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| Sunish Subramanian Kunju, Founder of Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai gifting My Sparrow Home to Hardik Hundiya : Editor-in-Chief of Hira Manek / Star Report |
Hardik Hundiya with My Sparrow Home
Thursday, September 29, 2011
My Sparrow Home from the desk of .......... Hardik Hundiya : Editor-in-Chief of Hira Manek / Star Report
Sunday, September 25, 2011
My Sparrow Home from the desk of .......... Shikha Uberoi : India's first female professional tennis super star
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| Shikha Uberoi from USA, the first Indian woman to qualify and reach the second round in US Open in 2004. She has reached a high as top 100 in the world on the WTA Tour and has brought many laurels to our nation, which including winning a silver medal for India at the 2006 Asian Games. She is a sports ICON and role model to youth across the world. PAWS-Mumbai salute Shikha by gifting My Sparrow Home. |
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| Sunish Subramanian Kunju the founder of Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai gifting My Sparrow Home to Shikha Uberoi during her visit to India on 11.08.2011 |
Friday, April 15, 2011
My Sparrow Home in News : TV9 Mumbai
11 April 2011 TV9 Mumbai Report
on My Sparrow Home
By Urvashi S. Khona
Web Link
Sunday, March 20, 2011
My Sparrow Home from the desk of .......... Shri K. Sankaranarayanan : Honorable Governor of Maharashtra
Rapid urbanization, pollution and climate change are affection the life and habitats of the birds and animals. Birds are finding it difficult to survive in the concrete jungles of cities. It is nice to see young volunteer's joint hands for a noble cause like saving the sparrow.
I congratulate the Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai and extend my support to their campaign wholeheartedly.
K. Sankaranarayanan
Governor of Maharashtra
Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai team
at Raj Bhavan - Maharashtra State Government, Malabar Hill, Mumbai
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| My Sparrow Home No. 200 gifting to Honorable Governor of Maharashtra Shri K. Sankaranarayanan ji as a token of love from the hands of Sunish Subarmanian founder of PAWS-Mumbai |
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| PAWS-Mumbai founder Sunish Subramanian & Administrator Nisha Kunju exclusive talk with Honorable Governor Shri K. Sankaranarayanan Ji |
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| Honorable Governor Shri K. Sankaranarayanan seeing the PAWS-Mumbai initiative My Sparrow Home an artificial nest scientifically designed |
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| PAWS-Mumbai team explaining about My Sparrow Home to Honorable Governor Shri K. Sankaranarayanan Ji |
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| PAWS-Mumbai team honoring Shri K. Sankaranarayanan Ji Honorable Governor of Maharashtra with My Sparrow Home's Certificate Of Appreciation |
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| PAWS-Mumbai young team with Mr. Ulhas S Munagekar Personal Secretary to Governor of Maharashtra, Raj Bhavan |
Saturday, March 19, 2011
My Sparrow Home from the desk of .......... Municipal Corporator Smt. Sangeeta Gopinath Patil & Social Activist Gopinath Patil
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As a token of Love PAWS-Mumbai's Youngest Volunteer Hitesh C. Yadav gifting My Sparrow Home to Social Activist Gopinath Patil & Municipal Corporator Smt. Sangeeta Gopinath Patil |
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Sunish Subramanian Kunju, Founder of "PAWS -Mumbai" giving "My Sparrow Home's Certificate Of Appreciation"to Municipal Corporator Smt. Sangeeta Gopinath Patil & Social Activist Gopinath Patil |
Thursday, March 17, 2011
PAWS-Mumbai youth visit Raj Bhavan to gift My Sparrow Home to Honorable Governor of Maharashtra Shri K. Sankaranarayanan
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Setu. Mumbai . 17 - 23 March 2011 . Page 5
On the occasion of World Sparrow Day - India, PAWS-Mumbai youth visit Raj Bhavan to gift My Sparrow Home to Honorable Governor of Maharashtra Shri K. Sankaranarayanan.
Thank You ! Setu for using World Sparrow Day - India logo on the title
Thank You ! Setu for using World Sparrow Day - India logo on the title
Sparrow and My Sparrow Home
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Mumbai Samachar . Saturday, 17 March 2011 . City News . Page 2
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
My Sparrow Home from the desk of .......... Abhijeet Rane : Managing Director & Chief Editor of Mumbai Mitra & Vrutta Mitra
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| Sunish Subramanian founder of PAWS-Mumbai gifting "My Sparrow Home" to Abhijeet Rane : Managing Director & Chief Editor of Mumbai Mitra & Vrutta Mitra |
My Sparrow Home from the desk of ..........Krishna Hegde : Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Vile Parle Assembly Constituency
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| I have placed My Sparrow Home in my balcony |
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| PAWS-Mumbai founder Sunish Subramnanian gifting My Sparrow Home to Krishna Hegde : Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Vile Parle Assembly Constituency |
Earlier we would see chirping sparrows in our home regularly, but now it has disappeared due to rapid development in the city.
I thank Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai team for their initiative "Sparrow Conservation Mission - SCM" which they have started and designed "My Sparrow Home" an artificial nest for the disappearing sparrow will definitely play a helping hand for this bird.
I have installed My Sparrow Home which is gifted to me by PAWS-Mumbai team and as per their guidance I have started keeping a water & grain bowl in my balcony; I can try to being back the chirping beauty in my neighborhood again.
As responsible citizens these youths at PAWS-Mumbai are doing their bit to save the sparrow and now it's our time to support their cause.
I congratulate PAWS-Mumbai team for winning the Best NGO Award and wish them "Best of Luck" in all their initiatives.
Krishna Hegde
Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA)
Vile Parle Assembly Constituency
My Sparrow Home from the desk of .......... Vaidehi Sachin : Group Editor of NBC (Newsmakers Broadcasting Communications)
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| PAWS-Mumbai salute the spirit of Vaidehi Sachin : Group Editor of NBC (Newsmakers Broadcasting Communications) by give My Sparrow Home on the occasion of International Women's Day by the hands of Nisha Kunju : Administrator – Cum – PRO of PAWS-Mumbai |
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| We at PAWS-Mumbai salute you ........ Women's are the real architects of the society |
Sunday, February 27, 2011
My Sparrow Home from the desk of .......... Sanjay Raut : Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
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| Only One Aim Save Sparrow ! Sunish Subramanian Kunju, Founder of "PAWS -Mumbai" gifting "My Sparrow Home" to Sanjay Raut ( Member of Parliament : Rajya Sabha) |
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Sunish Subramanian Kunju, Founder of "PAWS -Mumbai" giving "My Sparrow Home's Certificate Of Appreciation" to Sanjay Raut ( Member of Parliament : Rajya Sabha) |
My Sparrow Home from the desk of .......... Priya Dutt : Member of Parliment (Lok Sabha)
Today, this little bird is in danger and on the verge of extinct as their number is dwindling slowly. The site of this little sparrow has become a rarity in the city due to environmental changes taking place and the huge mobile towers are discouraging the birds to nest. The little bird which once used to make its nest in small holes, pipes, in old wooden roof buildings is trying hard to find a place to make their home.
Most of the cities have turned into a concrete jungle, the bushy and open areas have disappeared and so are the numbers of sparrow drastically reduced. Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) a group of environment activists have taken the unique initiative and have launched a campaign to conserve and prevent the little bird from the threat of extinction.
I earnestly appeal to all citizens to do their bit to help this little chirpy, chirpy, little sparrow to live a little longer. Get this “My Sparrow Home” and install it in your balcony, roof shades or any convenient place to enable it to make its nest.
My hearty congratulations to PAWS-Mumbai for having launched this campaign and wish all the success in their efforts in preventing this little birdie “Sparrow” from extinction.
Priya Dutt
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
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| Sunish Subramanian Kunju, Founder of "Plant & Animals Welfare Society -Mumbai" gifting "My Sparrow Home" to Priya Dutt ( Member of Parliament : Lok Sabha) |
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| Nisha Kunju (PAWS-Mumbai, Student Wing In-Charge) & Student Member gifting "My Sparrow Home" to Priya Dutt |
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Children celebrates Valentine's Day With a difference
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Afternoon Voice . Tuesday, February 15, 2011 . City . Page 14
Children celebrates Valentine's Day With a difference
Children celebrates Valentine's Day With a difference
Report by Special Corresponde
Friday, February 11, 2011
My Sparrow Home Gifted to Abhijeet Rane
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Mumbai Mitra . Friday, 11 March 2011 . Mahanagar . Page 3
Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai Founder Sunish Kunju visited Abhijeet Rane Youth Foundation's office to meet Shri Abhijeet Rane, the Editor of Daily News Paper Mumbai Mitra / Vrutta Mitra. He also gifted My Sparrow Home, an artificial nest design by PAWS-Mumbai to Shri Abhijeet Rane on this occasion.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
200 citizens from Bhandup and surrounding areas have set up artificial sparrow nests
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Janmabhoomi . 1.02.2011 . Page 1
200 citizens from Bhandup and surrounding areas have set up artificial sparrow nests
Monday, January 31, 2011
Warm homecoming for city's sparrows
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Warm homecoming for city's sparrows
Mumbai : More than 200 citizens from Bhandup and surrounding areas have set up artificial sparrow nests near their houses in a pledge to the save the sparrows. The campaign was initiated by the Bhandup-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Plant & Animals Welfare Society (PAWS) Mumbai last month.
The NGO is providing nests that have been specially designed for sparrows and can be installed outside houses to provide shelter to them.
“We are making these nests out of waste wood to minimise environmental harm,” said Sunish Subramanian, Founder Secretary of PAWS.
Prominent personalities who have supported the campaign by accepting nests include actor Pooja Bhatt and Sambhavna Seth and Member of Parliament Sanjay Patil.
“This is a great initiative as the bird population in Mumbai is reducing at a very fast pace. East Mumbai.
Another avid bird lover and Bhandup resident, Munish Makhija, has formed a bird colony of 25 bird nests at his Kalote farmhouse near Karjat and has installed two artificial nests at his Bhandup house.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Ray of hope for disappearing sparrows
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Jagran City Plus. 26 January 2011
Ray of hope for disappearing sparrows
The very zealous and caring youth from Mumbai started a mission to save the chirping beauty that has been declining. Once upon a time our morning alarm was this little sparrow's lovely chirping voice, but now it had been replaced by electrical bells. And we are the reason behind it.
"We humans destroyed the habitat of these birds under the name of beautification and development; we replaced our old type home into buildings & skyscrapers, small shops into mall & shopping centres, cut trees for widening of road or making parking place, due to which sparrows lost their everything that is home (nest), food as well as the place where they use to play and we use to enjoy their movements.
"And another reason is the mobile towers which release microwaves. It not only affects these little sparrows but are also bad for our health," says Sunish Subramanian, founder of Plant & Animals Welfare Society (PAWS), Mumbai, a non-profit organization. Their motto aptly reads: "Together we can, and we will make a difference."
The young volunteers of PAWS have designed an artificial nest, which is made up of recycled wood and they have named it as "My Sparrow Home". It not only gives the sparrows a home but also gives them their own address too.
Disappearance of the nature's bounty could be said to be a side effect of these changes. They thrive to not defy the change, but to take measures against the side effects of the change. To protect the unprotected, to protect the sidelined. They take this chance to make the days better for one of our unheeded friends, the Sparrow.
With the response they have received from the various developing cities so far, they believe it will become a major movement very soon.
"You can install the My Sparrow Home near your garden, balcony or window after seeing the population of sparrow in that area. Do not expect that sparrows will build their nest immediately. Once they visit the shelter a couple of times and feel it is safe, they will then build their nest. We have to be patient," informed Sunish Subramanian.
Many celebrities are associated with this movement. Carlyta Mouhini, an Indo-Latin Bollywood Pop singer and a journalist says, "As a concerned citizen we all should support this initiative by getting 'My Sparrow Home' and using this wonderful nest to help save the sparrows".
Actress Pooja Bhatt says, "The house sparrow is in grave danger of disappearing if we do not take an initiative and provide it with a safe habitat and "Home". I implore you to save the sparrow by installing A "My Sparrow Home" as soon as possible, just like I have!"
Sambhavna Seth says, "It is our duty to raise our helping hand to save the chirping sparrows for a better future".
Sanjay Patil, Member of Parliament who recently gifted My Sparrow Home to his wife, says, "I support PAWS-Mumbai because I believe they can bring the change for the better. This mission to save sparrows is an honest and well deserving effort on their part".
Suresh Shetty, Minister from Maharashtra State says, "I was surprised to see the small wooden box which they have designed as "My Sparrow Home" to give artificial nest to the disappearing sparrow population from the city. I really think it is today's need to keep ecological balance. I appeal to the citizens to support the cause to save our chirping beauty who really need our helping hand".
Get in touch with PAWS by contacting them on +91 22 25968313, e-mail at mysparrowhome@gmail.com
–Farvi Motiwale
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
For the sparrows
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For the sparrows . Report By : Shwetha Kannan
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Monday, January 17, 2011
A ray of hope for disappearing sparrows worldwide
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Afternoon News . Monday, January 17, 2011 . Mumbai . Initiative . Page 4
A ray of hope for disappearing sparrows worldwide
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