BLUE CROSS OF INDIA
The Blue Cross of India is now one of India’s largest and most active animal welfare organisations. It’s areas of work include shelters, rehoming, adoption, hospitals, mobile dispensaries and ambulance services.

* Be an adoption counsellor: Staff the adoption centres at Guindy and Adyar, Madras, screen and counsel prospective adopters. Educate the public on topics like proper pet care, the importance of spaying and neutering and animal behaviour.

* Dog walker: Fill a shelter canine’s day with love and exercise by taking him for walks.

* Pet socialiser: Create a home-like environment for the Blue Cross animals. Play with, pet, brush and talk to the animals.

* Assist veterinary staff with animals recovering in the Spay/Neuter Clinic.

* Help organise the Blue Cross special events.

*Staff information booths at fairs and community events

* Offer clerical support services.

* Be a foster parent. You can provide a temporary home (usually three to four weeks) for animals who are sick or injured or too young to be adopted. Volunteers can provide loving care until the pet can be placed in a permanent home; the Blue Cross provides for the animals’ medical needs.

* Contribute your special skills: Photo-graphy, writing and artwork.
Visit www.bluecross.org.in

BHUMI
Aims to learn about and serve developing communities around the world. It was created in 1996 by a group of undergrads at Harvard University, the US, to raise awareness about issues such as natural resource management, human rights and environmental activism in different areas of the world.

Partner organisations: Madras Crocodile Bank. Focuses on conservation and research on endangered species. It has participated in the captive breeding of endangered species, set up a conservation and research base in the Andaman Islands, and created a gene pool of 14 species of crocodiles. Interns work on designing and preparing education materials.

More details at: www.bhumi.net or e-mail malhotr@fas.harvard.edu