Listen and Evaluate: Approaching Local Communities on Education

Program

Agra Utari

Bali Overview

Animals

Environment

People

Island of Gods or Dogs?

Community System

Bali Dogs and Their Issues

RabiesDog

Meat Trade

Puppy Dumping

Decreased Popularity

Over Pedigree

Dogs

ABUSENEGLECTION

SUFFERING

RABIES DOG MEAT TRADE PUPPY DUMPING DECREASEDPOPULARITY

▪First Time in History▪End of 2008▪Vaccination and Elimination

•Economy•Festive Dish•Myths

•Lack of Awareness•Has been happening for years

Local regulation to bring outside dogs to Bali was withdrawn

Concerns

Lack of reading interest

Difficult in gathering them for

“education”

Solution

More visual medias (movies, pictures,

animated info)

Garage sale/ cheap pop up market

Street Feeding

MEANINGFUL EDUCATION

Relatable

Applicable

Interesting

Interesting

- Are they curious about it?

Applicable

- Are they able to apply the solution right away?

Relatable

- Can they spot the issue in their surroundings?

PURPOSEFUL EDUCATION

• What are the surface problems?

• Report-based investigationOBSERVE

• Speak their language

• What do they want/ need/ know?

• Match the observation and interview resultANALYZE

• Choose material

• Contact the head of community (banjar)

• Be approachableASSIGN

• Report on observation (checklist with indicator)

• Reward for success (plaque/ certificate/ shout out)FOLLOW UP

CASE STUDY

DOG MEAT PUPPY DUMPING

RABIES REDZONE

DOG MEAT• Biggest dog meat restaurant is in the area

• Few other RW Warongs (dogmeat stalls) are also visible

• Dogs continually reported missing in the areaOBSERVE

• Ask the community’s awareness about dog meat

• How are they with the activity

• Are their dogs missing? Are they annoyed by the existence?ANALYZE

• Material chosen: relating dog meat with rabies spreading

• Invite the head of banjar to hold movie night

• House talk with communitiesASSIGN

• Observe the activity of the restaurant regularly

• Calculate possibilities of the closing of the restaurant

• Give reward for head of banjar for the cooperationFOLLOW UP

PUPPY DUMPING

• Big final dump site is in the area

• Many puppies and kittens were rescued from this area on a regular basis

OBSERVE

• Ask the community how they feel about it and what they usually/ want to do about it

• Ask the garbage men about the frequency of dumpingANALYZE

• Material chosen: flyer with pictures, put up big poster in garbage site to avoid more dumpings

• Invite the head of banjar to create regulation on dumping live animals and sterilization day

• House talk with communities

ASSIGN

• Observe the dumping site with community testimonials

• Give reward for banjar for the cooperationFOLLOW UP

RABIES REDZONE

• Highest rabid-biting case in BaliOBSERVE

• How clear is the level of rabies awareness that they have?

• Find out how many dogs are vaccinated and see how many strays are visible

ANALYZE

• Cooperate with local husbandry for vaccination and sterilization day

• Spreading flyers, movie night and discussion with experts

• Inform them how to avoid biting and first aid of itASSIGN

• Reward husbandry and banjar with plaque once the redzone status is goneFOLLOW UP

Get them involved

Make them feel the difference

Make them feel important

Make them independent

KEY POINTS

SEVA BHUANA FOUNDATION

• Sterilization Program

– Humane Population Control

– Underprivileged areas

– For local cats and dogs

SEVA BHUANA FOUNDATION

• Education Program (Animal Shanti Edu)

– Raising Awareness

– Encourage Involvement

• Street Feeding

• Movie Screening

• Kids Education

Early Education Program

• Viral Campaign

• Assessment-based Education

Current Education Program

EDUCATION TARGET

• Heroes figure

• Story telling

KIDS

(Home)

• Idol Involvement

• Social Media

TEENAGERS

(Neighborhood)

• Movie Screening

• House Talks

ADULT COMMUNITY

(Village)

FUTURE PLANS

• Children Book

• Documentary Movie of Bali Dogs (Protect, Promote, Preserve)

Short Term

•Education Centre

Long Term