Team: Amit
Awasthi – Conservation Officer
Sampathlal Dhurve – Field
assistant
Highlights
- 3 conservation rallies in 3 villages
- 2 shramdaan programmes in 2 villages focussed on cleaning village common areas
- Awareness programmes and demonstration of improved paddy farming techniques in 5 villages
- 3 compost pits constructed in 3 villages
- 5 awareness programmes on snake bites
- Cleaning of 16 wells used to draw drinking water
- 2 unemployed youths placed in local jobs
- 2 plantation programmes in 2 villages
- 8 film shows on wildlife conservation – attended by 394 villagers
- Environment education programme conducted in 11 villages - attended by 351 students
Conservation work:
Below: During the month, our team organized two Shramdaans for community
assistance. On July 13, field assistant Sampath Dhurve led 13 students of
Primary School Chapri, in a programme to clean the school premises. The school
ground had become waterlogged and students were wading through the water and
slush to reach their classrooms. As this was posing a health hazard and as
school teachers were not showing any interest, Sampath organized the students
to clean up the premises. The team dug small canals to drain the water away
and, now, there is no water stagnation even after heavy rains. 
Below: On July 29, our conservation officer Amit Awasthi, Sampath and Forest Guard Durgesh Dixit organized a programme to clean the main road in Bhagpur village. The road had become difficult to use because of wild growth of weeds and grass. 13 villagers joined hands with our team in the programme.
Above: With the onset of the monsoon rains, there is increased danger from snakes which crawl out of their pits after these get flooded. Our team conducted awareness programmes on snakes and what to do in an emergency in case of snake bite. Local forest guards, Sarpanch and other village officials participated in the programmes along with villagers.
Here are the details of the programmes:
In July, our team also organized awareness programmes on improved paddy farming techniques. Amit, who has attended programmes on organic farming and improved technology in farming, conducted the programmes. The details:
Below: During the month, our team took advantage of the monsoon rains to launch plantation drives in the villages. 250 saplings were donated by Forest Guard Durgesh Dixit (Bhagpur) of the Forest Department and 50 by a private nursery at Chapri. All the saplings were of the kaner variety.
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| Chapri - planting in progress |
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| Villagers collect saplings for planting |
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| Awareness programme for plantation at Bhagpur |
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| Plantation at Bhagpur |
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| Plantation at EGS School, Chapri |
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| Plantation at Chapri |
Below: During the month our team also rendered community assistance by helping to clean 16 wells used to draw drinking water. We collected the cleansing agents from the hospital at Mocha and provided them to different villages.
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| Cleaning a well at Chapri |
We also assisted three villagers in digging compost pits as part of our goal to encourage organic farming. Details of the pits are given in the first table above.
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| Chapri - compost pit dug in Ghanshyam Thakur's plot |
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| Patpara - compost pit dug in Amar Maravi's plot |
Education
During the month our
team organized environment education programmes in 11 schools in the villages
in our area of operations.
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| Batwar - Amit Awasthi speaks on nature and wildlife conservation |
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| Batwar - conservation rally at Government Middle School |
Employment Cell
We helped two youths get jobs during the month of July.
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| Digambar Thakur of Chapri, who got a job as a driver with our help |
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| Virendra Markam of Sautiya, who got a job with our help |
Education van programme
During the month our
team organized 8 film shows on nature and wildlife conservation which covered 394
students and villagers.
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| Dhamangaon - wildlife film show at Government Middle School |
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| Samaiya - wildlife film show in progress |
