Highlights
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| Nature camp at Anhoni - our Conservation Officer Ashfaq talking to children |
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| Chirrai - Our field assistant Hamid Khan speaks about nature and wildlife to school children |
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| Churni - Nature camp for village schools |
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| Jhirpa - Plastic litter is bundled into sacks for disposal |
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| Jhirpa - Students remove organic litter and scum from a water body used by wildlife |
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| Matkuli - Programme organised by us to train villagers to make products from lantana |
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| Matkuli - Villagers learn to make furniture from lantana |
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| Pisuwa - School students dig soak pit next to hand pump in school |
Team: Ashfaq Aarbi –
Conservation Officer
Hameed Khan – Field assistant
Highlights
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1 anti-plastic campaign programme at Jhirpa
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12 water conservation voluntary work projects
during the month – built 4 check dams, 2
soak pits dug, 6 water bodies cleaned
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4 awareness programmes on vermi-compost
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10 vermi-compost tanks constructed at
Matkuli
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Classroom visits to 14 schools as part of
our environment education program – attended by 707 students
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Arranged lantana training at Matkuli
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Arranged 2 nature camp programmes at Anhoni
and Churni
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Visit to check on status of 10 villages which have already been relocated
Conservation
During February, we organised 1 anti-plastic programme and 12
programmes related to water conservation
On February 4, we organised a programme to clean one water
body in the jungle around 3 km from Anhoni village. The water body was covered
with leaves and organic litter and animals were finding it difficult to drink.
Our team, consisting of Ashfaq Aarbi, Hamid and 35 children from Matkuli
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.
Five similar programmes were organised at Jhirpa,
Mehandikheda, Pisuwa, Bindakheda and Mehandikheda on February 23, 25, 26 and
27.
On February 22, we organised an anti-plastic drive to clear plastic/polythene
litter from the jungle near Jhirpa. Our team consisted of Ashfaq Aarbi, the
local forest guard and teacher and 37 children from Government Middle School,
Jhirpa.
On February 24, we organised a program to dig a soak pit at Pisuwa.
16 children from the village school joined hands with Ashfaq in digging the
pit, which will take spillover water from a hand pump on the Government Middle
School premises. The pit will help to recharge the water table around the hand
pump.
On February 25, we organised a programme to build a check
dam on a stream around 4 km from Mehandikheda village. A team comprising of 12 students
from Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Matkuli, one teacher and Ashfaq 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.
Similar programmes were organised at Mehandikheda and
Matkuli on February 25 and 27.
During the month, we organised 4 awareness programmes on
vermi-compost and constructed 10 vermi-compost tanks at Matkuli with the
support of the Agriculture Department. We also trained villagers in making vermi-compost
to reduce their dependence on chemical fertilisers.
Education
During the month, our team organised 14 lectures to educate students
about nature and wildlife conservation.
Nature camp
On February
3-4, we organised residential nature camp at Anhoni for school children to
teach them about nature and wildlife. This programme was attended by Mr.
Aashish Kumar Khobragade (Range Officer),
Rakesh Mehar ( Deputy Ranger), K.K. Pathak, Vinod (Forest Guard), Dilip
Giri Goswami and Mr. Rajput, Alkesh Yadav (teachers) and 37 students from
village schools in our area of operations.
A similar nature camp was
organised at Churni on February 20-21.
Employment Cell
Training programme
Bio-diversity Management Committee (BMC), Matkuli organised a
programme to train villagers to make products from lantana such as furniture
and fancy items. Madhya Pradesh State Bio-diversity Board, Bhopal invited us to
send 25 candidates from our area of operations to be trained as carpenters. We
identified candidates from Mohgaon, Chillod, and Chandanpipariya and
Mehandikheda villages and sent them for the 10-day programme at Matkuli, which
started on February 15. The entire cost of the programme is being borne by Bio-diversity
Management Committee (BMC), Matkuli.
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