Highlights:
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| Dr Zanzal at work at our free health camp at Aaditoriya |
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| Aaditoriya - villagers collect saplings for planting |
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| Wildlife film screening at Jhirpa on Global Tiger Day |
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| Prizewinners in contests organised on Global Tiger Day, Jhirpa |
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| Karer medical camp - Dr Zanzal examines a young patient |
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| Matkuli - our Field Assistant Hamid gives a nature education class |
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| Matkuli - drawing contest on Global Tiger Day |
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| Matkuli - sapling plantation programme |
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| Naya Raikheda women get trained in sewing |
THE FULL REPORT
Team: Ashfaq Aarbi – Conservation Officer
Hameed
Khan – Field assistant
Highlights
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10,000 saplings distributed and planted
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10 awareness programmes on sapling
plantation
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Classroom visits to 14 schools as part of
our environment education program – attended by 875 students
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8 film shows on wildlife and nature
conservation- attended by 573 children
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Arranged livelihood training at relocated
village Naya Raikheda
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Exposure visit with farmers to Pawarkheda
Itarsi
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Prepared 5 loan proposals for villagers’
self-employment
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Celebrated International Tiger Day at Jhirpa
and Pachmarhi
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Medical camps in 6 villages - 212 patients
treated
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Visit to check on status of 7 villages which
have already been relocated
Conservation
With the monsoon setting in across the landscape, our teams
have been working to motivate villagers to plant saplings. In July, Satpuda Foundation
and the Forest Department team jointly organised planting of saplings in our
area.
A total of 10,000 saplings of bamboo, kathal, kosam, mahua karanj and jamun were planted with the
support of local Gram Panchayats of Matkuli, Tekapar, Jhirpa, Pisuwa and Forest
Department.
The saplings were supplied by the Social Forestry wing of
the Forest Department.
Education
During the month, our team organised 14 lectures to educate students
about nature and wildlife conservation.
Education Van
During July, our team conducted a total of 8 film shows on
nature and wildlife conservation.
Employment Cell - Training programmes
Satpuda Foundation helped women from villages in our area of
operations get trained in sewing. They will make items such as dresses, baby dresses, ladies’ clothes and fancy items.
The government’s Handloom and Handicrafts Department, based
at Hoshangabad, had invited us to send 15 candidates for the training
programme. We identified 15 women from the relocated village of Naya Raikheda
and sent them for the 1-month programme, which started on July 19. The entire
cost of the programme is being borne by the Handloom and Handicrafts Department.
On July 22, we arranged an exposure visit of 5 farmers to a
government-run institute at Itarsi which does research in agriculture and
offers training programmes. The farmers were exposed to various methods of poultry
and fisheries farming and the required technical expertise for them.
During the month, we visited
the Assistant Development Excutive Officer (ADEO) – a Government official who is
in charge of rural livelihood programmes – to submit 5 loan proposals for women
to make re-usable bags. The women are from Matkuli. The loan proposals were
forwarded to CEO Janpad Panchayat Pipariya, District Hoshangabad.
International Tiger Day
On July 29, Satpuda Tiger Reserve and Satpuda Foundation
jointly organised functions to celebrate the International Tiger Day at
Government Higher Secondary School, Jhirpa. The programme was attended by Shri
D.C. Dwivedi (Principal, Government Higher Secondary School, Jhirpa), Shri D.P.
Dixit (Vice Principal), Shri Sharif Khan (Range Assistant), Shri Shivnarayan
Dewda (Forest Guard), and 300 school children from Jhirpa. We organised wildlife
film shows and programmes to make the participants aware about tiger habitat,
food chain system, bio-diversity and nature conservation.
A nature game and quiz was organised at Government Higher
Secondary School, Jhirpa and a drawing contest at Government Higher Secondary
School, Matkuli.
Mobile Health Service (MHS)
Satpuda Foundation organises medical camps at which
villagers get free treatment and medicines. These camps, whose schedule is set
in conjunction with the management of the Tiger Reserve, are run by the Mobile Health
Service (MHS) of Satpuda Foundation.
There were health camps in 6 villages in July.
