Highlights:
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| Our free health camp at Kodebarra |
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| Dr Zanzal at our free health camp at Kodebarra |
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| Community members on jungle patrol with Forest Department staff |
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| Village volunteers on night patrol near Mangezari |
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| Kodebarra - clearing the vegetation around a hand pump |
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| Pitezari - plastic trash clean-up drive |
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| Wildlife film screening at Wadegaon school |
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| Forest Department staff at a plantation programme, Mangezari |
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| Kuradi - Students take an oath to protect wildlife on Global Tiger Day |
THE FULL REPORT
Team:
Mukund Dhurve - Conservation Officer
Jivraj Salam
-
Field assistant
Salimkumar Dhurve -
Field assistant
Highlights
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Joined Forest Department staff on 7 patrols
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9 community assistance voluntary work programs
to clean area next to hand pumps at Wadegaon, Kodelohara, Umarzari, Sodlagondi,
Kodebarra, Pindkepar, Alezari, Koilari and Chorkhamara
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9 anti-plastic programmes at Wadegaon,
Kodelohara, Umarzari, Sodlagondi, Kodebarra, Pindkepar, Alezari, Koilari and
Chorkhamara
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Organised 6 classroom programmes at Kuradi,
Bolunda, Wadegaon, Kodelohara, Asalpani and Koilari in which 1,144 students
were present
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Organised 6 film shows at Asalpani, Kodebarra,
Koilari, Kodelohara, Wadegaon and Mendha in which 722 students were present
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Organised 6 medical camps in which 213
patients got free treatment
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Celebrated World Tiger Day on 29th
July
Conservation
Our team organised
9 community assistance programs in July to clear areas around hand pumps in
different villages.
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.
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.
Our team joined the Forest Department in day and night patrols
on the roads from Mangezari to Kodebarra, Mangezari to Jindatola, Mangezari to Bagadband
and in Compartments No. 112, 109, 110 and 111.
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 9 anti-plastic programmes to clean
polythene/plastic litter from villages.
The programmes were organised on July 6, 8, 9, 13, 16, 18, 19, 25 and
30 at Wadegaon, Kodelohara, Umarzari, Sodlagondi, Kodebarra, Pindkepar,
Alezari, Koilari and Chorkhamara 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 4 awareness programmes
during July in
4 villages – Thadezari, Pindkepar, Wadegaon, and Chorkhamara.
On the occasion of World Tiger Day, July 29, we organised a
programme at GES High School, Kuradi in which students participated in a drawing
competition and took an oath to protect forests and tigers. 240 students participated
in the programme along with their teachers.
A similar programme was organised at Mangezari for guides,
guards and VEDC members.
Education
There were 6 programmes during July 2017 focussed on
environment education which were attended by 1,144 students.
Education van
There were 6 film shows during July
which were attended by 722 students.
Employment Cell activities
There were 4 employment cell
activities in July.
MHU
There were 6 health camps in July
2017attended by 213 patients.
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