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247 students of the Learning Center run by Mithila Wildlife Trust at Dhanushadham received pullovers/sweaters at Dhanushadham. For the last 8 years, we have been providing free tuition to the students of Kotha Tol, Bichla Tol, Jungle Tol, Sundarpur, and Makhanpur at Dhanushadham Municipality, Dhanusha. They are the regular students of Community schools in Dhanushadham municipality. Free tuition is supported by Chora Chori UK, Little Feet UK, WDAC Nepal, and several individuals. Most of the students who benefited are from highly marginalized communities. Pullover/sweaters have been supported by Little Feet UK, Chora Chori UK, and Dr. Michael Hiss and Bettina Handy from Germany. Being from financially marginalized communities, most of the students were lacking warm cloth during this winter season which was forcing students to leave class. We expect that the distribution of sweaters will support continued education in the early morning and late evening. We are thankful to all the supporters and well-wishers. सिकाई केन्द्र, धनुषाधामका विद्यार्थीहरुले स्वेटर प्राप्त गरेका छन् । विगत ८ बर्षदेखि धनुषाधाम नगरपालिकाका कोठा टोल, बिचला टोल, जंगल टोल, सुन्दरपुर र मखनपुरका गरिब, दलित तथा बिपन्न बच्चाहरुलाई मिथिला वाईल्डलाईफ ट्रष्टले छोरा छोरी यूके, लिटल फिट यूके, महिला विकास जनवकालत केन्द्र, नेपाल र केही व्यक्तिहरुको सहयोगमा निःशूल्क ट्यूसन सञ्चालन गर्दै आईरहेका छन् । सबै विद्यार्थीहरु धनुषाधाममा अबस्थित सामुदायिक विद्यालयका विद्यार्थीहरु हुन् । नियमित कक्षा पश्चात उनीहरुलाई अलग अलग समयमा निःशूल्क ट्यूसन पढाईन्छ । हाल जम्मा २४७ जना आर्थीक रुपले बिपन्न परिवारका विद्यार्थीहरुलाई स्वेयटर वितरण गरिएको हो । अधिकांश बच्चाहरुलाई न्यानो कपडाको अभावमा विहान र बेलुका ट्यूसन आउन समस्या हुने गरेकोले स्वेयटर वितरण गरिएको हो । स्वेयटर वितरण गर्नाले न्यानो कपडाकै अभाबमा पढाई छोड्नुपर्ने समस्याबाट केही छुटकारा दिलाउने आशा राखेका छौं । यस स्वेयटर वितरणका लागि छोरा छोरी यूके, लिटल फिट यूके र जर्मनीका दम्पत्ति डा. माईकल हिस र बेटिना हेन्डीले आर्थीक सहयोग गरेका छन् । हामी सम्पूर्ण सहयोगी हातहरु प्रति आभारी छौँ ।
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Mithila Wildlife Trust conducted a painting competition in Dhanushadham for the students of Tuition Center run with support of Chora Chori, Little Feet and Women Development Advocacy Center (WDAC) for the marginalized students of Red Cross Tol, Bichla Tol, Jungle Tol, Sundarpur, Makhanpur and Mangalpur Mushari. We provided painting materials to them for taking part in this competition. The motive behind this painting competition was to keep students engaged during lockdown caused by Covid-19. Competition has been organized carefully by following the crucial steps needed to be followed in this pandemic. Teachers from the same community who also teach on the tution center, distributed materials reaching to the doorstep of each student. Students spent their time painting at their own home. The competition ran very smoothly and the whole programme became interesting for everyone. Theme of the competition was to draw the painting of their own surroundings, the culture, the living style, the ups and down noticed by their mind while staying at home during Covid-19 Pandemic. Wonderful and mesmerising painting related to their community and environment were noticed. Many children were enthusiastic in taking participation in the programme due to the interesting theme and the materials provided to them for painting which they can’t afford in this pandemic time. They found it more accessible for assembling their work in the canvas due to the familiar painting. Children were very curious about the programme to show their work and talent and for winning the prizes. A copy, dot pen, rular, pencil, cutter, eraser and scissor were given as reward to all the participants where prizes will be distributed after the pandemic is over in the presence of their guardian in their tuition center. All students from Free tuition center participated in the competition which was an encouragement to us as well. This painting competition was fully supported by Little Feet, a UK based charity working for dalit education in Nepal.
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The nature never fails to amaze us by its infinite beauty. Another IUCN Red Listed animal since 2008, the Large Indian civet is also captured by Mithila Wildlife Trust at the Bhatighadi Community Forest by a camera trap. Video footage of Camera Trap by Mithila Wildlife Trust The Large Indian civet is scientifically known as (Viverra zibethanative). It is native to South and Southeast Asia. The large Indian civet inhabits scrub, grasslands, and densely forested areas in (India, Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, and Bangladesh). There are black spots on its body and stripes of black and white on the sides of which have a large body with gray or brown color. Its tail has several black rings around it. Breeding takes place at any time of the year. Litters are born in very dense vegetation or in a hole in the ground. Young are able to open their eyes within ten days. Mothers raise their young on their own. The males are slightly bigger than the females. This species uses a wide variety of wooded habitats, both evergreen and deciduous, as well as grasslands, scrub-land, and plantations. It is often found near human habitation. large Indian civets are carnivorous, preying on birds, frogs, snakes, chickens, hens, and small mammals. They also eat fruit, eggs, roots, fish, and crabs. It lives in a hole in the ground that another animal has dug. They travel extensively, average daily and monthly distances estimated as being from 1.7 km to 5.4 s. The Large Indian civet is also captured by Mithila Wildlife Trust at the Bhatighadi Community Forest by a camera trap.
Mithila Wildlife Trust, with support of its’ supporting organization ChoraChori, had recently launched a 10 year programme of urban reforestation. MWT is planning to make dense forest in the urban open space of Janakpurdham through Miyawaki method. Through its ten-year strategy, ChoraChori and MWT will make a meaningful response to the climate emergency through prevention of release of greenhouse gases and carbon sequestration in its Nepal projects. The approach includes through large-scale rewilding and reforestation alongside small-scale rewilding using the Miyawaki Method. The Miyawaki method of reconstitution of “indigenous forests by indigenous trees” produces a rich, dense and efficient protective pioneer forest in 20 to 30 years, where natural succession would need 200 years in temperate Japan and 300 to 500 years in the tropics. The later will be used primarily in urban environments and will have the additional benefits of being linked to an environmental education programme for schools and engagement with young people, girls and women. The programme will be conducted in phases as funds become available, with the first phase being conducted at a secure site- the department of forestry office in Janakpur, the capital of province 2 in southeast Nepal. We will achieve our Aim through a range of activities that will include major reforestation alongside small-scale deforestation using the Miyawaki method. By planting in this method it grows ten times faster- a mature forest develops in 20 years rather than in 200 year. It is 20 times more bio diverse and it absorbs thirty times the CO2 of a green field site. If we combine the reforestation with the planting of native bamboo species and fast growing Neem trees, the carbon sequestration is even greater. As part of the overall programme we will “Turn Janakpur Green”, Janakpur being the capital of province 2. There are a good number of potential reforestation sites on waste land within the surrounding area. In the first phase we will reforest the perimeter of the Division Forest Office (DFO) in Janakpur itself. This covers an area of 1,575m2 (six tennis courts equivalent) perimeter of its headquarter office site in Janakpur. The site offers the benefit of being a secure location as it lies within a compound. Also, it can act as a showcase for others who are interested in using the Miyawaki method elsewhere. The project will be implemented by MWT with the support of local labour and volunteers. The volunteers will be young people and school children, most of whom are girls. The site will require considerable excavation works (in line with the Miyawaki method) and land levelling as some of it lies below the level of the road and is prone to flooding. This will be the first initiation to implement Miyawaki method in Nepal by Mithila Wildlife Trust with the collaboration of Chora Chori and it’s aiming to give their best for the welfare of the environment.
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