Highlights:
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| Khujal Das (of Batwar) at his new place of work, Mahua Resort, Mocha |
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| Bhagpur - Sampathlal Dhurve conducts awareness programme on water conservation |
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| Chhapri - Path leading to lake, with wild growth impeding access |
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| Chapri - Youths repair the path and remove wild growth |
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| Chapri - The path leading to the lake after our cleaning programme |
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| Chapri - Site at Motojhodi Nallah before our programme to build a check dam |
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| Chapri - Volunteers bring materials to build a check dam at Motojhodi Nallah |
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| Chapri - Volunteers pose after building a check dam at Motojhodi Nallah |
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| Chapri - Vegetable patch set up with our help on Sarita Bai Dhurvey's land |
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| Chapri - Vegetable patch set up with our help on Patiram Dhurvey's land |
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| Dhamangaon - Children pick up litter during anti-plastic programme |
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| Dhamangaon - Village children collect litter during anti-plastic programme |
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| Manegaon - Compost pit being dug in Kasturi Bai's backyard |
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| Manegaon - Site around well before our programme to clean it |
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| Manegaon - Volunteers remove wild growth from the area around the well |
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| Manegaon - Area around well after our programmeto clean it. |
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| Manegaon- Sampathlal Dhurve conducts environment education programme in village school |
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| Patpara - Students watch film on nature and wildlife conservation |
Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation Officer
Sampathlal Dhurve – Field assistant
Highlights
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1 voluntary
work programme for water conservation – check dam built at Motojhodi Nallah,
Chapri
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Two voluntary
works for community assistance – cleaning of area around well at Manegaon and repair of road
leading from Chapri to lake
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4
compost pits prepared in 4 villages
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2
anti-plastic programmes in 2 villages
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3
awareness programmes on vegetable farming and water conservation
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Environment
education programme conducted in 11
schools - attended by 403 students
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7
nature and wildlife film shows -- attended by 446 students
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4 unemployed
youths placed in resorts
Conservation
In water conservation work, we organised 1 programme to construct a check dam. On November 9, a check dam was constructed at Motojhodi Nallah, around 0.5 km from Chapri village, inside the jungle. Tigers, leopards and sambhar deer are spotted regularly in the area building the check dam. 8 youths and elder villagers joined hands with Amit and Sampath in the programme.
On November 13, Amit and Sampath led a team
of 8 people in a programme to clear wild growth around a well at Manegaon. Due
to heavy rains, wild growth had proliferated around the well and access to the
well was affected. Our team, which comprised 5 youths and 4 women from the
village, removed the wild growth and cleaned the area.
Another community programme was organised
on November 20 in which a road leading to a lake was repaired and cleared of
wild growth. Because of the growth and damaged condition of the road, villagers
were finding it difficult to reach the lake. After our programme, access is now
much improved.
Our team encourages
organic farming as part of our strategy to reduce the impact of chemical
fertilisers on fields adjoining prime wildlife areas. Part of our work includes
assistance to villagers in setting up vermi-compost tanks and compost pits.
During November, we helped 4
villagers dig compost pits – Anita Bai Valkey of Sautiya on November 8, Chaitram Uddey of Samaiya on November 10, Ramfal Baiga of Dhamangaon on November 16, and Kasturi Bai of Manegaon on November 17.
On November 15, our team organised an
anti-plastic programme at Dhamangaon. 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. A 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 organised at Samaiya on November 21.
Education
During the month our team organized environment education programmes in 11 schools in the villages in our area of operations.
Education van programme
There were 7 film shows on nature and
wildlife conservation in November.
Livelihood programmes
As part of our programme to reduce pressure
on forests, we have been encouraging villagers to take up alternative
livelihood options. In Kanha, we have been encouraging villagers to take up
vegetable farming as there are several resorts around Mocha and there is a
steady flow of tourists who require fresh vegetables. Over the past 2 years, we
have assisted around 30 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 3 awareness programmes in November at Manegaon, Bhagpur
and Batwar.
Employment Cell
We helped four youths get jobs during the month of November.
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