Highlights:
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| Young villagers from Balapur, now employed at a Pune hotel |
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| Night patrol near Mangezari |
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| Jungle patrol |
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| Cleaning a forest waterhole |
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| Clearing the area around a handpump, Bhajepar |
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| Program to celebrate Dr Salim Ali's anniversary, Bolunda |
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| Nature trail for students from Bolunda |
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| Environment education program at Kurhadi |
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| Clearing plastic litter from village street, Mangezari |
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| Dr Zanzal at our Pitezari free health camp |
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
5 occasions
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4 community assistance voluntary work
programs to clean area next to hand pumps
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2 programs to waterholes
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4 anti-plastic programs at Bhajepar, Sodlagondi,
Asalpani and Mangezari
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Organised environment education programs in
5 schools in which 936 students were present
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Organised 6 medical camps in which 244 patients
got free treatment
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Organised Meeting with SHG members at Balapur
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4 unemployed young villagers got jobs with
our help
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4 young villagers shortlisted and sent for hospitality
training program funded by Pench Tiger Conservation Foundation
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Celebrated Dr. Salim Ali Day at Bolunda
School
Conservation
Our team organised
4 community assistance programs on November 1, 3, 6 and 14 to clear areas
around hand pumps at Bhajepar, Sodlagondi, Asalpani, and Mangezari. Unemployed young
villagers from Mangezari participated in the 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 wild growth of weeds, 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. 112, and on the roads linking Mangezari to Asalpani,
Mangezari to Jindatola, Mangezari to Kodebarra and Mangezari to Govindtola.
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 4 anti-plastic programs to clean
polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programs were organised on November,
1, 3, 6 and 14, at Bhajepar, Sodlagondi, Asalpani and Mangezari 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.
On November 25, we organised a program to celebrate Salim
Ali Day at Adilok High School, Bolunda. The program was attended by 140
students. Mukund Dhurve spoke to them about the Bird Man of India, Salim Ali,
and gave them information about birds and the need to protect birds.
Education
Employment Cell activities
4 unemployed young villagers from Balapur got jobs in
November thanks to us.
In September, our team had short-listed four young villagers
from Balapur for a hospitality training program run by Pratham Arora Center for
Education (PACE) in Sillari, funded by the Pench Tiger Conservation Foundation.
After successful completion of training all four young
villagers got jobs at Khapoli Hotel in Pune.
Employment Cell Training activities
In November, we identified and sent 2 young villagers from
Mangezari and Jindatola for hospitality training program run by Pratham Arora
Centre for Education at Sillari, Pench Tiger Reserve and funded by Pench Tiger Conservation
Foundation.
MHS (Mobile Health Service)
There were 6 health camps in November.
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