all began with Printz, the German Shepherd Dana found abandoned in her local park. He had been in a dog fight and was terribly wounded. Dana carried him back to her parent’s apartment where, with love and rehabilitation, he made a full recovery. Due to aggressive behaviour from his many dog fights, Dana was unable to personally rescue another dog until he passed in 2002, but saving this soul sparked a desire to help more suffering strays and she worked tirelessly to persuade friends and family to lend her their homes and gardens to provide safe shelter for any stray that needed her.
Dana, only speaking Romanian and a stranger to the computer, began building the foundations of ROLDA, quickly identifying international countries as a life saving source of support. ROLDA started as a small group, with a very modest website but enough to start fundraising. In 2005 Dana attended a Dog’s Trust shelter management course in London and ROLDA build their first set of kennels while keeping the highly regarded UK model in mind. This model insulated dogs from the bitter Romania winter and gave them comfort where they previously had none.
With sheer determination to help the millions of stray dogs in her country and in collaboration with the largest steel producer in Europe, Dana organised the build of a large, modern shelter, capable of housing up to 700 dogs. ROLDA’s shelters have been an example to other Romanian animal rescue organisations and have attracted visitors from far and wide.
It started with Printz The rest, as they say, is history.
