Highlights:
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| Bhagpur - compost pit dug in Sukhwantibai's yard |
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| Dhamangaon - wildlife film screening |
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| Kutwahi - plastic trash clean-up drive |
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| Manegaon - putting up water pots for birds |
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| Manegaon - village children make makeshift water pots for birds |
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| Patpara - Our Field Assistant Sampath with children on a nature trail |
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| Samaiya - soak pit being prepared by villagers |
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| Samaiya - the soak pitb being dug |
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| Sautiya - our Field Assistant Sampath, briefing umemployed young men about the driving training programme to be conducted by us |
THE FULL REPORT
Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation Officer
Sampathlal Dhurve – Field assistant
Highlights
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1
existing waterhole cleaned
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Two voluntary
work projects for community assistance – area next to hand pumps at Chapri and
Patpara cleaned
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4
awareness programmes on conservation
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7
compost pits prepared in 5 villages
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3
anti-plastic programmes
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Installed
water containers for birds in 4 villages
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3
nature trail programmes
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7 film
shows on nature and wildlife – attended by 221 students
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2
unemployed youths get jobs with our assistance
Conservation
During the month, our
team organised programmes to clean a waterhole inside the jungle, which had
become clogged with organic litter.
On May 9, Sampath led a team of 10 people
in a programme to clear wild growth around a well at Samaiya. Wild growth had
proliferated around the well and access to the well was affected. Our team,
which comprised 6 youths and 4 women from the village, removed the wild growth
and cleaned the area and prepared a soak pit.
A
similar programme was organised on May 20 to clear the area next to a well at
Dhamangaon.
Our team encourages
organic farming as part of our strategy to reduce the impact of chemical
fertilisers on fields adjoining prime wildlife areas. Part of our work includes
assistance to villagers in setting up vermi-compost tanks and compost pits.
During May, we helped 7 villagers dig compost pits – Shyama Bai of Kutwahi on May 6, Sunder Uikey of
Patpara on May 7, Dharmendra Patta of Chapri on May 17, Sukhwanti Bai
of Bhagpur on May 24, Veer
Singh of Patpara on May 26, Rajesh Patta
of Chapri on May 27 and Hari Singh of
Manegaon on May 29.
On May14, our team
organised an anti-plastic programme at Kutwahi. Amit and Sampath spoke to the
villagers about the harmful impact of plastic/polythene on the environment and
motivated them to remove such litter from the village. The team of villagers and
students went around the village, collecting plastic and polythene
litter/waste, which were then buried in a pit on the outskirts of the village. 2
similar anti-plastic programmes were organised at Patpara on May18 and
Dhamangaon on May22.
With the summer heat at its peak, our team
has been motivating villagers to put up containers with water so that birds and
small animals can quench their thirst. Around 55 containers were put up in 4
villages in May.
Education
There were no classroom
programmes as schools were shut for the annual summer holiday.
Education van programme
There were 7 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation
in May.
Employment
Cell
We helped 2 youths get jobs during the month of May.
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