Team: Ashfaq Aarbi – Conservation Officer
Hameed Khan – Field assistant
Highlights
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6 water conservation voluntary work projects
during the month – built 2 check dams, 2
soak pits dug, 2 water bodies cleaned
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8 awareness programmes on vermi-compost
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7 awareness programmes on Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan
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Classroom visits to 11 schools as part of
our environment education programme – attended by 414 students
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8 film shows on wildlife and nature
conservation - attended by 600 people
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Organized village meeting for livelihood training
in relocated village
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Organized lantana training programme at
relocated village
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Medical camps in 6 villages - 286 patients
treated
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Visit to check on status of 6 villages which have already been relocated
Conservation
During September, we organized 6 programmes related to water conservation.
On September 1, we organized a
programme to build a check dam on a stream around 3 km from Matkuli village.
The site is known as Matkuli nallah. A team comprising 2 adult villagers, 29
students from Government Higher Secondary School, Matkuli, and Hameed built the
dam. The resultant water body will benefit domestic livestock in the day time
and wildlife at night. Spotted deer, monkeys and leopards are spotted in the
area.
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| Matkuli check dam |
On September 2, we organized a programme
to build a check dam on a stream around 2 km from Pisuwa village. A team
comprising 8 adult villagers, 9 students from Government Middle Schools,
Pisuwa and Hameed built the dam. The resultant water body will benefit domestic
livestock in the day time and wildlife at nights. Spotted deer, monkeys and
leopards are spotted in the area
On September 3, we organized a
programme to dig a soak pit at the Government Middle School (GMS), Tekapar. 10
students from the school joined hands with Hameed in digging the pit, which
will take spillover water from a hand pump on the school premises. The pit will
help to recharge the water table around the hand pump.
A similar
programme was organized at Mehandikheda on September 4.
On September 8, we organized a
programme to clean a water body in the jungle around 2.5 km from Chillod
village. The water body, which is located in the buffer zone, was covered with
leaves and organic litter and animals were finding it difficult to drink. Our
team, consisting of field assistant Hameed Khan, 1 adult villager and 18
students from Government Primary School, Chillod, cleared the litter and made
the water body accessible to the animals again. Spotted deer are regularly
spotted around the water body while there are occasional sightings of sloth
bears and leopards. Photos below.
On September 9, a similar programme
was organized at Mohgaon to clean a water body in the jungle around 3 km from
the village. A total of 9 people participated in this programme, which was led
by Hameed Khan.
Education
During the month, our team
organized 11 lectures to educate students about nature and wildlife
conservation.
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| Classroom lecture at Mehandikheda |
Education Van
During September, our team
conducted a total of 8 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation.
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| Film screening at Chandan Pipariya |
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| Film screening at Mohgaon |
Employment Cell
Training programme
Rural Self-Employment Training
Institute (RSETI) Hoshangabad organized a programme to train villagers to make
products from lantana such as furniture and artefacts. They invited us to
send 25 candidates from relocated villages in our area of operations to be
trained as carpenters. We identified 25 villagers from Sonpur, Anjandana, and
Dhargaon village and sent them for the 15-day programme, which ran from September
9 to 23. The entire cost of the programme is being borne by Rural
Self-Employment Training Institute (RSETI), Hoshangabad, and Satpuda Foundation.
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| Kurshikhapa: candidates learn to make furniture from lantana wood |
Mobile Health Service (MHS)
Satpuda Foundation organizes
medical camps at which villagers get free treatment and medicines. These camps,
whose schedule is set in conjunction with the management of the Tiger Reserve,
are run by the Mobile Health Service (MHS) of Satpuda Foundation. There were health camps in 6 villages
in September.
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| Free health camp at Matkuli |
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| Free health camp at Karer |
Relocated
villages
Ashfaq and Hameed Khan visited
the relocated villages of Dhargaon, Nankot, Nayakheda, Jamandhonga, Raikheda,
and Mongra during September to follow up on the status of the relocated
villagers.
The main issues raised by the villagers related
to lack of employment, and a poor approach road. Shri A.K. Mishra, Dep. Director,
STR has asked Satpuda Foundation to focus on youths from relocated villages in
our livelihood activities.
In September, we submitted a livelihood
proposal for unemployed villagers in the relocated villages of Nankot, Nandner,
Sonpur, and Parraspani. STR management will approach the concerned government
agencies to implement livelihood training programmes under the National Rural Livelihood
Mission (NRLM).
Photos below: Sonpur villagers meet to discuss livelihood training programmes
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