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completed - requirements ended |
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Shanthi Kalpat
skalpat AT yahoo DOT com |
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Samrakshan-Kuno Project
Village Agraa, Tehsil Vijaypur, Sheopur District
MADHYA PRADESH 466332
India
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Total = $42,975 |
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Project Description
To counter the extinction threat facing the Asiatic lion the Madhya Pradesh state government aims to relocate a pride of 6-8 Lions from Gir to to Kuno wildlife sanctuary in north-west MP. To prepare this sanctuary, resettlement and rehabilitation of the people that were living in 13 villages inside the sanctuary has been done. This project aims at providing education for the children in 5-12 age group numbering ~300 in the relocated villages
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Organization Description
Samrakshan is an organization that works nationally to promote sustainable livelihoods of forest-dwelling communities. The organization has been working, since December 1997, in various capacities like research and documentation, lobbying and networking, and direct field intervention with the local community in the Kuno region. The direct field intervention, supported by WWF-India, began with a two-member team in September 1999 in the backdrop of the ambitious lion reintroduction project of the Madhya Pradesh forest department.
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Project Type: Formal Schools
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Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals
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Area: Rural
Number of Children: 300 Boy/Girl Ratio: 2 : 1 Student/Teacher Ratio: 60 : 1
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