Team:
Mukund Dhurve – Conservation Officer
Jivraj Salam - Field assistant
Salimkumar Dhurve – Field
assistant
Highlights
o Joined Forest Department staff on 3 night patrols and 3 day patrols
o 3 community assistance voluntary work projects – programmes to clean areas next to hand pumps at Pongezara, Asalpani, Kalagota
o 2 programmes to clean water holes in the buffer area of Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary in compartments no. 97, 98
o Livelihood programmes - identified 3 girls and sent them for training in “Fashion & Dress Design” at Gondia
o Organized 12 medical camps at which 708 patients got free treatment
Conservation
Our team organized 3 community
assistance programmes in June 2014.
On June 12, we organized a
programme to clear the area around a hand pump at Pongezara in which 6 people,
including unemployed youths and school students, participated. A similar
programme was organized on June 13 at Asalpani to clean the area around a hand
pump. 7 people joined Mukund and Salimkumar in this programme. Another
programme was organized on June 23 at Kalagota to clean the area around a hand
pump. 6 youths from the village joined Jivraj
and Mukund in this programme.
In all the three places water had
spilled over while people drew water and had stagnated, leading to
proliferation of mosquitoes and insects. Our teams cleared the areas, removing
scum and organic growth and dug canals to drain away the water.
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| Asalpani - volunteers clear area around hand pump |
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| Pongezara - plastic trash collected during clean-up drive |
Our team joined the Forest Department
in day and night patrols on the road from Mangezari to Kodebarra and Mangezari
to Jindatola on June 16 and June 19. Power cables run on poles erected by the side of
the road. In the past, there have been instances of poaching on this road when
poachers used hooks and wires to draw power from the cables and killed animals
by electrocution. Sometimes, wires are drawn several hundred meters into the
jungle from the cables. At least one gaur and one leopard have been killed over
the past year, using this method. Besides our staff, volunteers from the youth
club at Mangezari also joined in the special patrols.
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| Volunteers catch woman with a load of illegally cut bamboo |
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| On night patrol |
On June 21, we also patrolled in
Compartments 97, 98.
During the month, we also organized
2 programmes to clean water holes adjoining hand pumps in Compartments 97, 98.
In both cases, the water bodies were clogged with organic litter and dust. Our
teams removed the litter and de-silted the water bodies.
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| Kalagota - volunteer team cleaning a waterhole |
On June 5, World Environment Day,
we organized a programme at Mangezari which was attended by 28 villagers. Range
Forest Officer, Nagzira Range, Shri Kadow and Forest Guard Kahudkar both spoke
to the gathering about the current state of the environment and what
individuals could do at their level to reduce their impact on environmental
degradation. Photo below.
Education
There were no programmes as attendance
in schools has not yet picked up after the end of the summer vacation.
Education van
There were no film shows as attendance
in schools has not yet picked up after the end of the summer vacation.
Employment Cell activities
During
June, we identified and sent 3 young ladies for training in Fashion & Dress
Design which will improve their chances of getting jobs. They were sent for a
month-long training programme. The training was conducted at Gondia at STAR
Rojgar Training Centre, an institute funded by Bank of India. The training
began on June 28. All expenses will be borne by the institute. The girls are all
from Mangezari.
Girls sent
for Fashion & Dress Design course:
MHU
There were 12 health camps in June.
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| Koka - doctor examines a patient at our free health camp |
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