** Newsflash! **
What an honour for Rumba Trustee, Fiona Hindle, to be the guest speaker at the recent University of Surrey Vet School & School of Health Sciences Graduation Ceremony at Guildford Cathedral.

ABOUT US

Rumba is a charity created by animal lovers whose mission is to support pioneering clinical veterinary care.   
With direct links to some of the best veterinary clinicians in the world, we fund equipment, research and ground-breaking clinical procedures. Our donations go directly to support some of the most technically-advanced surgery and therapies to save or extend the lives of small animals.

OUR VISION

To help fund technological advances that will treat animals suffering from potentially life-threatening illnesses. 

To support  pioneering research, technically-advanced medical equipment and the application of procedures that could, in some cases, ultimately benefit human patients.

OUR MISSION

We exist to help fund technological advances that will treat animals suffering from potentially life-threatening illnesses. At the heart of what we do is the desire to push forward the frontiers of cancer care in animals.

Unlike major charities whose donations are diluted by vast running costs, we remain small and focused. This means that funds we raise go directly to provide pioneering equipment and research. In this way, pet-owners who are facing substantial treatment fees can benefit from a reduced financial burden.

RUMBA'S STORY


Fiona and Jim Hindle set up The Rumba Foundation to provide funding that would help advance the frontiers of animal treatment.

Sadly, many animal-lovers will lose pets to cancer. Our own beautiful Burmese, Rumba, was eight years old when he developed a squamous cell carcinoma in his mouth. 

Rumba’s tumour was surgically removed, and we were referred to the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital in Cambridge, for a course of radiotherapy. He received outstanding care, which undoubtedly extended his life and gave him the best chance of recovery. But all too soon, we faced the terrible decision that all pet-owners dread.
 
Determined to create a legacy and do something positive to honour his life, we set up The Rumba Foundation in 2012. Our aim was, and is, to support oncology and other pioneering fields of veterinary medicine. 
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