The
Welfare Of Stray Dogs (WSD)
Registration No : E 10463
Vision
:
To better the relationship between stray dogs and
humans.
Mission:
To ensure the best possible care for stray dogs
by taking a pragmatic, effective and solution-oriented
approach.
Services
Offered: sterilization
, immunization , on-site first-aid , adoption
Impact
Data :
impacted the lives of more than 70,000 strays through
sterilizations, immunizations, first-aid and adoptions
Brief History: WSD was started in 1985 by a
group of Jain philanthropists and Mr. N W Alimchandani with an
objective of stopping the brutal practice of electrocution of
stray dogs. In 1989, the BMC handed over a part of the dog
pound and WSD started the sterilization programme. The BMC
promised not to kill the sterilized dogs. In 1994 the BMC
discontinued the practice of killing strays as they realized
that killing of strays had no effect on reducing human rabies
deaths or reducing stray dog populations. WSD has come a long
way with the quantum of all the activities increasing year on
year.
Projects / Achievements:
- Till
date WSD has impacted the lives of
more than 70,000 stray dogs through sterilisation,
vaccination, healthcare and adoption
- Sterilisation
and immunisation of more than 27,500 stray dogs
- On-site
treatment for more than 20,000 stray dogs through our
largely volunteer-based first-aid programme
- On-site
immunization of more than 12,000 strays all over Mumbai.
- Rabies
awareness drives in public places like railway stations
and parks
- Presentations
to hundreds of children and adults on the stray dog issue,
rabies and its prevention and the avoidance of dog bites
- Adoption
of more than 200 abandoned pets and stray dogs
- Started
the WSD Indian Pariah dog club to promote the adoption of
pariahs.
What
is it that you do exactly for a beneficiary?
The
beneficiaries of the organisation are stray dogs and also
humans (slum and street dwellers) whose dogs (stray dogs are
generally their pets) are sterilized and immunized against
rabies. Stray dogs are also provided with on site first
aid and medical aid. Underprivileged
children living in slums are taught about dog-bite and rabies
prevention. Children and adults are made aware about rabies
through our education programme
Collaboration
Possibilities:
-
How
can you work with corporates, sponsors, other NGOs, schools,
hospitals, Rotaries, govt?
We can
collaborate with all the above mentioned categories in
different ways.
- If
they want to visit you?
They
can visit our sterilization center at Mahalakshmi, Saat Rasta.
It would take 15 minutes to show them the activities carried
out at the
centre. An
educational slide(15-30 min) presentation can also be made
-
Do you
have any weekend or evening activities which families can
attend and be sensitized?
Visits
to the kennels (as above)
-
Can you
give a talk of 15-20 minutes?
We conduct a slide presentation through our education and
awareness programme titled The Day of The
Dog which can be modified to cater to
different audiences including children and adults
(Rotaries/Ladies Association). It covers the stray dog
issue/dog bite prevention and information about rabies.
Financial
data:
- yearly budget
- Rs. 18
lacs
- Sources of Revenue : donations
through individuals,
trusts,corporates
- Corporates
can sponsor specific projects. Funding would depend on the
project costs.
Organisation data:
- full-time -
16 (
including vets, ward-boys)
- part-time - 2 (visiting
surgeons)
- volunteers - 150+
(active)
Help
Needed:
- Advisors / Mentors needed: Financial
planning & accounting/ Operations Research (Quantitative
& Qualitative)/ Costing / Software tools for database
management & calls and complaint handling/Website
management
- Volunteers: Volunteers can help out in
various activities : dog walking, on-site first aid,
sterilization programme, adoption, education and awareness,
fundraising
-
Donations-in-kind needed: Food
items monthly requirements : Milk powder 120 kgs, Dal
: 200 kgs , Rice : 200 kgs , dalia/lhapsi 150 kgs ( Any
quantity can be donated ), newspapers, bed sheets, medicines,
- Services needed:
- Donation possibilities? Sponsor -
sterilization of a dog Rs 550 , immunization of 100 strays
against rabies : Rs 2500, medicine costs : Rs 36,000 per month
, X-rays and pathology : Rs 8000 per month
- Jobs Available:
None currently
Contact Details:
The Welfare Of Stray Dogs (WSD)
C/o
Akanksha , Voltas House C
T
B Kadam Marg
Chinchpokli
Mumbai
400 033
Phone: 23733433 / 23891070 (Best times to call:
10-5 )
Fax: x
email: wsd@wsdindia.org
website: www.wsdindia.org
Karmayogi:
Abodh Aras
URL
of any write-up:
www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=xtras&subsection=bombayfirst&xfile=May2005_extraspecial_standard537&child=extraspecial
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-30815873,prtpage-1.cms
http://in.news.yahoo.com/050124/156/2j70n.html
http://web.mid-day.com/metro/lokhandwala/2004/january/73325.htm
http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2003/may/51863.htm
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