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Shelter of Light 📍 QC, Philippines
😸 Focused on Felines
💛 Animal Welfare, Education, and Mental Health Advocate ✨ What is SoL?

Shelter of Light is an independent rescue located in Quezon City, Philippines. Established on November 20, 2020, it was created by a young woman as supported by her family. Shelter of Light cares for different animals, but has a prime focus on cats, especially the following: neonates, mama cats, special needs, semi-ferals, and those with existing illnesses. Currently residing only in a family home

, SoL’s dream is to someday build a sanctuary that will extend help to more animals in need. Shelter of Light, together with animal welfare, also greatly advocates for education and mental health.

🌈 Mission
Shelter of Light aims to rescue and rehabilitate abandoned and neglected animals, with a primary focus on cats, especially neonates, mama cats, special needs, semi-ferals, and those with existing illnesses. We strive to provide a safe and loving environment to these animals, giving them the necessary medical care, food, shelter, and love they require to thrive. Through our advocacies of animal welfare, mental health, and education, we aim to raise awareness and inspire compassion towards all living beings.

🔭 Vision
Our vision at Shelter of Light is to create a community where all animals are treated with the love and respect that they deserve. We strive to be one of the leading forces in animal welfare and advocacy and in providing a safe haven for animals in need. Our ultimate goal is to build a sanctuary that will accommodate more animals and expand our reach, enabling us to help more and promote a culture of kindness and compassion towards animals and humans alike. We envision a society where people are educated and inspired to care for animals, and where the bond between humans and animals is strengthened and celebrated.

27/03/2025

LF: Additional sources of income/Feasible ideas for additional sources of income

One of the 10 babies my brother found that was put on a box that was heavily taped was diagnosed with a tumor (possible cancer). I'm not sure how I'll manage with my thesis subject (I have other subjs as well, full-time work our Hapag, and SoL, but I'll do my best. For ideas, leads, kindly PM me. Please be kind to me. Thank youuu!

27/03/2025

📣URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR THE CATS AND DOGS OF SOL📣

Hi, everyone. I am not sure if this post of ours will be noticed or even seen since our engagement recently has been very low, and we are not anymore appearing on a lot of people's news feed, but I want to take a chance again. Every time I post, I hope. I hope that we will be noticed. I also sincerely apologize if the recent posts are more on asking for help. I had to do it, also because of our engagement issue. I am working with student volunteers already to improve our posts starting April.

As it is, we have ran out of a lot of supplies. We are down to our last sack of cat litter and the canned wet food will only last until tomorrow. We have even ran out of syringes, vitamins, and other needs. We have a P20K balance to our supplier before we can order, and we have to pay as much as we can to our vet this week to minimize our P200k+ balance, especially because we have 3 cats confined right now (I'll post in detail about this by tomorrow).

Regardless of how things are right now, I am really still hoping that we can keep on. I hope that our difference and efforts are enough so we can keep on. A shot to the moon probably, but miracles do happen, don't they?

To those interested to help SoL,
💛 Gcash/Paymaya: 09772119959 (Rosemarie A)
💛 Paypal: [email protected]
💛 BDO: Kindly PM us for details.

We also accept in-kind donations and direct payments to our vet, just PM us for details. If you can interact and share our posts as well, even to your family, friends, coworkers, etc, that would mean so much to us po. Salamat!

26/03/2025

🎓 Help This Girl Complete Her Research! (With a Little Help From Animals)

As many of you know, I’m working towards my BS Education Studies degree, and part of my journey is completing my research project. Since animal welfare has been such a big part of my life, I wanted my study to reflect that. My research focuses on how involvement with animals and animal welfare impacts the mental health of tertiary students in the Philippines.

Through Shelter of Light, I’ve seen how caring for animals can be life-changing, not just for them, but for the people who help them too. I know many students out there feel the same way, and I want to tell that story. That’s why I need your help!

I’m looking for student-led animal welfare organizations in colleges and universities. If you’re part of one, or if you know any, please comment their page link below or message me so I can reach out!

Who I’m Looking For:
💛 College/university student organizations
💛 Actively involved in animal welfare
💛 At least 5 active members

What’s Involved?
💛 An online survey
💛 Optional interviews with org leaders/members

This research isn’t just another school project. It’s an opportunity to show how animal welfare work positively impacts student mental health and to create something that could help more students in the future (I'm doing an Instructional Design for Animal-Assisted Interventions after this!)

So please, if you know of a student org that fits, drop their link in the comments or send me a message. Your help would mean the world to me! Thank you!

24/03/2025

Bebe March, the kitten we found yesterday had to be confined. Probably due to her having to spend her early life at the streets, she's very immunocompromised at the moment. Her vet found fleas as well as eggs of worms upon examination. She's currently eating though so we are hoping for the best. Please pray for March and we are also knocking on your hearts for her vet bills. Help us help March 🙏

23/03/2025

Hi, everyone. Before the day ends, I just want to express my sincerest gratitude for all your kindness. We have such a long way to go to be able to complete the needs for next week and forward payments to our vet as well as pay our balance to our supplier, but thank you really for all of you. Thank you for noticing SoL even if it is but a small effort. Thank you for believing in me and in what we do here. Thank you for seeing me and SoL.

Most of you do not know me personally. Some of you, I haven't even talked with yet. But here you are, supporting SoL. I couldn't overstate how much that means to me.

As someone whose joy is admittedly very fragile and whose heart falters here and there, your kindness has been an immense source of light to me. There are days when I doubt so much if we will really be able to keep on. I am not rich, we do not have any connections of any sort. All I do is try my best. But you all cheer me on any way.

I have huge dreams for SoL. I am working hard, and will continue to work hard for them. Thank you for being with us as I do.

Just thank you to all of you. May all your days be blessed.

Always,
Rosie

23/03/2025

❗️URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR THIS KITTEN WE NAMED MARCH. HELP US GIVE MARCH A FIGHTING CHANCE❗️

Hi, everyone. This kitten was at the corner of our street today. I saw her/him (we haven't checked the gender yet) trying to eat the scraps from the trash which were mainly just spoiled rice. My brother said he actually saw this kitten already when it was much smaller, and the kitten was doing her/his best to survive amongst a pack of full-grown dogs in the same area.

We have brought March to to be assessed and checked. Please help us help March. We need to raise at least P5k so we need not add to the current vet bills that we are still paying. Your kindness will mean so much to us.

💛 Gcash / Paymaya - 09772119959
💛 Paypal - [email protected]
💛 BDO - Kindly PM us.

Hope you can notice SoL as we have had very minimal engagement and subsequent help recently.

23/03/2025

📢 URGENT: Protect Quezon City’s Community Cats! 🐾

For years, dedicated volunteers in Quezon City have worked tirelessly to humanely manage the community cat population through Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR) programs. These cats are sterilized, vaccinated, and cared for—making them healthier and ensuring no more kittens are born on the streets.

However, despite these efforts, community-managed cats remain at risk of being indiscriminately caught and impounded due to the lack of clear legal protections. Recent actions have highlighted the urgent need to ensure that TNVR’d cats are not treated the same as unsterilized strays.

These cats are not strays. They are part of a humane, carefully managed program that reduces overpopulation, prevents disease, and fosters peaceful coexistence. Impounding them undermines years of volunteer work, wastes public resources, and ultimately harms both the animals and our community.

We are calling on Mayor Joy Belmonte and the Quezon City Government to enact clear policies that safeguard TNVR’d cats from being caught or impounded. These cats deserve the right to live safely in the communities where they are monitored and cared for.

Take Action:

Email or message Mayor Joy Belmonte ([email protected]) and Quezon City officials asking for strong legal protection for TNVR’d community cats.

Tag Quezon City government social media accounts and politely call for policies that support humane, volunteer-driven TNVR programs.

Share this post to spread awareness. Our collective voice matters!

Together, let’s make Quezon City a true leader in compassionate, effective animal welfare.

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22/03/2025

I finished binge-watching The Good Place this week and towards the end of the series, Eleanor and Chidi discussed what death is like.

Chidi says, "Picture a wave in the ocean. You can see it, measure it - its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through - and it's there, and you can see it, and you know what it is: it's a wave. And then it crashes on the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be for a little while...the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from, where it's supposed to be."

This quote made me bawled, because it is true. When death comes, you think, "Ah, they're now completely gone. It's the end.", and that breaks you because death never takes with it the love we feel towards those we lost. That love is still there, but you are not sure what to do with it, where to place it.

And then the grief creeps in. You feel it in the most mundane moments. When I check the rescues one by one, my mind still includes the name of those we recently lost.

The thing is, though, that they are never completely gone. Indeed, they went back to where they came from, where they are now supposed to be, but the days we spent with them and the love we gave are ingrained in my mind and heart.

When you lose someone, especially a pet, people want you to immediately move on. But as someone who has went through so much death and grief, both with people and animals, I am telling you, you do not need to move on. You are the one who feels that pain and never let anyone judge you for it. It was not just someone, it was not just a cat or a dog. You are not obligated to move on.

Move forward instead. Move forward with the memories you shared with those you lost and the love that remains here even though they are not with you anymore. Let those fuel you to be a better person, to help more, and to love more.

And as Michael says, towards the end of The Good Place, as well, "I'll say this to you, my friend, with all the love in my heart and all the wisdom of the universe: take it sleazy."

(Pictured is Mama Gem and Diamond, her daughter, on the former's last day.)

22/03/2025

Last 2 pouches 🥺 We use these pouches for the kittens, those without or minimal teeth, seniors, etc. Hope you can spare even a little. They prefer Whiskas Jr Tuna but we would also accept Goodest, Royal Canin, etc. We also accept inkind donations. Kindly PM us for the details. Thank you po!

21/03/2025

🐾 URGENT HELP NEEDED: SPONSOR A CANNED WET FOOD TODAY! HELP US FEED & CARE FOR OUR RESCUES! 🐾

Imagine starting your day with 76 cats and 18 dogs eagerly waiting for their meal, their eyes full of hope and trust. That’s our reality every single morning.

Right now, we need 112 cans of wet food for our cats (₱72 per can) and 28 cans for our dogs (₱50 per can) every single week.

One can. One meal. Lots of happy and healthy cats and dogs.

But food is just one part of their care. They also need vitamins to stay strong, cat litter to keep their space clean, and even basic cleaning supplies to prevent illness. Even your spare change makes a difference. Every small act of kindness keeps them safe, healthy, and thriving.

WHAT YOU CAN SPONSOR:

🍗 FOOD & MEALS
🐱 Cat Wet Food – ₱72 per can (112 cans per week)
🐶 Dog Wet Food – ₱50 per can (28 cans per week)
🍼 Whiskas Jr. – ₱39 per pouch (5 pouches per day)
🍚 Rice for dogs – ₱50 per kilo (2 kilos per day)
🥩 Boiled chicken breast & veggies – We prepare this fresh for them!

💊 VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS
🛡️ Pet Probiotics – ₱200 per bottle (7 per week)
🍊 Prefolic Cee – ₱225 per bottle (7 per week)
💖 Nacalvit C – ₱165 per bottle (7 per week)
🦠 Immunol/Black Armour – ₱600 per bottle (4 per week)

🧼 CLEANING SUPPLIES
🚿 Bleach
🗑️ Trash Bags
🧽 Detergents
🌿 Disinfectants

Even if you can only give one can, one bottle, or one sack, you’re already making a huge impact. You’re giving them a meal, a clean space, a fighting chance.

HOW TO HELP:
💛 Gcash/Paymaya: 09772119959 (Rosemarie A)
💛 Paypal: [email protected]
💛 BDO: Kindly PM us for details.

Please don’t scroll past this. Be the reason a rescue eats today. We also accept in-kind help. Thank you!

21/03/2025

Thank you so much to Art Camp and Brgy. Pawmayanan!

20/03/2025

"Si pangit at si pogi."

This is how my brother endearingly calls Meteor and Mutya.

Meteor is one of our senior cats. Ever since he arrived to us years back from the pound with Lolo Rocket and Eclipse, he has been curiously "dirty-looking". We have tried everything to get him looking more clean. Even the dogs help in cleaning him. But he always looks more rugged compared to the other cats. He also has patches of skin that I think were burned so parts of his fur never grew back. His remaining teeth are also in disarray.

Mutya, on the other hand, is one of the cleanest and most good-looking cats we have, without a doubt. Mutya, after all, spends most of his time eating, looking for other cats to be angry at, and then cleaning himself.

Meteor and Mutya are on different ends of the spectrum when it comes to appearance. However, the love we have for them has never been more or less than the other. We deem them all as deserving, regardless of what they look like.

It's too idealistic, I know, but I hope more people also see that the value of a cat or a dog should never be equated or dependent on how they look like. Sadly, a lot of puspins are strays because of people wanting pets only for the aesthetic. When such pets or animals end up looking unsuitable for said aesthetic, they deem them as less.

All in all, I hope that more of us notice and love not just the Mutyas, but also the Meteors.

20/03/2025

❗️URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR THE SOL RESCUES. WE ARE DOWN TO THE LAST P300 OF OUR FUNDS❗️

Hi, everyone! We are hoping to knock on your hearts for the supplies of the SoL cats and dogs for the remaining weeks of March (and hopefully for the start of April).

We have received less than P2k since the last call for help, which we already used to buy meds for the cats. We badly need your help. We have around P300 remaining in our Gcash account and bills are also due this week.

We have an abundance of dry food, thankfully, but we urgently need to buy their other needs, pay our supplier, and forward more payment to our vets. We have also down to our last box of kitten wet food which will only be good for this week. We are unfortunately grasping on a thin line of hope again.

Please help SoL keep on. Even your spare change will be such a huge help to us.

If you do see this post po, can you please interact with it (no ups and bumps lang po, sorry po we might get banned). We have received very minimal engagement as well lately.

Your kindness means so much po to us. Thank you po!

(Thank you so much to our volunteers from Philippine Science High School - Main Campus for creating this material.)

19/03/2025

This is Dickies, the community dog I was referring and to whom we gave one of tbe Bravecto tabs to. His story is intertwined with SoL. He is the dog that impregnated Akira, and thus the father of Duke, Snoppy, and Tofu.

He is also the dog of a relative, but said relative has passed away already. Said relative is also the owner of three former community cats turned rescue of SoL --- Mercedes, Ruby, and Rosalinda. We had Dickies neutered when that relative of ours is still alive. This relative is also the former owner of Duke.

Unfortunately, ever since that relative passed away, Dickies has been having health issues. He has become significantly thinner and is having skin problems. He seems to have become sadder as well. The photo here is just taken by my brother yesterday.

Due to lack of space, all we could do right now for Dickies is to give him food and take care of him as a community dog. Hopefully his skin issue will become better with Bravecto. I'm also planning to get him vaccinated once he becomes a little healthier.

As I always say, it is your kindness as well that helps us help the likes of Dickies. It is your kindness that helps SoL keep on. I will work hard to make SoL even better and for us to achieve our goals. We hope you can continue to be with SoL as we traverse this journey.

18/03/2025

💛 The flea and tick preventive of the dogs have been FULLY SPONSORED! (Featuring Mutya pogi)💛

Thank you so much to one of our dear supporters who sponsored the Bravecto for the 18 rescued dogs and 1 community dog of SoL. We were supposed to purchase Nexgard Spectra since it's cheaper but she wanted, also upon vet advice, for us to buy Bravecto instead, especially since it's effectivity is 3x longer than Nexgard. She wanted to remain anonymous, but we really want to thank her for her unwavering support to SoL.

Thank you also to for giving us a significant discount and for also donating to us when they can.

And thank you to all of you for believing in me and in SoL. We will not be here without your love and kindness.

We will now redirect the efforts towards the flea and tick preventive of the cats, as well as their vaccination. Our needs for their supplies also persist of course, and we have to continue to pay the vet bills. Let's just do this one step at a time.

Padayon!

17/03/2025

🐶 URGENT HELP NEEDED: Nexgard Spectra for 19 Dogs of Sol 🐶

Our Shelter of Light dogs need your support! We have 18 rescued dogs and 1 community dog who urgently need Nexgard Spectra to protect them from fleas, ticks, and worms. Each tablet costs ₱700, and we need 17 full tablets, as 2 will be divided for our 4 smaller dogs. The total cost for all of them is ₱11,900, and we’re hoping to raise the amount this week so we can start their treatment as soon as possible.

For now, we are prioritizing the dogs, but we also plan to gradually provide preventive care for our rescued cats after. Any amount helps, and you can donate through the following channels:

💛 Gcash/Paymaya: 09772119959 (Rosemarie A)
💛 Paypal: [email protected]
💛 BDO: Kindly PM us for details.

You can also order directly from House of Sioco to send the meds to us. We’ll post the list of dogs in the comment section for transparency. Thank you for being part of their journey to a healthier, happier life! ❤️🐾

16/03/2025

In college, a particular incident prompted my near decade-long struggle with mental health issues. A former friend of mine did not do the task assigned to her which resulted to me rushing to do it instead and making our group a few minutes late to our class. The professor of that class did not accept what we have made. Then, he went on telling our class, but more specifically to me, this line that became ingrained in my mind, "No matter how good your intentions are. No matter if you try your best. Most of the time, it will never be enough." That line broke me that day, and because I was crying, he told me to leave his class, which I did. That day was the first time I hurt myself as an adult.

I tried so hard to get rid of the thought of him saying that line to me, but I still hear it. When friends slipped away from me. When I struggled with my studies. When people tell me that I am too much. When others judge me on so many things. When they imply that I'm a loser because I am honest with who I am and what I feel. When I was threatened by so-called relatives saying that they will make sure my rescues will be gone. When the cats and dogs get sick. When Shelter of Light is not getting noticed as much as the others.

The thing is, all I want is to be a good person. I do not want fame, or recognition, or wealth. I do not want to be great. I want to do good for the cats and dogs that depend on me, for the people who still believe in me. I just want to be a good person. I want to live my life in way that it will have value. I want to help as much as I can. I want to reach the end of my life and be able to say that I did something worthy out of it.

But it's so hard. My mind and heart are continually broken and I even get judged for it. Even for this post, I will for sure get judged again. I guess all I want to say is I really am trying my best, and I hope one day, despite the impossibilities of it, that it will be enough.

My love goes out to all of you. And may we be a lot kinder to one another.

Love always,
Rosie

15/03/2025

Hi, everyone. I am currently still on break, but I have to make this post for the SoL rescues.

We have received enough for the dry food of the cats that will last them around 2 weeks. We have also paid the P20k balance to our supplier, so we were able to order on credit the wet food of the cats and dogs, as well as the cat litter of the cats. These will be good for this coming week until early next week. We have also forwarded P10k to our vet to gradually lessen our balance. We still badly need help since we have to get some of the cats vaccinated, including these babies pictured. We also need to (even gradually) their the cats and dogs Advocate and Nexgard Spectra, respectively, especially since we already found some mites and ticks on some of them.

Thank you to everyone helping us and still believing in SoL. Thank you for seeing all our efforts. It really means a lot to me, especially during these times. I hope that you can still spare even a little to SoL so we could keep on. Your kindness will always mean so much to us.

To those interested to help,
Gcash / Paymaya - 09772119959 (Rosemarie A)
Paypal - [email protected]
BDO - Please pm us.

We also accept in-kind donations, including your cats' spare (but still good) dry food. We can send you the direct links to order, or you can PM us for details.

Salamat po!

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Most of your life has been difficult. Birthing to multiple kittens regularly and always losing them due to humans; being treated as nothing more than a mice catcher; scavenging through the trash for the chance to eat. I did hope we that we met each other sooner but I also hope that the 3 years we have been together made you forget whatever you have experienced prior. I hope you know that I fought for you, until the end. That I did all that I could to have more time with you. I will always carry you in my heart, Mama Gem. Be with your daughter Moonstone and all your other angel kittens now. I promise to take care of your two daughters still here, Onyx and Diamond. Thank you for your resilience. Thank you for your strength. Thank you for your love. I love you. #animalwelfare #animalsoftiktok #catsoftiktok #cats