Tuesday, October 9, 2012

August 2012 Activity Updates: Pench Maharashtra


Team: Anoop Awasthi – Conservation Officer
            Bandu Uikey, Dilip Lanjewar – Field assistants

Highlights
·      Team worked on micro-plans for  Wanera, Pipariya,, Usaripar, Sawara, Kadbikheda
·      One shramdaan (voluntary work project) to clean temple premises at Ghatpendari
·      One shramdaan to construct soak pit  next to well  at Ghatpendari
·      Field assistant Bandu Uikey joined Forest Department staff on anti-poaching patrols twice
·      6 medical camps – 260 patients treated
·      1 nature trail for students at Ghoti
·      Environment Education  Programme in 12 villages -- covered 307 students
·      Seeds planting programme in Ghoti, Fulzari, Pipariya  village
·      One shramdhaan to clean area around hand pump at Khapa village


:Conservation work


















On Aug 17, 18 field assistant Bandu Uikey joined local staff of the Forest Department in anti-poaching patrols. Members of the eco-development committee (EDC) of Ghatpendari and Bandu took part in the patrols in the jungle near Ghatpendari.

On Aug 23 Dilip led a team of 10 unemployed youths and children of Khapa village in a programme to clean the area around a hand pump in Khapa. Leaves, plastic and other organic matter had accumulated in the area and water was stagnating, leading to health risks. The team cleaned the area surrounding the hand pump, collected the waste matter and disposed of it in a pit.

On Aug 10, Bandu Uikey led a team of 5 unemployed youths of Ghatpendari village in a voluntary programme to clean the village temple premises. Weeds and bushes had grown wild in the area and there was also other litter. As the temple premises are used by us to conduct community meetings, we organized the programme to clean up the premises.

On Aug 19, Bandu Uikey led a team of 12 unemployed youths of Ghatpendari village in a programme to construct a soak pit next to well for water. Spillover water was spreading around the well, creating a mini bog. Our team organised the digging of a channel to drain the water away to a pit in which gravel and pebbles had been laid to act as a filter. The soak pit will help recharge the water table.   

On Aug 26, Dilip led 20 children from Ghoti village on a nature trail in the jungle adjoining the village. On the trail, Dilip spoke to the children about the importance of trees and wildlife in our eco system.
  
On Aug 11 Dilip led a team of 25 children from Pipariya in a programme to plant seeds of local plants in the village school campus. The seeds were of heta and kaner.  Similar programmes were organized on Aug 17 at Ghoti, on Aug 24 at Fulzari, on Aug 19 at Ghatpendari and on Aug 20 at Salai.

During the month, our team also worked with the Forest Department in preparing micro plans. As part of this exercise, we held surveys as per the following details:















Education

In August, our team conducted environment education programmes in 12 schools in our area of operations.




Mobile Health Unit (MHU)

Our team assisted Nature Conservation Society, Amravati in conducting 6 medical camps in August







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