Mrs. Roseline Pinto
"In my experience as a teacher since the past 20 years, I have seen several children with dog bites. Majority of the times children don’t reveal this incident to their parents’ .There is lack of awareness among people in our village regarding rabies and traditional practices like application of herbs to wounds and consulting magico- religious practitioners continue to be practiced. Adopt a Village: A Rural Rabies Prevention Project team has taken a great initiative of educating and involving the teachers, parents, village leaders about rabies and its prevention and responsible pet ownership.
We teach our school children on the do’s and don’ts following dog/animal bites through an innovative “snake and ladder game” given to us from the project team. We have organized the rabies awareness rally, exhibited posters, conducted drawing and painting competition to school children on the topic of rabies and its prevention. It’s my pleasure to be part of the project in the prevention & control of the disease in our village."
