How to Become a Life-Saving Foster Volunteer?

Fostering means temporarily looking after a rescue animal until it is ready to move into its forever home.

  •  You provide safety, love & nutrition
  • ARC provides medical care & advice

Get started! Fill out our foster questionnaire in English or Khmer. We will get back to you shortly.

Foster options

  • Short-Term Foster: Short-term foster needs are for animals who are not yet ready for adoption and seek a safe and caring place while getting ready. Such animals might be baby kittens, or animals currently undergoing treatment that can easily be given at home. For example, a cat might require daily medication for 1 month, which results in cage-housing for an entire month. In your home, this cat would not need to be caged and would have a good life while the treatment is ongoing.
  • Long-Term Foster: Long-term foster needs are for animals who struggle in the shelter setting and need some help from you. This might be an animal that is very shy and scared to meet potential adopters. In your home, this animal can learn to trust people and you would help introduce it to potential adopters. Similarly, some animals simply do not “show well” during adoptions. This might be because they are extremely stressed around other animals and therefore do not show their real loving personality. At your home, such an animal can de-stress and you can help introduce it to adopters, while the animal is relaxed and happy.
  • Foster-to-Adopt: Many people struggle to decide which animal is the right match. You do not need to decide right away which animal is your forever love. In fact, most animals don’t show their real personality in a shelter setting. Choose an animal – perhaps even one that does not “show well” in the shelter – and foster it for 2 weeks. You will get to know its real personality and likely, both of you will fall in love with each other. Then, after 2 weeks, you can decide if you choose the right match. If so, we will arrange the adoption documents with you. If not, no problem! The first try is not always successful. Return the animal to us and see if you find a different match.

Find out what fostering an animal looks like in practice:

Fill in our foster questionnaire ahead of time so we can prepare some matches for you. Our Adoption/Foster Coordinator will get in touch with you shortly. Or, contact us directly to arrange an appointment and learn more about our foster program. Telegram/WhatsAPP 012 340 114.

Take a sneak peek here at some of our current rescues.

Take a look at this video by our Shelter Director about adopting a pet

Join our fantastic foster family network of more than 20 life-saving volunteers/families in Phnom Penh.