Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation Officer
Sampathlal
Dhurve – Field assistant
Highlights
· 3 anti-plastic programmes
· 3 vermi-compost pits constructed in 2 villages
· Water conservation – one voluntary work project to build a check dam at Budbudi nallah on the way from Mocha to Chapri
· Community assistance - 1 voluntary work project programme to clean area around well at Chapri
· Environment education programme conducted in 11 villages - attended by 379 students
· 4 unemployed youths placed in local jobs
· Eight film shows on nature and wildlife conservation – attended by 503 people
Conservation
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| Chapri - plastic bags and litter collected from around the village, being buried in a pit |
On December 6, our team organized an anti-plastic programme at Manegaon. They explained to the students of the Government Primary School about the harmful impact of plastic/polythene on the environment and motivated them to remove such litter from the village. The students went around the village, collecting plastic and polythene litter/waste, which were then buried in a pit on the outskirts of the village. Similar programmes were organized at Batwar on December 18 and at Chapri on December 30.
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| Batwar - anti-plastic programme |
We also assisted two villagers in preparing vermi-compost tanks as part of our goal to encourage organic farming. Details of the pits are given in the table above.
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| Chapri - Govind Inwati puts the finishing touches to a vermi-compost tank built with our help |
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| Patpara - SF Executive Director Giri Venkatesan inspects a vermi-compost tank built with our field team's assistance |
During December, our team organized a programme to promote public hygiene and cleanliness as part of our community assistance activities. On December 23, a programme was organized at Chapri at Kursitola in which 9 villagers joined hands with Amit and Sampath to clean the area around a well used to draw drinking water. There was a lot of wild growth and weeds around the well as well as growth on the walls inside the well. This was all cleaned up by the team.
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| The well at Chapri before clean-up |
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| Wild growth in and around the well before the clean-up programme |
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| The well after clean-up |
On December 29, we organized a programme to build a check dam on a
stream as part of our focus on water conservation. 12 village youths teamed up
with Amit and Sampath to build the check dam on Budbudi nallah, which is a
stream on the road from Chapri to Mocha. The stream is in thick forest in the buffer
zone and wild animals are regularly seen in the area of the check dam.
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| Budbudi nallah before the check dam |
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| Building the check dam with bags full of sand |
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| Water builds up behind the check dam after the project is completed |
Education
During the month our
team organized environment education programmes in 11 schools in the villages
in our area of operations.
Employment Cell
We helped four youths get jobs during the month of December.
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Chapri - Padam Singh outside the upcoming
resort where he got a job with our help
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Our Kanha team has been encouraging local villagers to take up vegetable farming on a commercial basis in a bid to help them generate additional income. There is scope for commercial farming of vegetables due to the large number of hotels and resorts around Kanha.
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Patpara - Executive Director Giri
Venkatesan
inspects a vegetable patch set up
by Shyam Singh with our assistance
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From mid-December, Tulsiram Vyam (of Chapri) has been earning Rs 200 weekly from sale of vegetables. Pappu Nanda and Paramanand Nanda (of Kutwahi) have each been earning Rs 300 per week. These earnings represent additional income to them.
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Chapri - Tulsiram Vyam in a makeshift tent where he stays at night
to prevent wild and village animals from
damaging his crop
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