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| Our free health camp at Almod |
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| Bagra Tawa: our Assistant Director Abhijit briefs the Forest Department on how to conduct socio-economic surveys |
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| Nature camp for students at Daheliya |
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| Volunteers building a check dam at Matkuli |
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| The check dam at Matk |
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| Field Assistant Hameed briefs students of Jhirpa before taking them on a nature trail |
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| Meeting of Womens' SHGs and government officials at Matkuli |
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| Villagers discussing development issues, Matkuli |
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| Discussing livelihood options with villagers |
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| New Fiferi: New gas connections for villagers selected by us |
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| New Fiferi: showing villagers how to use their new gas stoves |
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| Briefing Self Help Groups about documentation and book-keeping, Sonpur |
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| Tekapar: Field Assistant Hameed Khan conducting an environment education class |
THE FULL REPORT
Team: Ashfaq Aarbi – Conservation Officer
Hameed
Khan – Field assistant
Highlights
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6 water conservation voluntary work projects
during the month – built 3 check dams and cleaned 3 water bodies
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Classroom visits to 15 schools as part of
our environment education program – attended by 976 students
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4 nature trails - attended by 206 students
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Assisted Forest Department in arranging Nature
camp Anubhuti programme 2018
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Medical camps in 6 villages - 224 patients
treated
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Assisted in LPG distribution in relocated
villages
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Organised workshop on socio-economic surveys
for staff of Forest Department
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Visit to check on status of 8 villages which have already been relocated
Conservation
During January, we organised 7 programmes related to water
conservation.
On January 23, we organised a programme to build a check dam
on a stream around 2 km from Matkuli village. A team comprising of 11 students from
Government Middle School Matkuli and our field assistant Hameed built the dam.
The resultant water body will benefit wildlife. Spotted deer, monkeys and leopards are spotted
in the area.
Two similar programmes were organised on January 23 and 24 –
one at a different spot at Matkuli and one at Tekapar.
In addition, we helped repair
one check dam at Tekapar.
On January 28, we organised a programme to clean a water body
in the jungle near Mehandikheda village. The water body was covered
with leaves and organic litter and animals were finding it difficult to drink.
Our team, consisting of Hameed Khan and 12 children from Government Primary
School, Mehandikheda removed the litter and made the water bodies accessible to
the animals again.
Spotted deer are regularly spotted in the area while there
are occasional sightings of sloth bears, wild dogs, gaur and leopards.
Two similar programmes were organised at a different spot
near Mehandikheda on January 28 and Aaditoriya on January 29.
Education
During the month, our team organised 15 lectures to educate students
about nature and wildlife conservation.
Nature Trail Programme
During January, our team organised a total of 4 nature trails
for school children to promote awareness about nature and wildlife
conservation.
Employment Cell- Training Programme
We identified 23 youths from Matkuli, Chirrai and Tekapar
villages to get training in computer operations. The programme was organised by
Samadhan Samaj Seva Sangathan, Pipariya under Deendayal Upadhayay Rural Skill
Yojna. The training programme runs from January 10 to February 9. Details of
the trainees are as follows:
Awareness programme on self-employment
Satpuda Foundation organised awareness programmes on self-employment
at Matkuli and Sonpur on January 14 and 27.
Shri A.K.
Mishra, Joint Director, STR has asked Satpuda Foundation to focus on youths
from buffer and relocated villages in our livelihood activities.
In January,
we finalised a list of livelihood activities that SHGs can take up in our area
of operations. This list was submitted to Zilla Panchayat, Hoshangabad.
Self-Help Group
Sammelan
We organised a self-help group (SHG) sammelan programme at Matkuli on January 25 to focus on
SHGs review, grading and loan distribution activity. This programme was
attended by Block Coordinator, National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), bank
officers and members from SHGs of 11 villages.
Nature camp- Anubhuti
Programme
On January 3-4,
we supported the Forest Department’s Anubhuti nature camp at Daheliya camp for school
children from villages in the Denwa range. The camp focussed on wild life,
nature and environment conservation and included a visit to the relocated
village of Parraspani. This programme was attended by Mr. Lokesh Nirapure
(Asst. Director) Mr. B.P. Srivastav (Range Officer, Denwa), Mr. Sharif Khan (Deputy Ranger) and all Forest
Guards of Denwa Range and 225 school children.
Community Participation Programme
We organised a community participation programme at Matkuli
on January 18. This programme aimed to bring the villagers and Forest
department together to discuss forest fire management, construction of check dams
and soak pits, forest patrolling and other conservation work. This programme
was attended by Forest Range Officer East Pachmarhi, Mr. Manohar Lal Banker
(Member of Zilla Panchayat Hoshangabad), Mr. Kamal Kishore Pal (Sarpanch-
Matkuli), Smt. Uma Bai Mehra (Sarpanch- Tekapar), Smt. Laxmi Bai Yadav
(Sarpanch- Pisuwa), villagers and local staff of the Forest Department staff.
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 Satpuda Tiger Reserve, are run by the
Mobile Health Service (MHS) of Satpuda Foundation.
There were health camps in 6 villages in January.
LPG Gas distribution
After a socio-economic survey and survey of fuel wood collection,
we identified suitable candidates for getting cooking gas connections. Indane
Gas Agency distributed the connections in the relocated villages of Manakachar
and New Fiferi.
Socio and Economic survey Training
During January,
Satpuda Foundation also organised a training programme for local staff of the
Forest Department on conducting socio-economic surveys. Forest Department staff
of Pipariya, Matkuli and Bagra Tawa Range attended the programme. Shri L.
Krishnamurthy, Field Director, STR has asked Satpuda Foundation to focus on livestock
management, fodder development, firewood collection, timber usage and cooking
gas availability. Socio-economic surveys are of great help in this work.
