Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation Officer
Sampathlal Dhurve – Field assistant
Highlights
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2 voluntary
work projects for community assistance – area next to hand pump cleaned at Bhagpur
and area next to well cleaned at Batwar
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4
compost pits prepared in 4 villages
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2 anti-plastic
programmes
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Environment
education programme conducted in 12 schools - attended by 367 students
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7
nature and wildlife film shows -- attended by 466 students
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2
unemployed youths get jobs through our Employment Cell
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4
awareness programmes on vegetable farming and vermi-compost
Conservation
On September 13, Amit and Sampath led a
team of 9 people in a programme to clear wild growth around a hand pump at
Bhagpur. Due to heavy rains, wild growth had proliferated around the hand pump and
access to the pump was affected. Our team, which comprised 5 youths and 4 women
from the village, removed the wild growth and cleaned the area. Photos below.
A similar programme was organized on September 20 to clear the area next to a well at Batwar. Photos below.
Our team encourages organic farming as part of our strategy to reduce the impact of chemical fertilizers on fields adjoining prime wildlife areas. Part of our work includes assistance to villagers in setting up vermi-compost tanks and compost pits. During September, we helped 4 villagers dig compost pits – Kashiram of Samaiya on September 17, Chetu Lal Uikey of Kutwahi on September 19, Arjun Markam of Sautiya on September 24, and Drup Singh of Batwar on September 29.
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| Sautiya - compost pit dug in Arjun Singh's property |
On September 8, our team organized an anti-plastic programme at Patpara. Amit and Sampath spoke to the villagers about the harmful impact of plastic/polythene on the environment and motivated them to remove such litter from the village. The team of villagers and students went around the village, collecting plastic and polythene litter/waste, which were then buried in a pit on the outskirts of the village. A similar anti-plastic programme was organized at Dhamangaon on September 23.
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| Dhamangaon - anti-plastic programme |
Education
During the month our
team organized environment education programmes in 12 schools in the villages
in our area.
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| Kutwahi - Sampath conducts a classroom lecture |
Education van programme
There were 7 film shows on nature and
wildlife conservation in September.
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| Dhamangaon film screening |
Employment Cell
We helped 2 youths get jobs during the month of September.
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| Sant Kumar Uikey at Koushalya Resort, Mocha, his new place of work |
Livelihood programmes
As part of our programme to help villagers
find alternative livelihood options which will reduce their dependence on
forests, we have been encouraging people residing around
Kanha to take up vegetable farming. Due to the presence of several resorts
around Mocha and a steady flow of tourists, there is a good demand for fresh
vegetables. Over the past 3 years, we have assisted around 15 villagers in
taking up vegetable farming and they are earning around 500-1,000 rupees a week
in additional income. The vegetable patches are typically of small size and
located in the backyards of the residences. Some villagers have now got enough
confidence to expand and are planning to use part of their farm land for this
activity. To encourage more villagers to take up this activity, we conducted
four awareness programmes in September at Manegaon, Batwar, Patpara and Chapri.
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| Batwar - awareness programme on vegetable farming and vermi-compost |
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