Highlights:
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| Adegaon - Volunteers clear area around hand pump |
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| Adegaon - Volunteers clear area around hand pump. |
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| Dewada - Container with water for birds placed in a tree by our volunteers |
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| Dewada - Water container for birds |
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| Katwal - Viresh Trivedi, Director of R-Seti, speaks to unemployed youths about livelihood training programmes offered by his institute |
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| Kondegaon - Seeds collected for plantation programme including karanj, sitaphal, kaner, chinch, aam, neem |
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| Moharli - Bandu and a volunteer clean a water body in the jungle |
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| Moharli - Students of village school learn about local biodiversity on a nature trail |
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| Sitarampeth - Students provide water to sapling planted by them during last monsoon |
Team:
Bandu Kumare
– Field
assistant
Highlights
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Two community assistance voluntary work
projects –programmes to clean area around hand pump at Adegaon and Katwal
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Two programmes to clean water holes at Moharli
and Moharli
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Two programmes to place water pots for birds
at Moharli and Dewada
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Follow-up to plantation done earlier at Khutwanda,
Bhamdeli and Sitarampeth
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Two
nature trails for students at Khutwanda and Moharli
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Two programmes to collect seeds for
plantation programme at Mudholi and Kondegaon
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Workshop on livelihood options in two
village – at Katwal and Mudholi
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2 visits to check on status of relocated
villagers of Jamni and Navegaon
Conservation
On May 8, Bandu organized a programme at Adegaon 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. A similar programme was organized on May 13 at Katwal to clean the area around a hand pump. 4 youths from the village joined Bandu in this programme.
On May 5, Bandu organized a
programme to clear a water hole at Moharli. The water hole was clogged with
organic waste and was overflowing. Bandu and 3 youths of the village cleaned
the water hole. A similar programme was organized on May 16 at Mudholi in which
5 youths from the village joined Bandu.
As the rains have not yet started
and the temperatures are still high, birds continue to struggle for water.
Bandu organized programmes to put up pots with water for birds in 2 villages – Moharli
and Dewada.
On May 6, Bandu organized a
programme at Khutwanda to follow up on plantation of saplings done last year.
This is to ensure that saplings planted during the monsoon are live and have
sufficient protection from grazing livestock. 13 students from the village
school joined Bandu in the programme. Similar programmes were organized on May
17 at Bhamdeli and May 22 at Sitarampeth in which in which 9 students and 15
students participated.
Bandu has been organizing
programmes to collect seeds for planting once the monsoon sets in. In the
process, children are taught about the value of trees and the need to preserve
the green cover and increase it. During June, seeds were collected by children
in Mudholi and Kondegaon. Seeds collected included karanj, sitaphal, mango, neem
and kaner.
On May 13, Bandu organized a nature trail in the jungle near
Khutwanda in which 17 students participated. Bandu used the trail to teach the students
about local species of plants and wildlife. The trail was also an opportunity
to patrol the jungle and check for signs of illicit activities. Similar
programmes were organized on May 22 at Moharli in which 20 students
participated.
Environment Education
There were no classroom
programmes in May as schools were shut for the annual summer holiday.
Employment Cell
On May 18, Bandu organized programmes
at Katwal and Mudholi 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, electrical 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 30 youths for various training programmes at
R-Seti. The fees have been borne by R-Seti.
