Snakebite Healing and Education Society

What Snakebite Healing and Education Society does

Snakebite Healing and Education Society (SHE-India) is a Mumbai-registered charitable society founded in 2014 by Priyanka Kadam to reduce India's high snakebite mortality, estimated at over 58,000 deaths annually. The organization operates as a community-led awareness and capacity-building nonprofit, delivering training to ASHA workers, primary health center nurses, school children, and rural/tribal populations on snakebite prevention, first aid, and treatment protocols. Its offerings include a multilingual library of downloadable first-aid materials covering 11+ Indian languages, a reference papers repository, the documentary 'The Dead Don't Talk' (endorsed by MSF and WHO advisors), a Snakebite Assistant mobile app, and a WhatsApp-based practitioner community. Outreach is delivered through NGO partnerships (Sanctuary Asia in Ranthambore, Nisarg Vidnyan Sanstha in Maharashtra, Aarey Milk Colony NGO coalitions in Mumbai) and field coordinators across multiple Indian states.

The underlying technology is a content-development and dissemination platform rather than a software product: educational materials, training curricula, documentary media, and a website (she-india.org) serve as the primary infrastructure. The business model is donation-based — the organization accepts contributions from individuals, corporations, and international bodies to fund awareness programs, training, and content production, with all services and materials provided free of charge to end users. The advisory board includes notable domain experts (Romulus Whitaker, Dr. Matthew R. Lewin of the WHO Snakebite Envenoming Working Group, MSF's Julien Potet), lending technical credibility uncommon for grassroots NGOs. Operating geographies are concentrated in India, with documented reach across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Assam, and other states.

Name

Snakebite Healing and Education Society

Legal name

Snakebite Healing and Education Society

Website

https://she-india.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Snakebite Healing and Education Society (SHE-India) is a Mumbai-registered nonprofit founded in 2014 that trains ASHA workers, rural communities, and schools across India on snakebite prevention and first aid using multilingual educational content and documentary advocacy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization operates as a registered society accepting donations from individuals, corporations, and international organizations to fund awareness programs, training sessions, and educational material development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Snakebite Healing and Education Society is a non-profit organization that provides snakebite awareness, prevention, and first-aid education to rural, tribal, and underserved communities in India. It produces multilingual printed materials, trains ASHA workers and community health volunteers, runs school awareness programs, and produces a documentary to educate the public about snakebite risks and treatment.

Product overview

Snakebite Healing and Education Society (She-India) operates as a non-profit organization focused on snakebite awareness, prevention, and treatment education across India. The organization offers a portfolio of educational resources including multilingual first aid materials and reference papers, along with training programs for medical personnel. Key offerings include the 'The Dead Don't Talk' documentary for advocacy, a WhatsApp-based community platform for professionals, and documentation of real snakebite incident stories. The organization's primary offerings center on capacity building for community awareness and medical personnel training rather than a software product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Snakebite Awareness and First-Aid Training Programs Structured training programs that educate ASHA workers, community health volunteers, and community members on snakebite prevention, recognition, and first-aid response. The training targets rural and tribal populations in India where snakebite risk is highest.
• Multilingual Educational Materials (Printed Leaflets and Posters) Printed educational materials including leaflets and posters produced in multiple languages to communicate snakebite awareness, prevention, and first-aid information to diverse linguistic communities across India.
• Snakebite Awareness Documentary A documentary film created to communicate the realities of snakebite in India, raise public awareness, and educate viewers about prevention and treatment. The documentary serves as a public-facing educational tool for the society's mission.
• School Snakebite Awareness Programs Educational programs delivered in schools to teach students about snakebite prevention, safe behavior, and first-aid. The programs target school-age children as a channel to extend community awareness through younger generations.
• WhatsApp Community Support Group A WhatsApp-based community support group used by the society to disseminate snakebite information, coordinate with field reporters, and provide a real-time communication channel for community members seeking guidance on snakebite incidents.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 10,000 ASHA workers trained across different Indian states
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Aarey Milk Colony NGOs (Mumbai)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Collaboration with various NGOs in Mumbai following the snakebite death at Aarey Milk Colony. Different NGOs came together to work on a mitigation plan for better medical facilities and community awareness regarding snakebites in the 27 hamlets.
• Sanctuary AsiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Partnership with Sanctuary Asia's Kids for Tigers program to conduct snakebite awareness programs in villages situated on the fringes of forests in Ranthambore, Rajasthan. Field coordinator Goverdhan Meena facilitates on-ground implementation of awareness workshops in local schools and communities.
• Nisarg Vidnyan SansthacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Long-standing partnership since 2014 with the aim of finding snakebite victims and ensuring they receive necessary treatment. Focus on reaching needy victims in Maharashtra.
• Field Reporters Network (Bikash Bharali, Samim Ali)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of field reporters in Assam who document and report snakebite incidents, contributing to the organization's real stories collection and awareness efforts in the region.

Scale indicators4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Global Snakebite Initiative: International advocacy organization focused on reducing snakebite death and disability globally. Directly comparable to SHE-India in mission and stakeholder engagement with WHO/Member State actors.
• Lillian Lincoln Foundation: Snakebite education and antivenom access advocacy organization. Highly comparable as a small, mission-focused nonprofit working on the same neglected tropical disease.
• Indian Society of Toxicology: Indian professional body working on poisoning and envenoming, including snakebite. Comparable on the medical training and protocol-advocacy axis even though structured as a professional society.

Broad incumbents

• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Global humanitarian medical organization with explicit snakebite programs and WHO working-group involvement. A much larger incumbent whose NTD and access-to-medicines work overlaps directly with SHE-India's focus.
• Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi): Global R&D nonprofit developing treatments for neglected diseases including snakebite. Comparable as a larger incumbent in the same NTD funding and policy ecosystem.
• Health Action International: Global advocacy NGO focused on access to medicines and rational use of pharmaceuticals. Overlaps with SHE-India on the antivenom access and treatment-protocol advocacy axis.
• Wellcome Trust: Major global health funder that has committed significant capital to snakebite R&D and access. Comparable as an institutional stakeholder in the same domain, not a direct service peer.

Regional players

• Centre for Herpetology (Madras Crocodile Bank Trust): India-based herpetology and conservation organization led by Romulus Whitaker (SHE-India advisor). Adjacent regional peer sharing the wildlife-and-snakebite awareness domain.
• Wildlife Conservation Trust (India): India-focused conservation NGO working on human-wildlife conflict mitigation. Comparable as a regional player with overlap in rural community engagement and snakebite response.
• Toxinology Society of India: India-based scientific society focused on venom and antivenom research. Comparable as a regional scientific counterpart engaged in snakebite treatment protocol work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SHEINDIA1
• Facebookfacebook.com/SnakebiteHealing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/snakebite-healing-education-society

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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