Create 5,000 Youth Nature Leaders in India

Dear Donor,

On 16 and 17 March 2013, on the remote islands of K-Plot and Maipith in the Sundarbans, 300 new Green Rhinos were initiated into the Program. 

These Green Rhinos are poor, meritorious students who live on these islands where there is no electricity. They were provided solar lamps from ASED's Solar Lamps Project, http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/solar-lamps-for-students-in-sundarbans-india/. They were inducted into the Green Rhinos Program with a seminar on the nature of the Sundarbans and how they can protect it. Green Rhinos, who have been conducting projects since 2012, shared their experiences.

The events created an excitement among the village community and the parents of the students, school teachers and local people came to watch. They were urged to help the Green Rhinos make their village a greener and cleaner place to live.

The leadership training for the new batch of Green Rhinos will be held on 4 April 2013.

The movement is gaining momentum!

Many thanks for your support.

Diti 

Dear Donor,

2012 marked the start of the Green Rhinos Program........we now have more than 300 Green Rhinos on board. It is our aim to create 5000 Green Rhinos by December 2014.

Here is what the Green Rhinos in the Sundarbans have to say:

-  After planting trees in and around the school campus, Pulak Paria, a student of Grade 10 said:” I want to continue this work as my duty towards the environment of Sundarban”

-  Hasina and Rosonara Khatun have been part of a successful effort of garbage cleaning in and around their school. They, along with other Green Rhinos, have created a compost pit for organic garbage. They say “We want to make our environment greener, we want to use bio fertilizer to stop pollution and we want to grow a large Green Rhino network in and around our locality”

May the Green Rhinos forge ahead with your help in 2013!!

Thank you for your continued support,

Diti Mookherjee

Dear Donor,

I just returned from delivering a training to 20 Green Rhino Leaders in the Sundarbans on 12 October 2012. There was much energy and excitement!

The Green Rhinos are making waves in the Sundarbans! They are planting 2000 tree saplings in and around their school this monsoon season. About 100 Green Rhinos in a girls' school have conducted a garbage cleaning drive for two months. The Headmaster has promised to install dustbins to keep the school surroundings clean.

Tomorrow, 17 October 2012 is Bonus Day when GlobalGiving will be matching all donations by 30%. Bonus Day starts at 12.01 EDT, which is 9.30 am Indian Standard Time, and ends 24 hours later.

Do get in your donations early and encourage your friends and family to do so. Let the Green Rhinos stomp ahead!

Thank you for your continued support,

Diti

Dear Donor,

We are excited to let you know that 30 Green Rhinos from Maipith and K-Plot islands in Sundarbans and 14 Green Rhinos in Kolkata have received leadership training. They have designed projects which they are conducting with their fellow students/ friends.  The projects the  Green Rhinos have taken up include:

• Planting over 4000 tree saplings in Sundarbans
• Inventory of animals and birds in a cluster of Sundarbans villages 
• Garbage clean up in a cluster of Sundarbans villages
• Educating over 1500 people in Kolkata about the wise use of plastic bags 
• Anti-littering education campaign and installing dustbins in strategic areas in Kolkata through their own fund-raising
• Creating Green Rhinos in a tea garden community in Assam.

The Program is being well received by the youth, the parents, school teachers and the community. We look forward to creating many, many more Green Rhinos and together making a positive impact on nature conservation in the days to come.

We sincerely thank you for your support. Do spread the word and encourage others to join the movement to create more Green Rhinos!

Dear Donor,

We are very excited to let you know that we launched the Green Rhinos Program on the remote islands of K-Plot and Maipith in the Sundarbans on 27 and 28 April 2012!!

We launched the Program with the 300 students who were the recipients of solar lamps, which is another project on GlobalGiving http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/solar-lamps-for-students-in-sundarbans-india/. These students, from Grades 7 to 12 from eight local schools, were initiated into the Green Rhinos Program, with a power-point presentation/ talk on nature in the Sundarbans, the people and their relationship with nature, the environmental issues facing this fragile ecosystem and how students can protect the Sundarbans.

 ASED will work with these students for the next eight months so that they can experience their ability to make a contribution to the conservation of this fragile ecosystem, here and now.

We will conduct leadership training for 5 students and mentoring training for 2 teachers from each of these schools on May 22, 2012.

Thank you for your support to make this possible!

Diti Mookherjee