Highlights:
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| Nature education by our Field Assistant Kamlesh, at Chirewani |
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| Young villagers digging a compost pit, Satosha |
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| Tuyepani students learn how to identify plants on a nature trail |
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| Tuyepani - compost pit being dug |
THE FULL REPORT
Team: Mandar Pingle – Conservation Officer
Bandu Uikey – Conservation Officer
Niranjan Hinge – Community
Officer
Kamlesh Pawar – Community
Officer
Highlights
·
Organised voluntary work
project to prepare compost pit in Satosha village
·
Organised voluntary work
project to prepare compost pit in Thuyepani village
·
Celebrated World
Environment Day at Potiya and Thuyepani
·
Organised one anti-plastic
rally in Thuyepani– 32 students participated
·
6 nature trails for school
children – attended by 39 students
·
4 classroom education
programmes– attended by 60 students
·
Sowed 300 seeds of local
plant species in Turiya village
·
Organised 6 medical camps, 131
patients treated
·
Assisted 2 unemployed
youths in getting jobs
·
Assisted 3 girls in joining
a 6-month computer hardware training programme
On June 29,
Niranjan Hinge organised a voluntary work project programme in Satosha village
to prepare a compost pit as part of our ongoing programme to promote organic
farming. 7 villagers volunteered to dig the pit.
Niranjan had
earlier explained to the villagers the economic and ecological benefits of
using organic compost in their farms. The villagers then requested Niranjan to
guide them in preparing a compost pit in their village. Now the farmers are
dumping degradable waste material from their farms, cattle sheds and kitchens
in the compost tank. The compost will be ready within a month or two which will
be used by the farmers in their respective farms.
A similar
compost pit was prepared by Kamlesh Pawar in Thuyepani village on the occasion
of World Environment Day 2017. 10 villagers volunteered to prepare the compost
pit.
In June, we
organised 6 nature trails for the children of Potiya, Aamajhiri, Ambadi,
Pulpuldoh, Doodhgaon and Thuyepani 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 was also explained to the children. The children were also taught how forests
regenerate with the help from various animals, birds and insects.
On June 18, Kamlesh Pawar organised a rally
to spread awareness regarding hazards of plastic trash on human health, soil
and water sources. During the rally, 32 students of Government Middle School,
Thuyepani along with their teachers participated in the rally. The students
raised slogans urging villagers to not to throw plastic trash in water sources.
Plastic bags and other trash block the steams and also serve as breeding
grounds for diseases during the monsoon. They also urged villagers to adopt
waste segregation methods. During the rally Kamlesh and the students collected
plastic trash along the village roads and near their school premises.
On June 5, Satpuda Foundation staff
celebrated World Environment Day 2017 in villages of buffer area of
Priyadarshini Pench Tiger Reserve.
On this occasion, Niranjan Hinge organised
an awareness rally in Potiya village along with 23 students of Government
School, Potiya. The students raised slogans to make people aware about the degradation
of the environment.
A classroom lecture was organised for the
students during which Forest Guard Mr. Devaji Sonekhar interacted with the
students and explained the importance of nature conservation and environmental
protection. 28 students attended the classroom lecture.
On June
27, Niranjan Hinge along with 7 children of Turiya village planted 300 seeds of
various local plant species like neem, ritha, mahua, jamun and mango. The seeds
were sowed in suitable places right at the onset of the monsoon season. The
seeds were collected by the children during the summer season during the nature
trails organised by Niranjan.
Kamlesh Pawar attended a meeting organised
by Madhya Pradesh Forest Department and Bio-diversity Conservation Rural
Livelihood Improvement Project (BCRLIP) team. The meeting was organised in
order to interact with villagers living within the Pench-Satpuda Tiger
Reserve corridor and understand their problems and requirements as well as to
figure out solutions to these issues. The team discussed various issues like
employment schemes for unemployed youths, plantation programmes and various
measures to avoid crop damage.
Environmental Education Programme
We conducted 4 programmes during the month.
Employment Cell
Kamlesh Pawar assisted 3 girls from
Thuyepani and Doodhgaon in joining a 6-month training programme at Chhindwara in maintenance of computer hardware. Our team found out
details about the programme, conveyed the same to the girls and convinced the
girls and their families about the benefits of the programme. Normally,
villagers are not willing to let their daughters stay outside the village. We
were able to convince them to do so as this programme would benefit the girls.
Kamlesh had encouraged these girls to
undertake the training which is provided free of cost under the Central
Government’s Pradhanmantri Kaushal Yojna.
Details of the girl trainees are provided
in the table below.
We also assisted 3 youths in getting jobs.
Their details are also given below.
Mobile Health Unit (MHU)
We held 6 medical camps in June, in which 131
patients were treated.
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