Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation Officer
Sampathlal
Dhurve – Field assistant
Highlights:
- 2 conservation rallies
in 2 villages
- 3 Awareness programme
on forest fire in 3 villages
- 1 vermi-compost pit
constructed
- 2 voluntary work
project programmes to clean areas next to hand pumps
- 2 anti plastic programmes
- 2 nature trails for
village children
- Environment
education programme in 11 schools -
attended by 409 students
- 7 wildlife film shows -
attended by 464 students
- 2 unemployed youth
placed in resorts
Conservation
work
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| Khatiya - Amit and Forest Dept officials speak to villagers about micro-plans |
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| Khatiya - Forest Dept officials and NGO members meet to discuss village micro-plans |
With summer approaching, we have started to
organize awareness programmes on forest fires – the harmful effects of the
fires on nature and wildlife and how to prevent or contain them. During February,
our team organized three programmes in Chapri, Sautiya and Samaiya. The Range
Officer (Khatiya), Ms Anshu Alice Barwa, and forest guards in charge of the
respective villages joined in the programmes.
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| Chapri - Amit and RFO Ms Anshu Barwa conducting awareness programme on forest fires |
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| Forest fire awareness programme in Sautiya |
On February 7, our team
organized an anti-plastic programme at Manegaon. They spoke to the students of
the 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 was then buried in a pit on the outskirts of the village. A
similar programme was organized at Sautiya on February 22.
We also assisted one villager in preparing a
vermi-compost tank as part of our goal to encourage organic farming. The tank
was prepared in the residence of Manotabai Tekam at Patpara.
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| Manotabai Tekam tends to her vermi-compost pit |
During February, our team also organized 2
programmes to clean soak pits and areas next to hand pumps at Samaiya (February
8) and Chapri (Feb 11). In both case, the soak pits were clogged with litter
and were overflowing.
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| Chapri - the hand pump before clean-up |
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| After clean-up |
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| Samaiya - organic litter and waste being removed from around hand pump |
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Samaiya - after clean-up
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Education
During the month our
team organized environment education programmes in 11 schools in the villages
in our area of operations.
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| Manegaon - Amit Awasthi talks to children about nature and wildlife |
During the month, we also organized two
conservation rallies – at Batwar on February 7 and Manegaon on February 9.
Children went through their respective villages, chanting slogans with a
conservation message to raise awareness among villagers.
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| Manegaon rally by primary school students |
Amit led children of Dhamangaon and Chapri
on nature trails on February 11 and February 26 respectively. On the trails, he
helped children identify various species of plants and animals and explained
the importance of preserving our environment.
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| Chapri children on a nature trail |
Employment Cell
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| Kishan Maraskole in front of the resort site where he got a job |
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.
Pappu Nanda and
Paramanand Nanda (of Kutwahi) have earned Rs 1,000/- per week in February. Jaisingh
of Patpara earned Rs 500/- per week in February.
These earnings
represent additional income to them.
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| Amit and RFO Ms Barwa meet members of the the womens' SHG, Kutwahi |
Education Van
There were 7 film shows in February on nature and wildlife conservation.
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| Batwar - students and staff of Middle School watch a wildlife film |
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