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| We helped unemployed villager Devchand Madavi buy this cart - now he sells vegetables in four villages! |
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| Mangezari plastic litter clean-up drive |
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| Dr Bhasme examines a patient at our free health camp at Alezari |
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| Our Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve speaking to students of Bolunda school about nature conservation |
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| Volunteers clear a jungle waterhole |
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| Another waterhole cleaned by our volunteers |
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| Volunteers patrol Compartment 114 with us and the forest staff |
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| Mangezari - tree guards put up by us to protect saplings planted last year |
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| Mangezari - volunteer watering saplings |
THE FULL REPORT
Team:
Mukund Dhurve -
Conservation Officer
Jivraj Salam -
Field assistant
Salimkumar Dhurve - Field assistant
Highlights
·
Joined Forest Department staff on 5 patrols
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3 programmes to clean water holes in Compartments
no.114, 56, 109
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6 community assistance voluntary work programmes
to clean area next to hand pumps at Kuradi, Boatola, Sodlagondi, Mangezari Bagadband
and Umarzari
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6 anti-plastic programmes at Kuradi, Boatola,
Sodlagondi, Mangezari, Bagadband and Umarzari
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Organised 5 education programmes in schools
focusing on eco –friendly Holi celebration -793 students attended
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Conducted medical camps in 6 villages at
which 119 patients got treatment
Conservation
Our team organised
3 programmes in February to clean water holes in Compartments 114,
56, 109. The
water holes were covered in organic scum and litter, making it difficult for
wildlife to drink.
Our team also
organised 6 community assistance programmes in February to clear areas
around hand pumps at Kuradi, Boatola, Sodlagondi, Mangezari Bagadband and Umarzari. Unemployed
youths from Mangezari participated in all programmes which were led by Mukund
and Salimkumar. Details of the programmes are given in the table above. Water had spilled over while people drew from the hand pumps
and had stagnated, leading to proliferation of mosquitoes and insects. Our
teams cleared the area, removing scum and organic growth and dug canals to
drain away the water.
Our team joined the Forest Department
in day and night patrols on the roads from Mangezari to Kodebarra, Mangezari to
Jindatola, Mangezari to Govindtola, Mangezari to Bagadband and in Compartment
no. 108, on February 6, 10, 11, 16, and 21. Besides our staff, volunteers
from a youth club at Mangezari also joined in the patrols. The youth club was
set up with our assistance and is mentored by our Conservation Officer Mukund
Dhurve.
During the month, our team organised 6 anti-plastic programmes to clean
polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programmes were organised on February
2, 5, 7, 12, 17 and 21 at Kuradi, Boatola, Sodlagondi, Mangezari, Bagadband and Umarzari villages respectively.
Mukund, Salimkumar and Jivraj organised the programmes which were attended by
villagers and village eco-development committee (VEDC) members. The plastic
litter has been kept in our Mangezari office and will be sent to Tiroda for
recycling.
The Government of Maharashtra has
issued the buffer zone notification for the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve.
Following this, doubts have sprung up in the minds of villagers as to how they
will be affected by the notification. Due to the doubts, some villagers are opposing
the notification. To clear these doubts and misgivings, we organised a total of
3 awareness programmes during February in 3 villages – Boatola, Sodlagondi
and Thadezari.
Education
There were 5 education
programmes during February 2017.
Employment Cell activities
Our team gave financial assistance to a villager, Devchand
Madavi, to buy a cart which he uses to sell vegetables in 4 villages. Thanks to
our assistance, this villager who was unemployed now earns Rs 1500 rupees per
month. He is confident of increasing this income in the coming months.
On February 22, we held a meeting
at Mangezari at which villagers were given information about livelihood
development programmes run by Star Swayam Rozgar Kendra, Gondia. This is an
institute run by Bank of India which provided free training to people to
develop livelihood skills.
We are planning to organise a programme
jointly with Star Swayam Rozgar Kendra to train villagers in making bangles and
other products from lac taken from trees located in fields and villages.
MHU
There were 6 health
camps in February 2017.
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