Activity Update April 2017: Tadoba

Highlights:

Adegaon: The headmaster of the village school
puts up a water pot for birds

Adegaon health camp: a patient checks her weight as she
registers for treatment

Katwal: village children carrying out a cleanliness drive

Kutwanda: Conservation Officer Prameek puts up a water bowl for birds
to sensitise village children about wildlife

Kutwanda: Field Assistant Kishor speaks to children about nature
conservation

Kutwanda: students learn about water conservation

THE FULL REPORT

Field Staff: -

Conservation Officer – Prameek Kannan

Field Assistant – Kishor Dudhbarai

Highlights

·      2 cleanliness drives in Katwal with 70 participants

·      18 education programmes were conducted in 7 villages

·      6 nature and wildlife film shows with 326 students

·      13 interactive classroom lecture sessions with 709 students

Conservation

As a part of his on-going initiative to engage the local communities to clean the buffer villages, Kishor conducted 2 cleanliness drives in his home village of Katwal. He engaged 70 volunteers to take part in the drives in which plastic and polythene litter was cleared from the streets.

Education

With temperatures climbing well into the 40s, our educational activities centered on water conservation and providing water for wildlife. We encouraged students to set up birdbaths – setting up pots and vessels filled with water for birds to drink. These activities also provide the children additional opportunities to learn about the wildlife around their village, as we encouraged the students to keep a keen eye on the activities around the birdbaths.