The geographical location of the campus where Yashodhara Shelter is located is an ideal habitat for snakes. Having seen snakes around the Shelter on several occasions in recent months, we decided to inform about them to the nearly two hundred children who live on the campus.
Our Project Coordinator, Aniruddha, and our Social Worker, Deepti, organized the briefing jointly with Mr. Aniruddha Joshi, who is associated with the Information Center and Security Network Department of Pune University.
We made the children aware of the danger posed by snakes through audiovisual support and a detailed explanation of the types of snakes and their characteristics, bites, how to tell by the bite if the snake is poisonous or harmless, and precautions to take to prevent snakes from nesting around the buildings on campus. They were also told about the time limit for treatment and that the campus hospital is well equipped to deal with snake bites. 