Since 2011, As part of Sparrow Conservation Mission, Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) team under the supervision of Sunish Subramanian Kunju celebrates 20th March as WORLD SPARROW DAY – INDIA and organise various events like sparrow drawing, poem and story writing competition for school students and sparrow photography competition for photo journalist, nature photographers and citizens to spread awareness about the drastic decline in the number of sparrows over the years. The winners of the various competition were awarded with PAWS-MUMBAI AWARD which is powered by Apeejay Karmayuga - The Right every Wrong Generation- a campaign instituted by iCONGO to democratize heroism and Karmaveer Chakra- a medallion for voluntary action instituted in 2009 by iCONGO, in association with the UN. From this year iCONGO, in partnership with Apeejay Surrendra group, shall be Democratising Heroism under Karmayuga by initiating a collaborative awards program in partnership with Companies, Academic Institutes, NGOs, Government bodies, Media Houses, RWAs, etc. Apeejay Karmayuga has collaborated with PAWS-Mumbai to motivate school students to create awareness about the declining number of sparrows and the need to conserve the species. In these event more than 1000 students, youths and common citizen takes part every year from different states of India, this event is supported by various national and international record agencies and also by NGO’s.
PAWS-Mumbai believes that such events will sensitise children about the sparrow and its fight for survival, when a student will draw the image or write a story / poem of the sparrow, they will be prompted to research on the bird. Along with him/her, their parents and teachers will also understand about the gravity of the issue.
PAWS-Mumbai also salutes the people who have been actively involved in sparrow conservation work by honoring with Sparrow Friend Award. In addition from this year SPARROW FRIEND AWARD will be given in two Categories that is “Individual and Group”. Any citizen or housing society can apply for Sparrow Friend Award 2014, any individual who had made their contribution in the field of Sparrow Conservation in their personal level can apply for “Individual Category” and any housing society, colony, corporate house as part of CSR can apply for “Group Category”. Applicant should tell their sparrow conservation story with necessary evidence like photographs, etc.
Other events like artificial nest box, feeder and water bowl adoption camps and launching of awareness posters are been organised.
On August 12, 2008 PAWS-Mumbai team under the supervision of Sunish Subramanian Kunju have first to expose the trade of house Sparrow at Crawford Market in Mumbai. It turned out to be one of the India’s biggest illegal animal selling market and it also solved one of the mystery behind the missing sparrows in Mumbai.
As per hakims in Bhendi Bazar and Pydhonie in Mumbai, sparrow meat mixed another herb seems to be increasing the male sex drive. Sparrow meat is being used as an aphrodisiac since the Mughal era and this therapy still continues. If you go to any hakim shop in Pydhonie in Mumbai and ask for an aphrodisiac, he will ask you to purchase a fleshy male sparrow from Crawford Market in order to prepare a mixture with the meat and other herbs to enhance the male sex drive. Their after PAWS-Mumbai launched “Sparrow Conservation Mission”.
PAWS-Mumbai initiated Sparrow Conservation Mission - SCM under the supervision of Sunish Subramanian Kunju, after studying that all major developing cities from worldwide are witnessing the decline in the count of sparrow population. Once this little sparrow lovely chirping voice was the morning alarm for all of us, but now it had been replaced by electrical bells. What is the reason behind it? We human destroyed the habitat of them under the name of beautification or development; we replaced our old type home into buildings & skyscrapers, small shops into mall & shopping centers, cut trees for widening of road or making parking place, due to which sparrows lost their everything that is home (nest), food as well as the place where they use to play and we use to enjoy their movements. And other reason is the mobile towers which release microwave radiation, it not only affect this little sparrow but also our health too.
PAWS-Mumbai and its band of young volunteers have designed an artificial nest, which is made up of recycled wood and named it as “My Sparrow Home”, Ideally, food should be provided to birds, but in winter and summer, the birds need our helping hands more as their natural food and water sources decrease. Feeding birds in My Sparrow Feeder helps in maintaining hygiene, avoids wastage of grains, and helps birds get a continuous source of food all the year. And My Water Bowl to provide clean water to them, as it is very important for them.
To take part in World Sparrow Day – India SPARROW FEST 2014 call 0-9833480388, 022-25968314 or E-Mail worldsparrowdayindia@gmail.com, s4sparrow@gmail.com
Note :
ü NO entry charges or
participant fees for taking part in Sparrow Fest 2014.
ü Schools can organise
Sparrow Drawing, Story and Poem Writing competition in their school and best
100 participant creation can be forward with their school letter with drawing
teacher and Principal name to PAWS-Mumbai.
ü All the drawings
should be in A3 Size Drawing Paper, Name of Student and School, Standard with
Parents Contact Number in clear handwriting.
ü All the Story and
Poem should be in good and clear hand writing or typed in A4 Size Paper.
ü All the participant
will be receiving certificate of participant.
ü All the participant
can view their results on www.sparrowfest.blogspot.com or www.worldsparrowdayindia.blogspot.com
For more information please call Mr. Sunish Subramanian Kunju on 09833480388 - 09892179542
PRESS RELEASE UPLOADED BY
Nisha Kunju
Administrator – Cum – PRO : PAWS-Mumbai
Programme Co-ordinator : SCM, WSD-India
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