Saturday, December 13, 2008

Now You can donate via Paypal

Anandchhaaya now has a website http://www.anandchhaaya.org/. Please visit and forward it to peoplw who care about dogs.
You will also see a link for online donations...please spread the word!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Valentine Special: Have a heart, gift a life!

That time of the year again, when you just don't know what will be the ideal gift for your loved ones? How about a Sponsored Valentine pet? You or your beloved always, wanted a pet. But then for n number of reasons you can not keep a pet at home. Though your heart goes out for the homless animals, you know you cant bring them home. You can still do something! Something that really, really counts!The reason for this project on Valentine’s Day is to drive home the simple philosophy that kindness to animals helps build a better world for all of us. Donations received for this cause is going towards supporting the 170 recued dogs in Anandchhaaya who are looking to reach your generous hearts. Please help them so they are not left alone, hungry, sick, afraid, or in pain ever again.

Sponsor a dog is all we ask. Drop in queries in the comment section or mail us at anandchhaaya4dogs@gmail.com. Your sponsorship can be in name of your beloved. Trust us he or she would be eternally greatful for this true gift of love and joy. Thank you for being part of this work of love. And yes here are the few gems that are looking for sponsors amongst others. You can visit them anytime and spend quality time with your "distant" pet.








Meet Whisky. 2 year old, loving. Likes attention. Oh yes, he knows he is handsome. Don't know what he has to say about the hearts morphed on his picture though :)





Sundari – 3 years old. Very curious and extremely affectionate!






Shanti – 4.5 years old. Calm and collected, and yes that is why she is called Shanti. Came to the shelter 3 year ago. Her peaceful appearance makes her one of the main attractions at the shelter.






Rabadi – 3 year old. Cool and confident babe. She is very observant and has a great sense of humor. She is the hot favorite of all. She is so adorable – you’ll want to keep her for yourself. Did I tell you she is an aspiring model?






Julies - 6 year old. Very mature & independent. Don't trust me? Just watch her give exasperated looks when pups fight for a toy. Is pampered at the shelter in a starnge way :) She is called Julie Ma by all of us. Eats her food only when its served in the kitchen.





Jimmy– 4 years old. He has a beautiful disposition and will touch your heart. The ever hungry one... for pats and rubs. Oh yes
his favoritest toy? Ball!

"Its not easy to walk away from someone, animal or human, who is vulnerable, and in need Particularly animals, who like infants and children, the disadvantaged and the elderly, have no voice to speak. A dog with his complete trust, courageous loyalty and unjudgemental, undemanding love reminds me of the goodness that exists in the world. They need some water in their bowl, some food in their hungry bellies, and a warm pat on the head. God protects the truly vulnerable, but I think it's time you and I lent a helping hand too. Time, volunteering, provisions, resources, love or just ideation. We can help,and we should. "
Priya Chetty Rajgopal
“Dogs always steal my heart...especially the little pups out on the street. Before I moved to India , I adopted two Dalmatians, Kirby and Lucy, brother and sister, from the well organized Dalmatian Rescue Society in San Francisco , CA . They were abused and needed a home. Adopting them was easy and they brought incredible joy. Living in India and traveling across Asia Pacific makes makes it much more difficult to have dogs in my life - and this breaks my heart. Pets remind me to be in the present moment, forgive, and love fearlessly. What I do is adopt pets online. I do this and get a picture of the dog I sponsored...so I have an entire family of virtual dogs. I have also gotten my family into the routine of sponsoring dogs on my behalf for holidays...a much better gift for me than something I don't need or won't use in a few months. Right now my dad has pictures in his office of my dogs...the dogs he sponsored for me. This is the best, most heartfelt gift...a way to receive and also give. How about a Valentine Dog?”
Tracy Ann Curtis – a great animal lover and the brains behind this Valentine Day project

Pics Courtesy: Sujaya

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Other ways you can help us

Apart from regular financial contributions, you can also help us in the following ways:
-We are in need of volunteers to oversee the feeding of dogs, etc.

-Our vets resigned and we hired another one last week, but he has not been regular. If any of you have any contacts of good vets, do inform us.

-You could also contribute:
1. utensils to cook rice, etc for the dogs
2. pressure cooker
3. old newspaper
4. buckets (steel, preferably)
5. ladles to serve food
6. small cupboard to store medicines
7. second hand freezer to store meat
8. brooms
9. knives
10.phenyl
11.plastic sacks to store garbage
12.soap: dettol, rin
13.first aid
14.mosquito coils
15.notebooks/registers for accounts at the shelter

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Mail us!

In case you have any further queries, please mail us on anandchhaaya4dogs@gmail.com

Monday, October 15, 2007

Sponsor a Day's food-Sunday Again!

Jellicle, kickstarted the sponsor food a day scheme. Ysterday's food at the shelter was sponsored by Jellicle. Puppies had milk spiked with complan as their first meal and adults had nutripet. The second meal was rice and meat for adult dogs and puppy food for the pups. It just cost Jellicle 1500 and the waggy tails happily finished their meals off. Pictures to follow.
You can do that to celebrate your birthday or your pet's :) or can decide to make any day special for these lovely dogs and pups. You can make the food more nutritous and interesting by asking us to add to the menu/recipe.
Sunday's meal is being sponsored by a lady. She has asked us to provide ragi, milk and water broth in the morning and rice, curd and eggs for the second meal. Puppies will get milk and complan in their morning feed and same meal as adult dogs in the afternoon. It might cost her a little more.
Will post about it! You are welcome to come over and supervise the food preparation and serving time and be a part of this happy day!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Contributions

If any of you kind souls would like to contribute, it would be great if you could transfer the money directly to the Anand Chhaaya account. The account details are as follows:

Current Account 130
Anandchhaya Trust
Sham Rao Vithal Co-op Bank
Kormangla
Bangalore

In case you have any problems with the online transfer, please get back to us. If you’d prefer to write a cheque instead, it could be in favour of Anandchhaaya Animal Welfare Organisation, Ac Number: CA 130 Bank: Sham Rao Vithal Co-op Bank Koramangla, Bangalore.

We’ll give you a receipt for your payment, over which you could claim an income tax benefit.

Thanks a lot!

Directions to the shelter from Mekri Circle / Palace Road / Windsor Manor Bridge

On passing under the Windsor Manor Bridge, drive on Palace Road towards Mekri Circle / Hebbal / Yelahanka.

The second traffic signal is your landmark. You will see notice that the road goes two ways; left towards Sadashivnagar and straight which leads onto the Mekri Circe/Hebbal/Yelahanka road.

Stay on the straight road. Drive for 4 kms.
You will now see a fly-over in front of you. Drive onto the flyover.
Take the 2nd exit or 2nd left-wing of the fly over which says "TOWARDS KOLAR" .This should be within your 1st km.
Once you take this exit or left-wing, drive for 5 kms.
Landmarks within these 5 kms are:

This road will direct you right and once off the fly-over , you will be on the Ring Road.

. You will see a huge lake on your left
.You will now approach a traffic signal.
.You will now pass a petrol pump on your left
.the bio-tech park on your left
.You will approach a second traffic signal

Drive onwards till you come to the third traffic signal. This is the HENNUR JUNCTION or HENNUR ROAD INTERESECTION . Turn left at this junction .
You are now on the Hennur Main Road.
Drive for 4 kilometers. You will come to a traffic signal
This is still the Hennur Main Road.
-Drive straight for about 4.5 kms.
-You should pass the Hennur Petrol pump on your left,
-the Hennur Police station on your left,
-a stone quarry on your right,
-you will go under a railway track,
-pass Mantri Splendor apartments on your left,
-the board or Bangalore International School will be seen on your right,
-St.Michalels school on your left.

-1/4 km ahead of St.Michaels school , on your right hand side you will find a lot of shops and soon next to the shops a right turn with a big temple archway. This place is called BYRATHI Cross.

At this cross ,you will see boards like Ferns, Bits Club,Vistar ,Ramanjaneya Kalyana Mandapam.

Turn right here. Drive for a quarter km. or one minute. The road now has three direction. Take the extreme right road.
Drive another minute. You will pass the Kalayana
Mantapa on your left and soon after this is Anandchhaaya on the right.

Directions to the shelter from MG Road

Take the opposite direction of Brigade Road and drive towards
Commericial street. This is also called Kamaraja Road.

Drive towards Frazer town Police station.
Drive towards Lingarajapuram over-bridge .
Once you cross the over bridge, you are on the Hennur Main Road.
Drive for 4 kilometers. You will come to a traffic signal
This is still the Hennur Main Road.
-Drive straight for about 4.5 kms.
-You should pass the Hennur Petrol pump on your left,
-the Hennur Police station on your left,
-a stone quarry on your right,
-you will go under a railway track,
-pass Mantri Splendor apartments on your left,
-the board or Bangalore International School will be seen on your right,
-St.Michalels school on your left.
-1/4 km ahead of St.Michaels school , on your right hand side you will find a lot of shops and soon next to the shops a right turn with a big temple archway. This place is called BYRATHI Cross.

At this cross ,you will see boards Yashbans with 4-5 other boards like Ferns, Bits Club,Vistar ,Ramanjaneya Kalyana Mandapam.
Turn right here. Drive for a quarter km. or one minute. The road now has three direction. Take the extreme right road.
Drive another minute. You will pass the Kalayana Mantapa on your left and soon after this is Anandchhaya on the right.

Help!

We support an animal shelter called ‘Anand Chhaaya Animal Welfare organisation’ in Bangalore where we have about 170 dogs on our premises and feed a hundred more dogs. We also vaccinate and sterilize dogs after befriending them. This is a totally privately funded registered organization. We do not get any funds from the government.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have lost the donations from our main contributor. Hence we have been unable to even feed the dogs well for the last couple of months. We are in dire need of funds and appeal to all dog lovers to support us in any way they can. People willing to adopt dogs would be a blessing. All contributions to this organization are exempt from income tax under the section 80G.

If any of you, or your friends, would like to visit the shelter, or make any contributions, please contact us. The shelter is located at Bairathi Halli, near Hennur, Off Banaswadi Ring Road, Bangalore. Please find attached some pictures of the shelter.

A few Photos