Highlights:
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| Baridevi - Candidates learn how to make furniture from lantana |
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| Baridevi - S. K. Jain, Director of R-SETI, Hoshangabad, inspects the lantana product training programme |
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| Karer - Villager gets free treatment at our medical camp |
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| Volunteers clean water body in jungle in programme organised by us |
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| Pisuwa - Volunteers build check dam on a nallah in a programme organised by us |
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| The completed check dam |
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| Pisuwa: Volunteers dig a soak pit in a water conservation programme organised by us |
Team: Ashfaq Aarbi – Conservation Officer
Hameed Khan – Field assistant
Highlights
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4 water conservation voluntary work projects
during the month – built 2 check dams, cleaned 2 water bodies
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12 awareness programmes on vermi-compost
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Arranged livelihood skill-development at
Baridevi
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Medical camps in 5 villages – 66 patients treated
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Visit to check on status of 6 villages which have already been relocated
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Awareness programme on National Rural Livelihood
Mission (NRLM) schemes
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Celebration of World Forestry Day at Jhirpa
Conservation
During March, we organized 4
programmes related to water conservation.
On March 11, we organized a
programme to clean a water body in the jungle around 2 km from Maili village. It
was covered with leaves and organic litter and animals were finding it
difficult to drink. Our team, consisting of field assistant Hameed Khan and 30
children from Government Primary School; Maili cleared the litter and made the
water body accessible to the animals again. Spotted deer are regularly spotted
around this water body while there are occasional sightings of sloth bears and
leopards.
On March 12, we organized a
programme to build a check dam on a stream around 3 km from Pisuwa village. The
site is known as Pisuwa nallah. A team comprising of 28 students of Government
Primary & Middle School, Pisuwa, one teacher, five farmers and Hameed built
the dam. The resultant water body will benefit domestic livestock in the day
and wildlife at night. Spotted deer, monkeys and leopards are regularly spotted
in the area.
A similar
programme was organized at a different spot near Pisuwa on March 13.
On March 15, we organized a
programme to dig a soak pit at the Government Primary School (GPS) Pisuwa. 12
villagers 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.
World Forestry Day
On March 21, we organized a
function to celebrate the World Forestry Day at Jhirpa. This programme was
attended by by Shri Divedi,
Principal, Govt. Higher Secondary School, Jhirpa, and Mr. Jain (Nodal Officer)
Central Bank of India, President and members of Eco Development Committee and
Gram Panchayat, Jhirpa, members.
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 fancy items.
Mr. Abhijeet Agrawal, CEO Zilla
Panchayat, Hoshangabad invited us to send 30 candidates from relocated villages
in our area of operations to be trained as carpenters. We identified 21 female
and 9 male villagers from Mongra, Anjandana and Matkuli and sent them for the
15-day programme, which started on March 14.
The entire cost of the programme is
being borne by Zilla Panchayat, Hoshangabad under NRLM scheme.
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 5 villages
in March.
Relocated
villages
Ashfaq and Hameed khan visited
the relocated villages of Sonpur, Raikheda, Mongra, Jamandhonga, Parraspani, Anjandana,
Dhargaon, Nankot, Kukra and Nandner during March to follow up on the status of
the relocated villagers.
Shri A.K. Nagar, Field Director and A.K. Mishra,
Dep. Director, Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) and Abhijeet Agrawal (CEO, Zilla
Panchayat Hoshangabad) have asked Satpuda Foundation to focus on youths from
relocated villages in our livelihood activities. STR management will approach
the concerned government agencies to implement livelihood training programmes
under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).
BCRLIP villages
Shri A.K. Mishra, Dep. Director, STR has asked
Satpuda Foundation to focus on Almod, Barud and Kukarpani villages in our
livelihood activities. STR management will approach the concerned government
agencies to implement livelihood training programmes under the Bio-diversity
Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Project (BCRLIP).
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