WSPA

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6 Pillars of SPCA Selangor

• Animal Shelter Adoption Centre
• Inspectorate
• Humane Education
• Government Lobbying
• DBKL-SPCA Klinik Kembiri
• MissionHELP Helping People Help Animals

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Programs

• Kindergartens
• Primary Schools
• High Schools
• Colleges, Universities
• Pet Owners
• Religious Groups
• Corporates

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Challenges

• Malaysia is multicultural different races
  religions
• Muslim country sensitivity with dogs
• Human welfare vs animal welfare
• Limited reach, difficult to access schools

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Its difficult to get into schools because
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The Ministry of Education is strict about
allowing NGOs into schools

• Teachers are too busy

• Malay community and sensitivity towards dogs
  haram/ dirty

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Mr Gromit

• A high-school English teacher
• Overworked underpaid
• May/ may not like animals
• Little/ no knowledge on animal welfare
• No resources readily available

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Offering A Benefit, Not a Burden.
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Making The Link

• Identify goals for H.E.
• Find the link to syllabus
• Plan prepare lesson plans
• Pitch it!

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Planning Lessons

• Presentations
• Games
• Activity Sheets
• Suggestions for follow-up
• Additional resources

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Linking humane education to the school curriculum
is done widely in other countries

• Biology, Social Science, Art, Moral Studies

• Easier to penetrate schools, universities

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If HE is related to school subjects, teachers can
do follow-up activities with students
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How Do We Plan To Implement This Important Lesson?
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Research current school syllabus

• Find requirements that HE can fulfill,
  develop lesson plans accordingly

• Develop visual aids, songs, games and other
  activities

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Monitoring and evaluation

• Student teacher packs

• Select schools for pilot projects

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Approach school management/ individual teacher

• Conduct pilot projects for 6 mo - 1 yr

• Write a report, with details on each pilot
  project
• Approach the Ministry of Education with a strong
  proposal

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Benefits

• Teacher
• Student
• School
• Organisation
• The Animals

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