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| Field Assistant Niranjan takes children on a nature trail - Potiya |
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| Turiya: our intern discusses the benefits of tourism with a woman guide. This is part of our study on the impact of wildlife tourism on villagers. |
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| Turiya: Conservation Officer Amit Awasthi discusses livelihood options with womens' SHGs |
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| Turiya: Santosh Dhurwey at his new job at Mahua Van Resort |
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| Teliya: site around hand pump after our programme to clean it |
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| Water pots for birds at Amajhari |
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| Teliya: Compost pit dug in Saytri Bai Tekam's yard |
THE FULL REPORT
Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation
Officer
Niranjan Hinge – Field
Assistants
Highlights
- Organised 2
voluntary work programmes to clean water tanks
- Repaired 2 faulty
biogas units
- Organised voluntary
work project to prepare 3 compost
tanks
- 3 awareness programme on compost tanks
and Azolla livestock fodder supplement cultivation
- Installed water
pots for birds in 4 villages
- 4 nature trails
for school children – attended by 46 students
- Organised 6
medical camps - 205 patients treated
- Assisted 2
unemployed youths get jobs
- List of 40
candidates finalised for training as drivers
Conservation work
On May 16, Niranjan Hinge and 9 villagers from Telia cleaned a water tank near a hand-pump in a voluntary work project programme. During the summer season, water scarcity for cattle makes cattle wander near the forest area in search of water. There is a high risk of the cattle being killed by carnivores like tigers or leopards leading to conflict between humans and wildlife. Also diseases can be transmitted from the domestic livestock to wildlife herbivores. To reduce such incidents, Niranjan encouraged the villagers to clean a water tank near a hand pump inside the village. Now the cattle do not have to venture close to the forest area.
A similar programme was organised on May 24
to clean a water tank near a hand pump at Jamuntola.
On May 11 and May 23 Niranjan Hinge repaired
faulty biogas units in Turiya and Aamajhiri villages. Biogas helps reduce the
dependency of villagers on fuel wood from forest areas and also reduces smoke
emissions.
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 vermicompost tanks and compost pits. During May, we helped
3 villagers dig compost pits – Kaushalya Barkade of Potiya on May 20, Saytri Bai Tekam
of Jamuntola on May 22 and Gulab Gadeker of Jamuntola on May 24.
We also held 3 programmes during May on
promote awareness about organic compost and Azolla fodder supplement for livestock.
Details are given in the above table.
On May 9, Niranjan and 15 kids of Durgapur
village installed artificial water pots in their village for birds to drink
from during the summer season. Niranjan encouraged the kids to regularly fill
up the water pots with water so that the birds can drink water during the dry
summer season. Immediately after the pots were installed, the kids were able to
spot various birds like bulbuls, sunbirds, shrikes, sparrows, magpie robins
etc at the water pots.
Similar programmes were
organised at Jamuntola on May 10, Aamajhiri on May 21
and Potiya on May 25.
In May, we organised 4 nature trails for
the children of Durgapur, Jamuntola, Aamajhiri and Potiya villages. On the
trails, our staff spoke to the children about the various plants and common
medicinal uses of those plants. They were also taught how to spot and identify
birds. The importance of birds in nature was also explained to the children. A
total of 37 children participated in the programme.
Environment Education Programme
There were no classroom programmes or film
shows during May as schools were shut for the annual summer vacation.
Employment Cell
During May, we
helped 2 unemployed youths get jobs.
Training Programme
A list of 40 candidates was sent to Ashok Leyland Driver Training
Institute Chhindwara under Member of Parliament Kamal Nath’s sponsored training
program. Another twelve candidates were taken to a Confederation of Indian
Industries Skill Training Institute Workshop to get information about the
skill-development programmes available.
Mobile Health Service (MHS)
We held 6 medical camps in April, in which 205
patients were treated.
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