Highlights:
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| Training program for women: making bags from old newspapers |
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| Volunteers cleaning and de-silting a park waterhole |
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| Cleaning a park waterhole |
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| Night patrol |
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| Forest patrol |
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| Asalpani - volunteers clean the area around a hand pump and soak pit |
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| Bhajepar students watch a wildlife film screening |
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| Bolunda students learning to spot and identify birds |
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| Chorkamara - Field Assistant Jivraj conducts a survey of unemployed young villagers |
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| Dr Zanzal examines a patient at our free health camp at Kodebarra |
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| Environment education class at Kurhadi, conducted by Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve |
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| Face-painting competition at Kurhadi school, to spread awareness
about wildlife
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| Conservation awareness rally at Kurhadi |
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| Nature awareness activities at Kurhadi school |
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| Plastic litter clean-up drive at Mangezari |
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| Drawing contest at Wadegaon school |
THE FULL REPORT
Team:
Mukund Dhurve - Asst. Conservation Officer
Jivraj Salam
-
Field assistant
Surajlal
Tekam - Field assistant
Highlights
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Joined Forest Department staff on patrols on
3 occasions
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5 community assistance voluntary work
projects to clean area next to hand pumps
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5 anti-plastic programs
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Organised environment education programs in
7 schools
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Organised 6 film shows on nature and
wildlife conservation
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Organised 6 medical camps in which 186 patients
got free treatment
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Organised programs to train SHG members in
making paper bags and envelopes
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4 Unemployed young villagers got job through
our Employment Cell
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Organised 1 program to clean waterhole at
Compartment No. 109
Conservation
Our team organised
5 community assistance programs on October 9, 20, 26, 27, and 28 to clear areas
around hand pumps at Kodebarra, Pitezari, Asalpani, Sodlagondi, and Thadezari. Unemployed
young villagers from Mangezari participated in all these programs which were
led by Mukund and Jivraj. Details of the programs are given in the table above.
Water had spilled over while people drew from the hand pumps
and had stagnated, leading to proliferation of mosquitoes and insects. Our
teams cleared the area, removing scum and organic growth and dug canals to
drain away the water.
Our team joined the Forest Department in day and
night patrols in Compartment. No. 109 and 112 and on the path linking Mangezari
to Kodebarra. Besides our staff, volunteers from a youth club at Mangezari also
joined in the patrols. The youth club was set up with our assistance and is
mentored by our Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve.
During the month, our team organised 5 anti-plastic programs to clean
polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programs were organised on October,
9, 20, 26, 27, and 28 at Kodebarra, Pitezari, Asalpani, Sodlagondi and Thadezari
villages respectively.
Mukund and Jivraj organised the programs which were attended by villagers and
village eco-development committee (VEDC) members. The plastic litter has been
kept in our Mangezari office and will be sent to Tiroda for recycling.
Education
We organised 7 environment education programs in schools
during October.
Education van
We organised 6 film shows on nature and wildlife
conservation during October.
4 unemployed young villagers from Mangezari got jobs through
our Employment cell.
Employment Cell Training activities
On October 14, we organised a program at Mangezari to train
members of self-help groups (SHGs) in making paper bags and envelopes. 18
members of SHGs from Mangezari, Kodebarra, Jindatola and Govindtola villages
participated.
We identified 2 young villagers and sent their names and
details to the Forest Department which will arrange for them to be trained in
skills related to the hospitality industry at Pratham Arora Centre for Education
at Sillari. This program is funded by the Pench Tiger Conservation Foundation.
Two other young villagers will be sent to the Rural Self-Employment Training
Institute, Gondia.
Mobile health Service (MHS)
There were 6 health camps in October.
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