Exposure visit to Kaziranga

Four day exposure visit to Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was conducted by Future Generations Arunachal (FGA), CEPF and ATREE Darjeeling from 8th, February to 11th, February 2011 for 12 volunteers from community members and hunters from various villages of Apatani plateau, who was activily involved in the wildlife monitoring process at Talle wildlife sanctaury last 2009 to 2010. The team members visited Kaziranga national Park (KNP), apart from that they visited one adopted village of forest department who are activily involved in the process of protection and conservation of wildlife at KNP and they interact with the group members of Natun Danga Eco development committee (SHG) village Natun Danga, how they help goverment in protection of wildlife? and also discuss about income generation activities they taken up with the help of governement and hoteliers and tour operators and also discuss with the forest department on protection and conservation of wildlife and members also visited Ethnic village and now every team members says we can also do it.

Best Practices Training

The training of trainers for selected women leaders in the Best Practices project sites in Mechuka, Yachuli and Koyu areas that started on February 2, was concluded yesterday. Twelve women from the three sites enthusiastically participated in the program. One of the participants was Mary, who has started school after she managed to struggle free of his husband to whom she was married when she was still a child.


On the first day, Dr. Tage Kanno, Executive Director talked about the purposes and importance of the program, the works of Future Generations, concept of development and the roles of communities in shaping their own future. In the following two days, the resource persons comprising of the FGA staff and staff of PHC, Sille demonstrated effective conduction of participatory training. The highlight was field visit to Mangnang village where the trainers interacted with the community members there and saw how each one is playing significant roles in the affairs of the village. The role of the VWW, who have also become the ASHA now, was especially inspiring. In the following days, the participants practiced the skill of participatory training that they had learnt. Each of the six teams tried to perform better than the other. The result was a strong team of trainers in some of the most inaccessible villages in Arunachal Pradesh.

While the training program ended well, an unfortunate incident dampened the mood in the last moment. One of the participant's child suddenly fell ill in the afternoon and expired early today morning. The father had brought the child to Itanagar from Yachuli and was upset that the mother could not be with the child at the time of need. All the resource persons and participants from all sites stayed with the mother till a vehicle could be hired. All the women who had come from Yachuli area accompanied the mother till her home. It was a tragedy nobody could foresee. Losing a child is an irreparable loss, but the solidarity that other members in the program showed was exemplary