Ashwini:
When I needed to get in contact with anyone in the dog
rescue/adoption/rehabilitation field, I knew to contact Ashwini again. We
exchanged emails and worked collaboratively to determine what organization I
would work best in a collaborative sense considering my strengths and
weaknesses and what talents I have, and then who we should contact for me to
work with. Over the course of several long emails exchanged at unholy times in
the morning we worked out that I could meet and discuss my ideas with a friend
of Ashwini’s who worked at Odel and Embark, named Ashani.
Ashani:
I spoke with Ashani, the woman who Ashwini recommended over
email several times about the global issue of stray dogs and their effect on
the community, then I had to face one of my weaknesses, which is talking over
the phone with people I don’t know. After several phone calls we organized to
meet at Waters Edge to talk about my individual skills and how I could help
Embark and Ashani, and which way would be best for everyone for me to help.
Over the course of the meeting I outlined my technical and
artistic skills, and we compared schedules to see possibilities of when we
could work collaboratively and initiate activities such as the Maharagama
Clinic. Overall she outlined several basic possibilities that benefitted my
already existing skills and help me find new skills such as public speaking
(which I’m terrified of) and advertising. Overall, I could:
·
Help raise awareness on the importance of
sterilization and vaccination,
·
Especially in schools to help educate children
on sterilization, vaccination and preventing dog bites, also help promote
responsible and correct pet ownership,
·
Encouraging others to help save street dogs by
adoption,
·
Helping a litter of rescued puppies by fostering
or encouraging others to,
·
Volunteer at events like adoption day,
sterilization clinics, fundraising events, and more,
·
And helping to fund raise.
Overall we
decided I could:
·
Work at the Maharagama Clinic (which spayed and
neutered dogs), helping around and cleaning up.
·
Working with special needs dogs.
·
Advertising.
·
Fund raising.
·
Creating awareness in the community of younger
individuals (visiting schools, etc.).
·
Possibly training dogs.
