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Each morning the truck will collect accepted, traceable surplus meat from partner butchers.
Today: butchers can post leftover meat in the app for feeders and drivers to collect.
Spot a Paw
Spot a PawThousands of dogs and cats live on the streets, and most of them go to sleep hungry. We want to build a food truck that collects surplus meat from butchers, cooks it on board, and serves it fresh to the animals where they already are. Our first stop… Cairo, Egypt.
Australian dollars, our initial funding targetThis is the truck we want to build, driven every day by someone who knows the animals on the round.
Every day, Cairo’s butchers are left with surplus meat they cannot sell. Every day, the animals a few streets away go hungry. The truck closes that gap.
Each morning the truck will collect accepted, traceable surplus meat from partner butchers.
Spot a Paw
It will be cooked on board in a food-grade drum (Qidra) while the truck is parked.
Recipes, cooking and serving steps will be tested and reviewed before the first round.
A local driver who knows the animals will run the same round every day: streets, alleys, markets and the quiet corners where colonies live.
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Meals will go out on edible plates pressed from vegetables, a prototype we are still testing.
The aim is to leave nothing on the street behind us.
No waste. No litter. No empty bellies.
Spot a Paw is our free app for anyone who cares about street animals.
Pin a dog or cat you see, share who’s feeding them, and team up with neighbours to look after the strays on your street.
AI reads your photo to help fill in the report, and plans the shortest feeding round through the spots that need food.
We plan to serve meals on plates pressed and baked from rescued vegetables that markets would otherwise throw away. The aim: the animal eats the meal, then the plate.
The plan is a small van with a food-grade cooking drum (Qidra) on the back. The vehicle, equipment and recipes still need specialist review, testing and local permissions before the first round. Sealed bins for ingredients, cold storage, a cooker, a wash sink and a serving hatch, all in a vehicle small enough for Cairo’s back streets.
The drum’s design comes from the Egyptian qidra, the big pot Cairo’s street vendors use to slow-cook ful, the beans the city eats for breakfast. A shape every Cairo street already knows, reworked to feed its animals.
Every detail, from the hygiene routine to the permits we are assessing, is set out on the truck page.
Look inside the truckTo build the first truck, license it, and pay a local animal lover to drive it every day, we need people who believe compassion should not stop at a border.
Every donation, whatever the size, becomes a full belly, a wagging tail, and one more animal who learns that a human hand can mean something good.
Questions about giving, or want to donate another way? Email donations@onetailonemeal.com
A$11,000Initial funding target for truck one, in Australian dollars
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