Highlights:
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| Amit Das of Chhapri, at his new place of work, Voila Resort |
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| Sev Kumar Pusham of Chhapri, at his new place of work, Parag Resort |
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| 12 young villagers from our region participated in a Hospitality and Housekeeping course in Raipur |
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| Six girls selected by our team to be trained as park guides |
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| Bhagpur - volunteers clear the area around a hand pump |
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| Awareness programme by our Conservation Officer Amit Awasthi at Chhapri |
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| Kutwahi school nature education programme by our Field Assistant Sampathlal Dhurve |
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| Patpara - wildlife film screening |
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| Batwar - plastic litter collection |
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| Chhapri - compost pit dug in Dayal Singh's yard |
THE FULL REPORT
Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation Officer
Sampathlal Dhurve – Field assistant
Highlights
· 2 voluntary work projects for community assistance – area next to well cleaned at Samaiya and area next to hand pump cleaned at Bhagpur
· 5 awareness programmes on conservation activity
· 5 compost pits dug
· 2 anti-plastic programmes
· Environment education programme conducted in 9 schools - attended by 337 students
· 7 film shows on nature and wildlife – attended by 306 students
· 2 unemployed youths placed in local jobs
· Sent 12 young villagers to a training programme in hospitality and housekeeping
· Selected 6 women to be trained as guides
Conservation
Conservation
On August 13, Amit and Sampath led a team
of 8 people in a programme to clear wild growth around a well at Samaiya. Due to
heavy rains, wild growth had proliferated around the well and access to the well was
affected. Our team, which comprised 11 youths
from the village, removed the wild growth and cleaned the area. A similar programme was organised at Bhagpur on August 27
to clear the area next to a hand pump.
During August, our team organised 5 awareness programmes on
conservation activity. The aim of the programmes is to promote awareness about
the protection of the environment among the villagers, so that they provide
support to our conservation programmes.
Our team encourages organic farming as part of our strategy
to reduce the impact of chemical fertilisers on fields adjoining prime wildlife
areas. Part of our work includes assistance to villagers in setting up vermi-compost
tanks and compost pits. During August, we helped 5 villagers dig compost pits – Buddhan Markam
of Sautiya on August 5, Goverdhan Saiyam of Kutwahi on August 6, Kuwer Singh Uddey of Batwar on August
7, Dayal
Singh of Chapri on August 11 and Durgeshnandni Uikey of Patpara on August 28.
On August 12 our team organised an anti-plastic programme
at Batwar. Amit and Sampath spoke to the students of the village school about
the harmful impact of plastic/polythene on the environment and motivated them
to remove such litter from the village. The students went around the village,
collecting plastic and polythene litter/waste, which were then buried in a pit on
the outskirts of the village.
A similar programme was organised at Chapri on August 15.
Education
During the month, our team organised environment education
programmes in 9 schools in the villages in our area of operations.
Education
van programme
There were 7 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation
in August.
Employment Cell
We helped two youth get
jobs in August.
Hospitality and Housekeeping Training programme
The
Forest Department has been organising hospitality and housekeeping training
programmes for the youths of local villages in an attempt to provide them with
employment in the tourism industry. The training is being provided by Jagatguru
Swaroopanand Shankaracharya Institute, Raipur.
The
Forest Department bears the cost of training the participants.
12
young people selected by us from villages in our area of operations were provided
training during August.
Park Guide Training programme
A
programme to train local young people as guides has been launched at Kanha by Corbett
Foundation. We selected 6 girls from villages in our area of operations for
this programme.
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