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ContentsISSN 2347 - 7628June 2014 Vol: V Issue: 1Editorial BoardProf. Peter PradeepJesmis J KavunthanamAnna MathewsSanoj HerbertSuneesh Kumar SProf. Stanislaus NoronhaGiles FernandezManaging EditorsJesmis J. KavunthanamAnna MathewsLayout and DesignMISSION HEALTHJesmis J KavunthanamProject DAYA– Dialysis Assistance Programme- SeminarPhoto JournalistMISSION GREENMahesh S. AmbelilPublisherJesmis J KavunthanamMangrove NurseryHELP Foundations River Watch ProgramPROJECT REACHManaging Director,HELP FoundationChildren Home for Girl ChildChild Rights Survey-Preparatory WorkshopComments and suggestions for future columnsare welcome and should be addressed to:BIRD WATCH IN ASHTAMUDI LAKEWorld Migratory Bird Day Observation 2014 in KollamThe Chief Editor,HELP Foundation,Umayanalloor P.O.Kollam-691589Tel. 91-474-255-6414Call Center : elpfoundatin.inDHWANI– FROM THE EDITOR’S DESKDestructive fishing threatens the Biodiversity of ParavurLake-Ithikkara River EcosystemNATURE PHOTO DIVISION– WILD LIFENature Photo FeatureHELP FoundationQuarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 2
Activity ReportMission HealthProject DAYA– Dialysis Assistance Programme - SeminarHELP Foundationconducted a oneday seminar on Homeopathic Management in onducted by Dr.K.P Nandakumar.Col. Dr. Mohan,Chairman of Janasakthi provided the introductory talk. Dr. S.P. Suresh Babu,Dr. Krishnakumar, Members of IHK(Institutionof Homoeopaths Kerala), Patrons & Invitees ofYMCA, HELP Foundation‟s DAYA Programmembers & their care takers took part in thehugely anticipated timely event. We intend to pursue more such programs given the kind of unethi-HELP Foundationcal practices that has been gaining ground withkidney failure patients. This we believe will further augment our intervention in theDialysis arena and the solace we provide to renal patients.In short the outcome of the seminar isif a patient has been diagnosed withrenal failure, there exists provenalternative systems of medicine so thattheir kidney can be resalvaged providedthey don‟t get into a dialysis regimen.Once you are into a dialysis regimenthen the success rate with this form oftreatment becomes less. This is themessage we conveyed across Kollamwith this Seminar and it was wellreceived by patients and their bystanders. Formore information or guidance on this please getin touch with HELP Foundation through ourCall Center number (9656334444).Quarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 3
Mission GreenSocial InterventionMangrove NurseryWWF State Direction Renjan Mathew visiting our mangrove nurseryHELP Foundation‟s Mangrove Nursery is progressing along well as this should be ready forplanting soon. HELP Foundation‟s MangroveAfforestation Program will be fanning out towardsmorestretchesof Paravur Lake as part ofour ongoing Ecosystem Restoration efforts. The provenmodel which we haveadopted with localadministration, localcommunity and school ecoclubswould be scaled further so asto have more MGNREGAworkers and schools participate in the program. Themost salient aspect of settingup the nursery is that wehave been able to train localHELP Foundationresources in raising the nursery from scratch. Thisshould enable us in future to continue producing saplings of the local species so as to continue ecosystemrestoration activities in and around Paravur Lake.Quarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 4
Activity ReportProject ReachChildren Home for Girl ChildThrough the ICPS Committee constituted inMayyand Panchayat as per the Juvenile Justice ActHELP Foundation has been guiding the committeetowards realizing some of the schemes as listed inthe JJ Act. Social Welfare Dept through its KollamOffice has sanctioned and allocated funds forMayyanad Grampanchayat to set up a ChildrenHome for Girl Child, which is a positiveculmination of the initiative HELP Foundationkick started. This decision on the sanction of fundswas conveyed by (Probationary Officer) on behalfof the district administration to the Panchayat onthe 29th May-2014.Mayyanad Gramapanchayat has initiated the paperwork through the ICPS Committee towardsrealizing the same and this is progressing at a sureand steady pace towards fructification. We believewe can take this model across more Panchayats inKollam District so that we can facilities asmandated in the ICPS act for the care of childrenin need.Child Rights Survey-Preparatory WorkshopHELP Foundation hosted a Preparatory Workshop/Seminar together with Mayyanad Panchayatas a prelude to conducting a Survey in all Schoolsof Mayyanad Panchayat. This survey (The Rights ofthe Child) is to be conducted for the very first timeamong adolescents in Mayyanad Panchayat, to determine how much young people know about theRights of the Child, the extent to which theserights are protected, and which actions should betaken as a priority to improve them. -07th June2014.All schools of Mayyanad Panchayat, AnganwadiWorkers and Asha workers participated in theseminar. It was inaugurated by Juvenile JusticeChairman, Kollam Shri C.J.Antony The survey isexpected to roll out in the immediate future andthe results of this would serve as the core of making Mayyanad Panchayat a child friendly Panchayat. Based on the workshop and the feedbackgarnered through group activities among the participants we have further augmented the surveyform and released a newer version of the ChildRights Survey form.Child Rights Survey Workshop in progressHELP FoundationQuarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 5
Activity ReportEnvironmentHELP Foundations River Watch ProgramOne of HELP Foundation mission is to promote healthy wetland ecosystems through apartnership-based, people-focused, policyrelevant and investment-orien tated approach,which builds and applies knowledge, empowerscommunities and other stakeholders, enhancesgovern ance, secures livelihoods, andincreases resilience to natural hazards andclimate change. By involving the student community we have been working towardsprotecting, conserving and restoring the entirestretch of Paravur Lake by extending our mangrove Afforestation program throughout thelake for the past 3 years together withMayyanad Panchayat and local schools.Now we are planning to stretch the provenconcept coined as “HELP Foundation RiverWatch” through the entire stretch of IthikkaraRiver as a wetland protection monitoringinitiative. Ithikkara River is 56 km long whichoriginates from the low hills situated nearMadathuri kunnu at about 240 m aboveM.S.L and from the hills located south-west ofKulathupuzha in the Western Ghats, flowsmostly through11 panchayats and aMuncipality in Kollam District before finallyemptying into Paravur Kayal. Anchal, Ittiva,Edamulackal, Chadayamangalam, Elamadu,Velinalloor, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally,Adichanalloor, Chathannoor, Mayyanad .We intend to accomplish this mission throughthe following goals: Educate citizens on watersheds and the relationship between land use and water quality. Train citizens on the wetland protection. Conduct regular monitoring trips to reportpollution, encroachments, destruction ofriparian vegetation etcHELP Foundation Encourage Villagers, Next Generation Citizensand Local Bodies to work together to strengthenthe water assets of the Village. Train citizens on the basic principles of waterquality monitoring. Promote opportunities for involvement in waterquality issues. Provide water quality information to individualsor groups working to protect water resources. Support volunteer efforts through technical assistance, monitoring equipment, networking Opportunities, and educational materials.It is being implemented with support from WWFand executed through the Paravur Lake andIthikkara River Protection Council. Poetess andEnvironmentalist Smt Suguthakumari, who hasbeen at the forefront of environmental movementin Kerala, South India is the Chief Advisor of thisinitiative.Press Meet announcing the launch of HELP Foundation River WatchQuarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 6
Activity ReportBird Watch in Ashtamudi LakeWorld Migratory Bird Day Observation2014 in KollamWWF- India Kerala State Office, YMCAKollam, Kerala Biodiversity Board & MFDDivision, CMFRI Kochi, Grass HopperNature Club & HELP Foundation jointlyorganized the World Migratory Bird Day2014 observation programme concludedon May 11 called for ensuring protectionand documentation of thousands of migratory birds in the wetlands of AshtamudiLake, Sasthamkotta Lake and Polachirawetlands in Kollam district.The two-day programme held at YMCAHall here was inaugurated by writer andsocial activist Kesavan Nair at a functionpresided over by YMCA president Dr.P CThomas. A poster series on wetlands,Ashtamudi Lake and migratory birds were alsoreleased.Awareness boards on protecting migratory birdsto be installed on the campus of Govt Boys HighSchool and Kerala University Centre for TeacherEducation here were also unveiled. A photo exhibition of around 75 migratory birds was arrangedin the YMCA Hall for the public. The eventswere organised jointly by WWF-India and YMCAwith the support of the Kerala State BiodiversityBoard and Molluscan Fisheries Division ofCMFRI-Cochin in association with GrasshopperParticipants taking notesHELP FoundationParticipants Observing keenlyNature Club and HELP Foundation, here. Ateam of 25 bird enthusiasts had a morning birdwatching session at Kandachira- Pavuvayal, partof Ashtamudi wetlands.They listed out 31 species of birds, including sixmigratory birds, such as Red Shank, Black-wingedStilt, Green Shank, Wood Sandpiper and localmigrants such as Grey Heron and Cattle Egret.“This observation shows some birds are overwintering here even after most of the migratorybirds left to their breeding grounds by the end ofMarch,” A K Sivakumar, senior education officer,WWF-India, said. The birdwatching session was followed by a discussion basedon the team‟s observations.An interactive quiz, exclusively on birds, was held anda movie „Birds of Kerala‟made by Suresh Elamon wasscreened. A participatory follow-upprogrammeisplanned to document thebird population in andaround Ashtamudi Lakefrom June to Nov and tocome out with its result onthe occasion of Dr Salim AliDay on November 12.Quarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 7
DhwaniFrom The Editor’s DeskDestructive fishing threatens the Biodiversity of Paravur Lake-Ithikkara River EcosystemCombined with increasing human interventionand pollution, destructive fishing methods aretaking a heavy toll on fisheries resources or ratherthe biodiversity in the Paravur Lake, which continues to support about 600 active fishermen inKollam District. HELP Foundation recently metwith the inland fishermen community at the mergerpoint of Ithikkara River and Paravur Lake as partof its River Watch Program.Certain groups of fishermen using small mesh netswere destroying juveniles in sizeable quantities thatthe futures of varieties such as pearlspots(karimeen) are seriously threatened. HELPFoundations studies conducted earlierhasdocumented that close to 80 percent of the freshwater biodiversity is in peril as some of thecommon varieties which used to be abundant is farand few and can only be spotted in the upperstretches of Ithikkara River.Given the indiscriminate mechanized sand miningthat had happened there is virtually no place forthe fishes to lay eggs as the vegetation on the banksof the water bodies has disappeared, large stretchesof the river banks have caved in. Further fishvarieties such as pearl spots lay eggs at the bottomof the lake, making them particularly vulnerable touse of nets that sweep the bottom.Reports on the Paravur-Ithikkara ecosystem hadpointed out that electrocution; poisoning and useof explosives were common in the Paravur Lake,which is home to over 100 species of fishes andother diverse organisms. The loss of biodiversityhas been reported in other forms as the crab‟s notattaining size as earlier crab‟s species which used toweigh around a kilo is now able to attain only halfthe size. Even mangroves are showing signs ofdecay due to the poisons used. Poisoned fish whichis put in ice immediately so as the bloating stops inno time, fetches huge price in the morning marketfor its freshness. Public health is put at risk as thereis no way to figure out that indeed its poisonedfish. Police interference or rather biased approachat the behest of local level politicians to this illegalactivity has further muddied the whole issue. Thispoisoned fish is a very popular delicacy with thelocal police, according to the fishermen whoengage in such practice. This fondness for suchproduce emboldens them to continue with theillegality.Though these practices appeared confined to thelower stretches of Ithikkara River-Paravur Lakecombine around the Kakkakadavu area, moreHELP Foundationdestructive practices have crept in with people nearThani and Mukkum resorting to practices such aslaying of Toopum Padallum or secured artificialshelters that trap both adults and juveniles. In certain scientific circles it‟s called Bush park (ToopumPadallum) fishing. This acts as a sort of traditionalFish Aggregating Device (FAD), thus virtuallycreating private islands in this water body as well asaffecting seamless navigation and fishing.Kuttivalla or Stake net also known asErrakkamkettu or trapping of fish in the mouth ofthe spillway as Paravur Lake opens up into the Arabian Sea during low tides has been another reasonfor the huge loss of fish wealth. As it‟s mostly thejuveniles who gets caught in this process thusaffecting the reproductive cycle or sustainability ofthe fish wealth. Further the said use of small meshnets and sweeping of the bottom adds to theturbidity, affecting the already perilously declinedfish population. One wonders where thegovernment mechanism is in all of this is and orrather have they ceased to exist.Based on the feedback received from fishermengroups in Kurummandel and Kakkakadavu areason the above issue during HELP Foundations visitto the area as part of its River Watch Program wehave taken up the issue with State BiodiversityBoard and the Deputy Director of FisheriesKollam. The blame game has gone too far and it‟sabout time that all departments of government arebrought on the same page otherwise thebiodiversity of the water body and thus the entireecosystem including human habitat would beaffected irreversibly. Further we have noticed newgeneration service based offices which havecropped up recently, callously route their entireliquid waste into the water bodies. One wondershow licenses and building permits are given tothese mushrooming entities.HELP Foundation hereby proposes the immediateneed for a regulatory regime so as to be able torecover or restore the biodiversity of the ParavurLake-Ithikkara River ecosystem. This calls for allconcerned especially the Police, the Local Gramapanchayat, Fisheries Department, State BiodiversityBoard and Revenue to work together rather than asisolated islands or individual departments. This alsoalludes to the shortfall of government departmentsin working across domains and areas. One wonderswhere is the Environment and Climate Changedepartment in all of this as they are nowhere in thepicture.Quarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 8
Wild life SupplementNature Photo FeatureHELP Foundation’s Wild Life JournalPhoto Journalist:Mahesh AmbelilHELP FoundationQuarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 9
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June 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Quarterly JournalISSN 2347– 7628Human Empowerment & Livelihood Promotion FoundationUmayanalloor P.O.Kollam -691589KeralaPhone: 91 474 255 6414Call Center: 91 9656 33 4444Email: ation.inHELP FoundationQuarterly JournalJune 2014Vol: V Issue: 1Page No: 12
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