Activity Update June 2013: Pench Madhya Pradesh

Team: Anoop Awasthi – Conservation Officer

            Saket Agasti – Assistant Conservation Officer

            Niranjan Hinge – Field assistant

            Bandu Uikey – Field assistant

 

Highlights

·      One voluntary work project to clean water body at Khamba

·      One voluntary work project to clean well at Turia 

·      5 nature trail programmes for students of Turia, Satosha, Awarghani, Teliya

·      4 medical camps -- 135 patients treated

·      Celebration of World Environment Day at Turia

·      Started IT education for tribal children of Turia village

·      Attended Meeting of Local Advisory Committee of Pench Tiger Reserve on June 26

Conservation 

On June 5, World Environment Day, we organized a programme for the children of Turia to explain the importance of nature and the need for conservation. Field assistant Niranjan Hinge led a team of 10 children from the village to the jungle adjoining the village where he spoke to them.

On June 12 Niranjan led a team of 7 villagers from Turia in a programme to clean a well used to draw drinking water. Plastic wrappers and organic litter had clogged the well, making it unusable. Our team cleaned the well, removed the debris and buried the waste in a pit. After our programme, the well is being used daily by villagers to draw water for drinking.

On June 21, Niranjan led 5 children of Khamba village in a programme to clean a water body adjoining the village. The water body is used by domestic livestock during the day and by wild animals at night. Spotted deer and sambhar are spotted regularly in the area.

Education

On June 24, our team started a computer education programme for tribal children of Turia. At our local office in Turia, every evening after completing their field work, our team teaches the village children the basics about computers. 8 to 10 children are attending classes regularly for 2 hours daily.

    

Children of Turia using their imagination while learning
MS Paint

On June 1, Niranjan took 5 children from Turia on a nature trail in the jungle adjoining the village. On the trail, Niranjan identified various species of local flora and fauna and explained the need for conservation to the children. Similar nature trail programmes were organized on June 3 for 8 students of Satosha village, on June 9 for 5 children of Awarghani village and on June 15 for 7 students of Teliya village.

Nature trail in Turia

Identifying birds at Awarghani

On June 13 Niranjan, Anoop and Saket took 8 children from Satosha on a bird-watching trail near the jungle.

Anoop and Saket with children of Satosha on a nature trail

Mobile Health Unit (MHU)

We assisted Nature Conservation Society, Amravati in holding 4 medical camps in June.

Free treatment at our medical camp at Ambadi village

Khamrith - a forest guard at our medical camp