Activity Update January 2014: Pench Madhya Pradesh

Team: Saket Agasti – Assistant Conservation Officer

            Niranjan Hinge, Bandu Uikey – Field Assistants

 

Highlights

• 
  One voluntary work project to build a stop dam near Turia village
• Six nature trails for school children of Turia, Awarghani, Kohoka, Satosha and Khamba
• 6 medical camps – treated 202 patients
• Five  film shows on nature and wildlife conservation – viewed by 294 school children
• Twelve environmental education programmes – addressed 437 students

Conservation 

On January 25, Niranjan Hinge organized a programme to build a check dam on a stream adjoining the jungle around 300 metres from Turia village. A team of 8 people, including youths and school children, joined hands with Niranjan to build the dam. The water body will benefit both domestic livestock (in the day) and wild animals (at night). Spotted deer and sambar are regularly spotted in the area while jackals are spotted more occasionally. Photos below.

Environmental Education Programme

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

Niranjan uses games to teach children about nature in a fun way

Environment education class at Teliya

Environment education at Doodhgaon

On January 6, 20, 22, 24, 28 and 29, Niranjan took children from different villages on nature trails. The details are given in the table above. On the trails, Niranjan spotted local birds in the area and explained their importance to the students.

Children of Turia on nature trail near Kohoka Lake

Nature trail with children of Satosha

IT Education Programme

Our programmes to bring computers to village children are running in Teliya and Turia.

Employment Cell

One youth from Turia got a job at a local resort with our help.

Education Van Programme

There were 5 film shows on nature and wild life conservation during January.

Ambadi schoolchildren watching a wildlife film

School children and teacher watching a wildlife film

Film show at Tuyepani

Mobile Health Unit (MHU)

We assisted Nature Conservation Society, Amravati in holding 6 medical camps in January and 202 treated patients.

Teliya - the doctor examines a patient's x-ray

Teliya - a lady gets her weight checked while registering for our free
medical camp