Guest guest Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 PAWS January 2009 Newsletter Edited by Shilpa Phadke ~~~(*.*)~~~(*.*)~~~(*.*)~~~ This issue contains… 1. From the Desk of Hony. General Secretary 2. Urgent Attention 3. Some Notable Field Calls 4. PAWS on Web / Media 5. Awareness Programs – Rally & Kite Flying 6. Fundraiser of the Month – Jumbo Movie Show 7. Monthly Anti-Rabies Drive – Ulhasnagar 8. Team Building Event - Picnic to Essel world 9. Merchandise of the Month – Ceramic Mugs 10. Donation in kind 11. Your Chance to Help Animals 1. FROM THE DESK OF HONY. GEN SECRETARY: Volunteers form the backbone of an organization; they promote the cause of the organization. Some individuals become member / volunteers because of their individual love for animals, they do care for strays / pet animals and they become volunteers to get timely help for them. Nothing wrong in that but when such volunteers / members do not get organizational service in time for various reasons, they simply say the organization / NGO is corrupt. They feel that NGOs pay lip-service to the cause of animal welfare. Recently I came across a post in wherein a girl had spotted black bull on the streets of delhi & informed an NGO. The NGO responded that they can not help the bullock due to various limitations. The girl openly circulated an e-mail saying that the NGO is not functioning properly. I posted a reply to her asking her as to what has she done to help that animal. Till date, have not received any reply from her. I believe that this girl must be searching another NGO to target. The girl probably thinks that her responsibility ends by pointing fingers at the NGO. Similar instances have happened with many NGOs in the past. I would like to make everyone understand that all NGO's have limitations, Please take into account and understand their style of functioning, services, geographical area covered; understanding the people involved in cause should be accounted for before making any comments. Those people, who do not have these understanding, should seek other options. We at PAWS have decided to train each individual in all aspects of the organizational functioning wherein they should not depend on an NGO for their work unless and until organization has its own full fledged hospital. Nilesh Bhanage Founder - PAWS 2. URGENT ATTENTION: PAWS is always in need of funds as it is largely dependent on local donations from animal lovers, volunteers & valuable supporters like you. Even a small contribution will make a difference to the life of the injured animals. For Direct Transfer of Donations*:* Bank : ICICI Bank Ltd. Branch : Dombivli MIDC Branch A/C. No. : 008801026804 Name of A/C : 'PLANT & ANIMALS WELFARE SOCIETY' IFSC Code : ICIC0000088 Thank You! 3. SOME NOTABLE FIELD CALLS: ## On the evening of 6th January, PAWS office received a call from a train traveller that a dog had been run over by a train & his hind leg was cut. PAWS team swung into action. Volunteer Bhavesh along with driver Prabhu rescued the dog and admitted it to Thane SPCA late in the evening. The dog died later due to excessive bleeding. ## PAWS founder Anuradha received call from Kalwa that a stray cow was in her litter process. Midway through the process the calf was born but her uterus had come out. With the help of local citizens, Anuradha shifted the cow & the new born calf to SPCA on 11th January. The cow was operated upon & will soon be shifted to a cow shelter. ## PAWS volunteer Saurabh Chougule spotted a person selling small coloured chicks in Dombivli. Along with volunteers Rupesh Nair & Sanmit Raje he went to rescue them. However, by that time, all chicks were sold out & only one pink coloured chick was rescued which was sent to hospital on 16th January. Another seller was spotted by volunteer Kartick on 30th January. He immediately called Saurabh & rescued 196 small chicks cramped in cages. Below is the photo & the entire story: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article & sectname=News%20-%20City & sec\ tid=2 & contentid=2009013020090130022633218aac77908 ## On 18th January PAWS volunteers Avinash Bhagat & Sachin transferred a Pig & cute piglet which was rescued last month by Roxanne to Sucheta Vishwanathan's Animal Farm Trust shelter Pune. ## As usual this month PAWS received many bird calls. On 25th January, Volunteer Kartick Thevar rescued an injured fruit Bat. 4. PAWS ON WEB / MEDIA: >> On the event of Uttarayan – Kite Flying Festival, PAWS secretary's bird rescue work saluted by Radio 104 on 15th January. >> PAWS established its own merchandise section this year. Please have look at it. www.freewebs.com/pawsproducts* * >> On our official website, u will find many updates, Click below to open: www.pawsasia.org* * >> PAWS bird rescue story appeared in Mumbai Mirror, below is the link: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article & sectname=News%20-%20City & sec\ tid=2 & contentid=2009013020090130022633218aac77908 * * 5. AWARENESS PROGRAMS – RALLY & KITE FLYING # On 17th January, PAWS volunteers Parinita Joshi & Sonali Bagde organized an awareness program in Holy Angel's School in Dombivli. Little kids enjoyed the 'Compassionate Citizen' video. # For Republic Day – 26th January, PAWS office received a letter from 'Jan-Gan-Man CBSE School' that they are organizing a rally to create awareness on Environmental issues. They were also planning to use an elephant safari during the rally. Upon receiving the letter, Mansi & Sonali immediately went to meet the school principal & urged him to withdraw the elephant exhibition. Finally the school agreed to withdraw the elephant ride. Then PAWS team made banners, placards, hired animal mascots & 15 volunteers participated in Republic Day Rally. The team was headed by Saurabh & Sonali. Volunteers Kartick Thevar, Kajal Mane, Prathmesh Desai, Darshak Shah, Parinita & Ashni Joshi, Sanmit Raje, Neetu John, Preeti Indurkar, Sangam Khandare & Bhavesh participated. While Bhavesh became the rabbit mascot, Saurabh collected donations from the nearby shop owners. It was a successful event. We thank Mr. Abhishek Bhowmick – a well wisher of PAWS, who designed 2 huge banners for this event. Checkout the uploaded photos on Orkut. http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481 & aid=1233014735 # Makar Sankranti – a festival celebrated in India, by flying kites. But kite flying is dangerous to birds and humans alike. The thread which is used for flying kite is coated with glass powder. It can hurt flying birds. Before this day PAWS volunteers Mansi, Sonali, Darshak & Bhavesh put-up posters all over the city. We whole heartedly thank Advertising Company for their sponsorship of 150 posters across the city & also for designing unique styles. Here is the link of photos uploaded on orkut. http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481 & aid=1231398324 6. FUNDRAISER OF THE MONTH – JUMBO MOVIE SHOW Every month one of our volunteers organizes one fundraising event for PAWS. This month the initiative of fundraising was taken by Parinita Joshi & Mansi Bhanage. They arranged a special show of Movie 'Jumbo' wherein more than 700 children from dombivli took part. The children belonged to St. Joseph School, Sister Nivedita School, Holy Angel's School, Adarsh Vidyalaya, Dafodill's nursery & kindergarten nursery. This show went houseful & PAWS raised few thousands. The show was enjoyed so much that next week more demand poured from schools. So another show was organized by Parinita. In the second show, children from Mubarak English School participated. The second show was also declared house-full. PAWS thank its volunteers Darshak, Preeti Indurkar, Rupesh, Saurabh, Kartick, Bhavesh, Sonali, Sanmit, Harshal, Yogesh, Prathmesh Nibandhe who helped with selling tickets and volunteering at the theatre. Our heartfelt gratitude to Vira Theatres for permitting the free show. Also thanks to creative artist Abhishek Bhowmick who designed posters for the event. We are grateful to Mr. Suresh, Director of Alan Electrical Pvt. Ltd. & Ms. Gill for sponsoring tickets for poor children. Last but not the least, hats off to Mansi & Parinita who did huge co-ordination and running around to make this event a huge success. Below are the photos of event: http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481 & aid=1231062422 7. MONTHLY ANTI-RABIES DRIVE – ULHASNAGAR PAWS office received a call from a resident of Ulhasnagar mentioning that few pups in her care had died due to rabies. PAWS decided to hold urgent vaccination drive in that area. Volunteers Preeti Paul, Preeti Indurkar, Sangam, Neetu, Avinash, Akshay & Lalita Gopalan vaccinated over 42 strays near Ulhasnagar Railway Station on 24th January 2009. Below is the link of photos uploaded on Orkut album: http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481 & aid=1233229561 8. TEAM BUILDING EVENT – PICNIC TO ESSEL WORLD: Our huge and active team of youngsters decided to take a break, by spending a day at Essel World. A total of 17 individuals participated in the picnic and enjoyed at the amusement park – a day off from rescue calls, first aid & handling casualty cases. It was indeed very refreshing! Below is the link of photos uploaded on orkut http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Album.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481 & aid=1231667545 9. MERCHANDISE OF THE MONTH – CERAMIC MUGS: PAWS office bearers have decided to start selling merchandise for fundraising, and we are glad that the idea has met with notable success. This month, PAWS came-up with the innovative idea of selling Ceramic Mugs. The Mugs are made of clay and NOT of Bone China – which contains bone ash of animals. PAWS logo & line " Go Cruelty Free! " is printed on one side of the Mug. Delivery charges are included for locations within India. http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#AlbumZoom.aspx?uid=11637720281533423481 & pid=12291135\ 47153 & aid=1228556822 & p=0 To buy this merchandise, call PAWS on 9820161114. To check out the Mugs, click below: www.freewebs.com/pawsproducts 10. DONATION IN KIND: # We thank Ms. Neetu John for donating Niddle / Syringe destroyer to PAWS. # We thank Mr. Kushal Gada, Ms. Bhakti Shah & Ms. Jessica O'Neil for their donations this month. 11. YOUR CHANCE TO HELP ANIMALS: Your small contribution would make a big difference! With two ambulances, 180 volunteers and three staff members and being in possession of an entire animal rescue gear and medical kit, PAWS works tirelessly under the leadership of Mr. Nilesh Bhanage & Ms. Anuradha Ramaswami. Anyone wishing to become a volunteer of PAWS or wanting to donate may call Mr. Nilesh on 09820161114 or send e-mail at nilesh Donation Cheques / DD's can be drawn in the name of 'Plant & Animals Welfare Society' on below Address: PAWS A-18, Savitri Sadan, Dr. Mukharhji Road, Dombivli (East) 421201, Maharashtra, India. A registered NGO, PAWS will send you a receipt for all your donations at the earliest. For Direct transfer to PAWS accounts please e-mail us on manasi or nilesh Thanks, Best wishes and Love from all of us. TEAM PAWS Plant & Animals Welfare Society - PAWS is.... *Member Society of World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA), UK *Affiliated with Indian Chamber of Non-Governmental Organizations (ICNGO), Delhi *Associated with International Organization for Animal Protection (IOAP). *Associated with Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) - UK. *Affiliated with Worldwide Veterinary Services (WVS), UK. *Registered under the Society's Registration Act XXIX of 1960 with registration No. Maha/587-2001/Thane dated 7th July 2001, Thane. *Registered with the Charity Commissioner vide certificate dated 11th September 2001, Thane. *Donations are exempted from Income Tax under Section 80-G of the Income Tax Act 1961, as per Certificate no. THN/CIT-III/Trust/80G/242/309/2007-08, Thane. *Registered Under section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 vide letter dated May 01, 2002. Letter No. THN/CIT-III/J & T/184/2002, Thane. *Recognized by 'Animal Welfare Board of India' (AWBI), Ministry of Forests & Environment, GOVT. OF INDIA, Chennai. *Affiliated with World Animal Net (WAN) Directory, USA. **********XXXXXXXX END OF NEWSLETTER XXXXXXXX********** -- Mansi Bhanage Rescue - Co-ordinator +91 9820161114 www.pawsasia.org www.freewebs.com/pawsproducts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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