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| Womens' Self Help Group preparing saplings for plantation |
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| Aamajhari - Niranjan repairing a defective biogas unit |
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| Traditional Gond dance being performed by the Saila group at Awarghani |
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| Villagers registering for driver training at Chhindwara |
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| Kundai - villagers clearing wild growth from around a hand pump |
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| Turiya - Dr Zanzal examines a patient at our free health camp |
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| Our Conservation Officer Amit Awasthi speaking to a Womens Self Help Group about livelihood opportunities |
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| Turiya children playing a nature game during our environment education class |
THE FULL REPORT
Team: Amit Awasthi – Conservation
Officer
Niranjan Hinge – Field
Assistant
Highlights
·
Organised 3 voluntary work
projects to clean areas around hand pumps
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Repaired 2 biogas units in
Potiya and Aamajhiri
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Organised voluntary work
projects to prepare 4 compost pits in villages
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3 programmes on seed collection and preparation of nurseries for
plantation programme during monsoon
· 10 environment education lectures organised - 205 students attended
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One nature trail for school
children attended by 12 students
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Assisted 2 unemployed
youths in getting jobs
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Assisted 13 young villagers
in applying for driver’s training programme
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Assisted tribal dance group
in booking a performance at resort
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Organised 6 medical camps -
91 patients treated.
Conservation
On June 12, Amit and Niranjan led a team of
7 people in a programme to clear wild growth around a hand pump at Potiya. Wild
growth had proliferated around the hand pump and access to the pump was
affected. Our team, which comprised 7 youths from the village, removed the wild
growth and cleaned the area.
Two similar programmes were organised on
June 17 and June 24 to clear the area next to hand pumps in Turiya and Kundai
villages.
On June 9, Niranjan Hinge repaired a defective
biogas unit in Potiya village. Biogas helps reduce the dependency of villagers
on fuel wood from forest areas and also reduces the emission of smoke.
Niranjan repaired another biogas unit in Aamajhiri
village on June 13.
Our team encourages
organic farming as part of our strategy to reduce the impact of chemical-based
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 June, we helped 4 villagers dig compost pits – Amarlal Uikey of Khamrith
on June 8, Nikesh
Uikey of Khamba on June13, Vinod Daharwal of Aamajhiri on June 15 and Prakash Tekam of Satosha on June 16.
We held 4 programmes during June to promote
awareness about seeds collection and to
prepare sapling nurseries in villages. Details are given in the table
above.
On June 5, we organised a nature trail for
the children of Turiya village. On the trail, 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. Importance of birds in nature was also
explained to the children. A total of 37 children participated in the
programme.
After the trail, the students and members
of a self-help group (SHG) installed water pots in their village for birds 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 dry summer season.
Immediately after the pots were installed, the kids were able to spots various
birds like bulbuls, sunbirds, shrikes, sparrows, magpie robins etc enjoy at the
water pots.
Environmental Education Programme
There were 10 environment
education programmes during June.
Employment Cell
We helped two
unemployed youths get jobs during June.
Training Programme
Our team assisted 13 youths from Khamarpani Cluster to register their
names for a driver’s training programme at Ashok Leyland Institute of Driving
Training & Research, Linga Chhindwara.
On June16, Niranjan Hinge assisted the Saila Tribal
Dance group from Sawara village (Maharashtra) in getting a booking for a
performance at Olive Resort in Turiya. The Saila Tribal Dance group is famous
for its Gond tribal dance performance amongst the tourists visiting Pench
National Park. The group is invited by the resorts during the tourist season.
This helps them earn additional income and thus reduces their dependency on
forests. Such groups also help preserve their rich cultural heritage.
Mobile Health Service (MHS)
We held 6 medical camps in June in which 91
patients were treated.
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