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| Check dam being built at Matkuli nallah |
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| Volunteers build check dam at Matkuli nallah |
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| Check dam built at Matkuli nallah |
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| Aaditoriya - Dr. Burade examines patient at our free medical camp |
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| Almod Bagholi - Lantana products made by villagers through our Employment Cell training programme |
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| Almod Bagholi - Villagers learn to make products from lantana |
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| Volunteers clean a water body in the jungle |
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| Volunteers clean a water body in the jungle |
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| Nature Education - Matkuli - Students watch a film on nature and wildlife |
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| Mehandikheda - Field assistant Hameed Khan talks about nature and wildlife to students at the village school |
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| Pachmarhi - Our Conservation Officer speaks about alternative livelihood options |
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| Pisuwa - Field assistant Hameed Khan speaks to students about conservation on a nature trail |
Team: Ashfaq Aarbi – Conservation Officer
Hameed Khan – Field assistant
Highlights
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9 water conservation voluntary work
programmes during the month –2 check dams built, 5 water bodies cleaned and 2
soak pits dug
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10 awareness programmes on vermi compost
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Classroom visits to 13 schools as part of
our environment education program – attended by 781 students
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5 films shows on wildlife and nature
conservation - attended by 444 children
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Medical camps in 6 villages - 65 patients
treated
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Organised lantana training at Almod
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Organised village meeting for livelihood training
at Almod
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One day NRLM awareness programme at
Pachmarhi
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Visit to check on status of 8 villages which have already been relocated
Conservation
During November, we organised 9 programmes related to water conservation.
On November 22, we organised a programme to clean a water
body in the jungle around 3.5 km from Chakar village. The water body was covered
with leaves and organic litter. Our team, consisting of our field assistant
Hameed Khan, 1 teacher and 15 children from Government Primary School, Chakar cleared
the litter and made the water body accessible to animals again. Spotted deer
are regularly spotted around this water body while there are occasional
sightings of sloth bears, wild dogs, gaur and leopards.
Similar programmes were organised at Jhiriya, Matkuli, Jhirpa and Almod on November 22, 23 and 24.
On November 23, we organised a
programme to build a check dam on a stream around 2 km from Matkuli village.
The site is known as Matkuli Nallah. A team comprising 10 adult villagers, 22
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 nights. Spotted deer, monkeys and leopards are spotted in the
area.
A similar programme was organised at a different spot on the same stream on November 23.
A similar programme was organised at a different spot on the same stream on November 23.
On November 25, we organised a
program to dig a soak pit at the Government Primary School (GPS), Chillod. A
team comprising 1 teacher and 13 students 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 organised
at Government Middle School, Tekapar on November 25.
Education
During the month, our team
organised 13 lectures to educate students about nature and wildlife
conservation.
Education Van
During November, our team conducted
a total of 5 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation.
Employment Cell - Training programme
Satpuda Foundation and Satpuda
Tiger Reserve jointly organized a skill development programme to train
villagers to make products from lantana such as furniture and fancy items. They
invited us to send 15 candidates from villages in our area of operations to be
trained as carpenters. We identified 15 villagers from Bagholi village and sent
them for the 10-day programme, which ran from November 15 to 24.
Livelihood awareness programme- BCRLIP villages
Shri A.K. Mishra, Joint Director, STR has asked
Satpuda Foundation to focus on villages covered by the Biodiversity
Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Project (BCRLIP) such as Almod,
Barud and Kukarpani villages in our livelihood activities. In November, we submitted
project proposals for villagers of Almod, Barud and Kukarpani for bee-keeping, bag
making, pickle processing and poultry farming. STR management will approach the
concerned government agencies to implement livelihood training programmes under
BCRLIP.
One day National Rural Livelihood Mission awareness workshop
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 Satpuda Tiger
Reserve, are run by the Mobile Health Service (MHS) of Satpuda Foundation.
There were health camps in 6
villages in November.
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