Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Activity Update October 2018: Navegaon-Nagzira

Highlights:

Training program for women: making bags from old newspapers


Volunteers cleaning and de-silting a park waterhole

Cleaning a park waterhole

Night patrol
 
Forest patrol

Asalpani - volunteers clean the area around a hand pump and soak pit

Bhajepar students watch a wildlife film screening

Bolunda students learning to spot and identify birds

Chorkamara - Field Assistant Jivraj conducts a survey of unemployed
young villagers 
Dr Zanzal examines a patient at our free health camp at Kodebarra
Environment education class at Kurhadi, conducted by
Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve
Face-painting competition at Kurhadi school, to spread awareness
about wildlife
Conservation awareness rally at Kurhadi


Nature awareness activities at Kurhadi school

Plastic litter clean-up drive at Mangezari

Drawing contest at Wadegaon school

































































THE FULL REPORT

Team:

Mukund Dhurve         - Asst.  Conservation Officer
Jivraj Salam                 - Field assistant
Surajlal Tekam            - Field assistant                                                                            

Highlights

·      Joined Forest Department staff on patrols on 3 occasions
·      5 community assistance voluntary work projects to clean area next to hand pumps
·      5 anti-plastic programs
·      Organised environment education programs in 7 schools
·      Organised 6 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation
·      Organised 6 medical camps in which 186 patients got free treatment
·      Organised programs to train SHG members in making paper bags and envelopes
·      4 Unemployed young villagers got job through our Employment Cell
·      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.





 Employment Cell activities

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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