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| Clearing the wild growth around the hand pump at Teliya |
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| The Teliya hand pump area after clearing |
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| Aamajhari - Field Assistant Niranjan repairing a defective biogas unit |
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| A rally of school children in Aamajhari |
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| Nature education class in Deori |
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| Our colleague Dasrath Pathe conducting a nature education class in Kundai |
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| Students planting saplings in Kundai |
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| Conservation rally in Kundai |
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| Kundai students with saplings |
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| Dr Zanzal at our free health camp at Mohgaon |
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| Awareness programme at Turiya on International Tiger Day |
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| Turiya Womens SHG joining in our plantation drive |
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| Turiya - event for International Tiger Day |
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| Turiya Womens SHG with saplings for plantation |
THE FULL REPORT
Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation
Officer
Niranjan Hinge – Field
Assistant
Highlights
·
Organised 3 voluntary work
programmes to area next to hand pumps
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Repaired 2 defective biogas
units in Potiya and Aamajhiri villages
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3 awareness programme on natural resources in 3 villages
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9 plantation programmes in
which 405 saplings were planted
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5 conservation awareness
rallies carried out with 256 participants
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Nature clubs created in 6
schools for assisting in conservation activities
· 19 classroom education lectures organised – attended by 635 students
· 6 film shows with conservation message organised –514 people attended
·
International Tiger Day
celebrated in Turiya with theme ‘women
for conservation’
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2 SHG members sent for
capacity building training provided by NRLM
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10 candidates registered for driving training
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Organised 6 medical camps -
140 patients treated
Conservation work
On July 8, Amit and Niranjan led a team of
6 people in a programme to clear wild growth around a hand pump at Telia. Wild
growth had proliferated around the hand pump and access to the pump was
affected. Our team, which comprised 6 villagers, removed the
wild growth and cleaned the area.
Two similar programmes were organised on
July 16 and July 22 to clear the area next to hand pumps at Satosha and Doodhgaon
villages (Khamarpani Cluster).
On July 3, Niranjan Hinge repaired a defective
biogas unit in Aamajhiri village. Biogas helps reduce the dependency of
villagers on fuel wood from forest areas and also avoids health issues due to reduced
smoke emissions.
On July 20, Niranjan repaired another biogas
unit in Aamajhiri.
We also held 3 programmes during July to
promote awareness about natural resources
in villages. Details are given in the above table.
During the month of July, 9 plantation programmes
were carried out in which a total of 405 saplings belonging to various species
like mango, neem, lemon, pipal, jamun, etc. were planted by the villagers. These saplings were earlier prepared by us
with the help of the nature clubs formed in the schools.
On
July 17, our team organised a
function at Government Middle School, Potiya, to promote awareness about
plantation and tiger conservation. As part of our programme, we organised a
rally in which 58 students walked through the village, painting slogans for
plantation, wildlife and nature conservation. Staff of Middle School and
Primary School participated along with the students. 5 similar programmes were
held in other schools. The details are given in the table above.
6 Nature clubs were formed in schools
during the month of July. Students and teachers were made members of these
clubs and will assist us in conservation activities and awareness campaigns.
During this month, the nature clubs were first given the task of preparing
saplings for plantation. Later, these saplings were used in plantation programmes
carried out in schools and villages.
On July 29, we celebrated International Tiger Day in Turiya with members of 3 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) formed and supported by us. The theme for this year’s celebration was ‘Women for Conservation’. They were encouraged to practise livestock management, alternative fodder techniques, organic farming, vermi-compost and biodiversity conservation through their SHGs along with generating income for themselves. Videos of success stories were screened for inspiration, a drawing contest was conducted and later a plantation programme was carried out with these women. They were told how conserving tigers is critical for our survival.
Environmental Education Programme
There were 19 environment
education programmes during July.
Education Van Programme
There were 6 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation
in July.
Two SHG members, Sandhya Deherwal and
Gayatri Matre from Shrusti SHG were sent for capacity-building training
provided by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) at Janpad Panchayat,
Chapara and Zilla Panchayat, Seoni. The training focused on documentation,
register maintenance and professional functioning of SHGs.
Our team assisted 10 young villagers from Khamarpani cluster to register their
names for the driving training programme at Ashok Leyland Driving Training Institute,
Linga, Chhindwara.
Mobile Health Service (MHS)
We held 6 medical camps in July, in which 140
patients were treated.
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