Rufford Small Grant Monthly update: RSG II/9 (December 2010)

Rufford Small Grant Monthly update: RSG II/9 (December 2010)

1. 7^th December 2010. In order to involve the students in the conservation endeavor orientation workshop has been arranged with the NSS students of the Dhabekar College, Inja.

2. 15, 16, 17 December 2010. Along with 2 members of the project team attended 2 days workshop of CORO at Bhandara. This was good opportunity for team members to learn village level processes as well as to present the results of the RSG project.

3. 24^th December 2010. Attended DRDA meeting and presented problems in the MNREGA work. For policy level impact this was good opportunity.

4. 30 December 2010. One day workshop regarding role of MNREGA in the river conservation has been arranged with the village head and government officers of 25 villages at Karanja. It was one of the encouraging events where hundreds of people came forward to save the riverine resources. This was starting event for future scaling up of the RSG project.

5. 1^st January 2011. GRAMSABHA (Village meeting) and field work along river to observe eco-restoration sites. New Year morning was the starting of the scaling up activities. Along with joint-district collector meeting as well as field work arranged with the villagers of the Shivan village. The village is situated in the Bembla river basin. The people, laborers, small farmers of village are starting eco-restoration work in another next week.

Captions to Photo:

001_December_2010. Field work in the village premise with joint-district collector at Shivan village (Date 1^st January 2011).

002_December_2010: Field work with local people along Bembla river with joint-district collector at Shivan village (Date 1^st January 2011).