Highlights:
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| Awarghani - Saila Tribal Dance Group from Sawara village performs during the Central Indian Landscape Symposium |
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| Chirrewani - Students conduct rally on National Pollution Control Day to create awareness of plastic pollution |
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| Durgapur - Our field assistant Niranjan talks about nature and wildlife to students of the village school |
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| Kundai - Our field assistant Kamlesh speaks to students about soil erosion |
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| Satosha - Students of village school participate in a rally |
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| Satosha - Village children learn about birds on a nature trail |
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| Turia - Villagers watch a film on wildlife conservation |
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| Turia - Volunteers dig a compost pit |
The full report:
Team: Mandar Pingle – Conservation Officer
Niranjan Hinge, Kamlesh Pawar– Field
Assistants
Highlights
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One voluntary work project to dig compost
pit in Turiya village
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One voluntary work project to prepare soak pit
in Dewari village
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Two conservation awareness rallies organised
in Satosha and Kundai -- 39 and 54 students respectively participated
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8 nature trails arranged -- 82 children participated
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17 classroom education programmes arranged
-- 410 students attended the sessions
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National Pollution Control Day observed in
Chirrewani school
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Lecture arranged on the occasion of National
Energy Conservation Day for school students in Doodhgaon
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3 performances arranged for Saila Tribal
Dance group in December
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One biogas unit repaired in Aamajhiri
village
Conservation
On December 31,
Niranjan Hinge organised a voluntary work project to dig a compost pit in Turiya
village. Five villagers volunteered for the voluntary work project program.
After the harvest, the leftover biodegradable waste from the farms was used to
prepare compost, which will be later used in the farms as fertiliser. This will
reduce the use of chemical fertilisers and help improve the soil quality.
Niranjan also explained to the villagers that this compost will be used as an
organic fertiliser which is safer to use than chemical fertilisers.
On December 20,
Kamlesh Pawar led 8 kids of Dewari village in a programme to construct a soak pit
near a hand pump in the village. Kamlesh explained to the kids that the spilt
over water from the hand-pump needs to seep in to the ground efficiently in
order to improve the water table level. He further explained that if the water does
not seep through, it will stagnate and can result in source of water borne
diseases in future. The kids understood the importance of water conservation
and keeping their surroundings clean through the activity.
On December 22,
Kamlesh Pawar led 54 students of Government School, Kundai in an anti-plastic
campaign and conservation rally programme, where they collected plastic/polythene
litter such as wrappers, bags and other similar items. In the rally, with the
message of bio-diversity conservation, participants went across all the main roads
within the village, chanting slogans like "Apna
farz nibhayenge, Tiger ko bachayenge’’, “Apna gaon swach rakhenge, plastic ko
mitayenge”.
On December 22, Niranjan organised
a nature awareness rally along with 39 students of Government School of Satosha
village. The rally was organised to create awareness amongst the villagers
about the degradation of nature resources and pollution of environment. The
students raised slogans during the rally and caught the attention of all the
villagers. The students pledged to make efforts to protect the environment and
wildlife in any which way possible.
In December, we organised a total
of 7 nature trails for the children of Chirrewani, Thuyepani, Mohgaon, Doodhgaon,
Pulpuldoh, Satosha and Khamba villages. On the trails, our staff spoke to the
children about the various plants and common medicinal uses of those plants.
They were also taught how to spot and identify birds. The importance of birds
in nature was also explained to the children.
Niranjan
repaired a biogas unit in Aamajhiri village on December 21. The owner of the
unit, Mr. Kanhaiya Hinge had approached us for assistance. Niranjan, along with
2 other villagers, repaired the biogas unit. Use of biogas unit has reduced the
dependency of Mr. Kanhaiya Hinge and his family on fuelwood from the forest
considerably and is a cheaper and more eco-friendly option than cooking gas.
Environment education
Employment Cell
In December, we helped the Saila Dance Group, based in
Sawara, in booking three performances through which they earned 22,000 rupees.
The Group was set up by us and is mentored by our team. It performs traditional
tribal dances and cultural activities and helps the group members earn
additional income.
Education Van Programme
There were 6 film shows in December.
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