Team:
Bandu Kumare – Field
assistant
Highlights
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1 water conservation programme to build check
dam at Adegaon
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3 community assistance programmes – common
area of village cleaned at Moharli, area round hand pump cleaned at Mudholi,
soak pit cleaned at Bamdeli
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Anti-plastic programmes in 2 villages – at Mudholi and at Adegaon
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Classroom visits to 10 schools as part of environment
education programme – attended by 297
students
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Film shows on wildlife conservation in 9
village schools – attended by 333 students
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Medical camps in 2 villages – 67 patients
treated
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2 visits to check on status of relocated
villagers of Jamni and Navegaon
Conservation
On December 4, our field assistant
Bandu Kumare organized a programme to build a check dam around 1 km from
Adegaon. The dam was built on a stream lying between the fields and the jungle.
25 students from the village’s Zilla Parishad Primary School (ZPPS), 2
teachers, 2 school staff and 2 youths from the village joined Bandu in the
programme. The resulting water body will benefit livestock in the day and wild
animals at night. Wild boar, spotted deer, sambar and leopards are regularly
sighted in the area.
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| Dam site before the programme |
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| Students and teachers pose at the completed dam |
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| The completed dam |
On December 21, Bandu organized a
programme at Mudholi to clear the area around a hand pump. Water had spilled
over while people drew from the well. Over a period of time, this had created a
small marshy area, leading to proliferation of mosquitoes and insects. Our team
cleared the area, removing scum and organic growth and dug a canal to drain away
the water. 4 youths from the village joined Bandu in the programme.
On December 23, Bandu organized a
programme to clean a soak pit at Bamdeli which had become clogged with organic
waste. 11 students from the ZPPS and one teacher joined Bandu in the programme.
On December 16, Bandu organized
an anti-plastic programme at Moharli in which 17 unemployed youths
participated. Bandu explained the harmful effects of plastic on the environment
and the need to keep plastic litter and waste buried so that they aren’t blown
by the wind into jungle areas. The team cleared the main road of the village of
plastic litter and waste. They also cleared the common area of the village.
Anti-plastic programmes were also
organized at Mudholi and at Adegaon on December 24 and 30.
Environment Education
During December,
Bandu made 10 classroom visits to speak to students of village schools on
various aspects of nature and wildlife conservation.
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| Kutwanda - a game to teach nature conservation |
Employment Cell
On December 25, Bandu organized a
programme at Adegaon at which officials from Bank of India’s Rural
Self-Employment Training Institute (R-Seti) spoke to unemployed youths about
various livelihood-related training programmes offered by the institute at
Chandrapur. Mr Viresh Trivedi, Director of the institute, spoke to the youths
about programmes such as tailoring, repairing of mobile phones, courses in
working in beauty parlours, electirical fitting, etc..
R-Seti has been working with
Satpuda Foundation to reach out to unemployed youths in our area of operations.
So far, we have sent more than 25 youths for various training programmes at
R-Seti. The fees have been borne by R-Seti.
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| Adegaon - Viresh Trivedi, Director of R-Seti, speaks to unemployed young villagers about training programmes offered by his institute |
Education Van
There were 9 film shows on nature
and wildlife conservation in December.
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| Film screening at Chorgaon |
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| Film screening at Kondegaon |
MHU
2 medical camps were organized by
us in December.
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| Sitarampeth medical camp: Dr Sarang Pawar examines a patient |
Jamni & Nawegaon
Bandu made 2 visits to check on the status of villagers relocated from Jamni and Navegaon on December 13-14 and December 28-29 respectively.
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