Team: Bandu Kumare – Field
assistant
Highlights
- Cleaning of 1 waterhole
- Follow-up to plantation done
during last monsoon in 3 villages
- Anti-plastic programmes in 2
villages
- Two voluntary work projects
to clean area around hand pump and well
- 2 nature trails for village
children
- 2 conservation rallies to
celebrate World Environment Day
- Medical camps in 6
villages - 197 patients treated
- Two visits to Bhagwanpur to
follow up on status of relocated villagers
Conservation
During June, Bandu organized 3 programmes to
follow-up on plantation done during the monsoon months. Last year, during the
monsoon, we had arranged for planting of saplings in different villages. Now,
we are following up to ensure that the saplings get enough water as well as
protection from grazing livestock. Details are given in the table above.
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| Tending to saplings - Kutwanda |
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| Moharli - children collect seeds of different native tree species for sowing during the monsoon |
On June 6, Bandu organized an anti-plastic programme at Bamdeli
in which school students cleaned the main village road of plastic litter and
waste. The litter/waste was then buried in pits. A similar anti-plastic programme
was organized at Katwal on June 7.
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| Katwal - children cleaning up plastic trash |
On June 23, Bandu organized a programme to clean the area
around a hand pump at Chorgaon. Spillover water from the hand pump had
stagnated around the pump. 2 students from the village school and one youth joined
hands with Bandu in the programme. The team dug a canal to drain the spillover
water away and cleaned the area of organic waste and litter which had
accumulated there. A similar programme was organized on June 29 at Sitarampeth
to clean the area around a well. 2 students from the village school and 2
youths teamed up with Bandu for this programme.
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| Chorgaon - Bandu cleans the water body next to the hand pump |
On June 3, Bandu organized a programme
to clean a water body in the jungle around 1.5 km from Moharli. The bodies had
become clogged with organic waste and scum. Four youths from Moharli joined
hands with Bandu in the programme to clean the waterhole to enable wildlife to
have access to the water. Wild boar and barking deer are sighted regularly in
the area while leopard pugmarks are also seen.
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| The waterhole before cleaning |
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| Volunteers cleaning the hole |
Education
There were no classroom programmes in June as schools were
shut for the summer holiday.
During June, Bandu organized 2 nature trails for school
students of Moharli (June 3) and Sitarampeth (June 5). On the trails, Bandu
helped the children identify various birds and plants and spoke to them about
nature and wildlife conservation.
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| Sitarampeth children gather before setting off on a nature trail |
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| Moharli nature trail |
On the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5), Bandu
organized 2 conservation rallies at Dewada and Adegaon. Students went through
their villages, chanting slogans about conservation of nature and
wildlife.
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| Dewada children on a conservation rally |
MHU
There were health camps in 6 villages in June.
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| Adegaon free medical camp |
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| Jamni - free medical camp |
