The Yass House is my personal rescue in Morocco, built from scratch with no NGO or government funding.
What began as a short trip turned into eight years of full-time rescue work. Today, more than 120 rescued cats depend on me for food, shelter, and constant medical care. I had to put all my dreams and aspirations aside so these innocent creatures could live.
The rescue is standing today because of people like you. But I still cannot do this alone.
How You Can Help
🐾 Donate once through this page. Every contribution saves lives.
💛 Join on Patreon for monthly support that sustains vet care long term: patreon.com/the_yasshouse
✈️ Or travel to Morocco to adopt. Every adoption opens space to save another life, and we now have two free guest rooms where adopters and volunteers can stay completely free of charge.
Where We Are Today
If you read this page in the past, you saw large debts listed here: tens of thousands of dollars owed to vets and personal loans taken to avoid lawsuits. They are paid. For the first five years, I paid for everything myself, close to $200,000, and when that ran out, donors like you helped me clear the vet debts one invoice at a time. What remains is about $5,300 I borrowed from a friend and about $19,000 from my father, both taken to keep the cats treated during the hardest months. Neither of them pressures me but I mention this because you deserve the full picture.
This rescue also just came through its hardest chapter back in November 2025. Hostile neighbors forced us out of two apartments otherwise they would have called the authorities to take all the cats, and for months the cats had to be kept completely hidden while I searched for a safe place. In May 2026, donors helped me secure a standalone house with high walls and a garden. The cats are finally safe and no one can threaten them anymore.
The Reality Behind The Scenes
Except cleaning, I handle almost everything myself, including feeding, medicating, vet visits, organizing treatments, transporting cats, coordinating adoptions, and managing social media. Two part-time cleaners help, and I'm planning to hire two people to handle daily treatments at home, so we stop paying clinic prices for things as simple as giving a cat her medication because some cats cannot be handled by one person only.
After eight years going nonstop, my health took a toll from the workload. Things are far better now that the heaviest debts are behind me, but the work never stops because the cats depend on me every single day.
What Donations Cover
Every dollar you give goes directly toward:
🩺 Daily medical care for sick and recovering cats
💉 FIP treatment, surgeries, bloodwork, and vaccinations
🏠 Rent for a safe home to shelter all the cats together
🐾 Food, litter, and essential supplies
🚑 Weekly vet transportation and emergencies
Why Adoptions Are Slow
The number of rescues keeps rising because reliable adopters in Morocco are rare.
Very few people are willing to travel all the way to Morocco to adopt, and that is the only safe way for cats to leave, since they cannot travel unaccompanied.
That is why I now run ads to reach compassionate people abroad who can travel to Morocco, adopt, and change a life forever.
Adoptions: What Works, and the Plan
Adoption has always been the goal. So far, 13 cats and 1 dog have been adopted abroad by incredible people who took a chance, jumped on a flight all the way to Morocco and brought their new companion home themselves. They are living proof that these cats make wonderful family members.
But only a small minority of adopters will ever make that trip. The serious adopters are abroad: people who often already have pets, can afford proper care, and want to give a chance to a cat from a country where stray animals are currently being trapped and killed in street clean-up campaigns. Many of them offer to pay their cat's flight themselves. The problem is that a cat cannot fly alone, and airlines only allow one cat in the cabin per passenger.
So the plan is simple: once the house we just relocated to is fully ready, I will fly the cats to their adopters myself and cover the flights of people traveling alongside me to escort one cat each. Until then, if you can travel to Morocco, you can be the reason a cat survives.
Recognition
The Yass House has been featured by:
The Dodo, in several rescue stories viewed by millions
1. Guy Rescues A Stray Cat Every Time He Leaves The House | The Dodo Heroes
2. Tiny Half-Dead Kitten Makes A Major Comeback | The Dodo
3. Man Rescued 70 Cats And Now Has To Rent 3 Apartments To Home Them | The Dodo
4. Dodo Fans Travel To Morocco To Adopt Cats From Their Favorite Rescuer | The Dodo
5. The Tiny Rescue Kitten Saved at the Last Minute Now Needs a Loving Home | The Dodo
6. Kitten Who Was Crying For Food Cuddles 24/7 Now | The Dodo
7. Stray Kitten Goes Home With Guy And He Meets The Love Of His Life | The DodoBeast Philanthropy, featuring the rescue of Wolf, an abandoned dog I saved
Click here to watch
These stories helped raise awareness, but the real lifeline comes from people like you who choose to help directly.
Thank you so much for your Kindness ❤️