Kuno Education Project

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Project Brief: This project aims at providing education for the children in 5-12 age group numbering ~500 villages that were relocated in order to prepare a wildlife sanctuary for a pride of Gir lions
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Silicon Valley
Project Contacts
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Shanthi Kalpat
Project Partner(s):
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , Samrakshan-Kuno Project,,Village Agraa, Tehsil Vijaypur,
MADHYA PRADESH  466332
Tel:
Stewarding Chapter: Silicon Valley
Funding History
Feb 2007Silicon ValleyUSD 5685
Apr 2006Silicon ValleyUSD 5915
Aug 2005Silicon ValleyUSD 5599
Feb 2005Silicon ValleyUSD 5599
Aug 2004Silicon ValleyUSD 3373
Apr 2004Silicon ValleyUSD 3764
Feb 2003Silicon ValleyUSD 2570
Dec 2003Silicon ValleyUSD 2570
Dec 2001Silicon ValleyUSD 7900

Total = $42975

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

Full 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 Documents
Mar 2006 Proposal_2006
Mar 2006 Pictures
Feb 2006 SiteVisit_Feb2006
Dec 2005 ProgressUpdate_Dec2005
Dec 2005 ExecutiveSummaryFor2005
Jun 2005 Mid Year Report Jun 2005
Jan 2005 Ans to Qns Jan05
Jan 2005 Proposal_Jan2005
Nov 2004 SiteVisit_Nov2004
Nov 2004 BalMela_Nov2004
Jul 2004 Mid Year Jan-Jul 2004 Expenditure Report
Jun 2004 Mid Year Report Jun 2004
Feb 2004 Annual Event : Bal Mela
Dec 2003 FundUse_2004
Dec 2000 ProgressReport_2001