Highlights
- 3 awareness programmes on snake bites
- 3 compost pit prepared in 3 villages
- 7 wells cleaned in 3 villages
- 2 conservation rallies
- 2 voluntary work project programmes to clean areas around hand pump
and well and school premises
- 2 unemployed youths placed in resorts
- 6 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation, attended by
267 people
- Environment education programme conducted in 11 schools - attended by 313 students
During August, our team
organized 3 awareness programmes on snakes and snake bites. During the monsoon,
snakes come out of their pits as these get flooded and there is greater
occurrence of humans being bitten by snakes. Our awareness programmes focussed
on teaching villagers how to identify venomous and non-venomous snakes and
explained what to do in case of snake bites. Details of the programmes are
given in the table above.
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| Sautiya - Amit conducts awareness programme on snake bites |
As part of our
programme to promote organic farming to reduce the impact of chemical fertilizers
on areas adjoining forest habitat, we helped 3 villagers prepare compost pits.
The details are given on the above table.
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| Above, below: Compost pits being dug in Sautiya |
During August, our team
organized 2 conservation rallies in which members of women’s self-help groups
(SHGs) participated. At Kutwahi, on August 20, women belonging to Roshni, Deep
and Lakshmi SHGs went through the village of Kutwahi, chanting slogans in
favour of conservation of nature and wildlife. A similar programme was organized
on August 23 at Chapri in which members of Indrawati, Gondwana and Mahavir SHGs
participated.
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Kutwahi - members of Womens SHG get ready for a conservation rally
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On August 11, Amit and
Sampath organized a programme at Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) School at
Bijatola in Chapri. The school ground was overgrown with weeds and grass due to
the heavy monsoon rains. In our programme, 22 members of Gondwana and Indrawati
SHGs joined hands with our team to clean up the school ground as well as the
area surrounding a hand pump used by the school students to draw drinking
water.
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| Chapri - volunteers cleaning wild growth around the school hand pump |
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Chapri - volunteers pose after cleaning is completed |
A similar programme was
organized on August 21 at Chapri, in which 17 members of Gondwana and Indrawati
SHGs cleaned the area around a hand pump and well located in the village and used
to draw drinking water.
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| Chapri - volunteers clean area around village well |
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| Chapri - the village well after clean-up |
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 speaks to students about nature and wildlife conservation |
Employment Cell
We helped two youths get jobs during the month of August.
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| Mocha - Balveer Maravi, who got a job at Kanha Resort as a cook with our help |
Education van programme
There were 6 film shows
in August.
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| Dhamangaon - Amit speaks to students before film show on wildlife |
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