By Namrata Lunia | “John is a community leader, biologist and an inspiration to many”- that’s how our director, Naveen Namboothri describes Saw John Aung Thong, one of the first employees to work at the Andaman Nicobar Environment Team (ANET) field station.
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By Shruti Sunderraman | What a year it has been for Current Conservation! Despite the challenges brought on by the pandemic, we end 2020 on a somewhat happy note. We have a great new website, and an exciting partnership with the Society for Conservation Biology, the largest community of conservation scientists and practitioners in the world. And we crossed 10 K followers on Instagram!
We’ve added more to the CC family this year. We have Dhanya Bharath, a former undergraduate from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, working as our editorial intern, while Upasana Chadha and Shivani Shenoy, undergraduates from the Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, have joined CC as design interns.
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By Namrata Lunia | With schools shut since March 2020 and there being limited access to online education, the educational and social needs of children from the fishing communities of Tamil Nadu have been significantly impacted. In order to address these concerns, SNEHA, an organisation working with women and children of fishing communities in the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, has been trying to raise funds with the help of Dakshin, for creating child activity and learning centres in 14 coastal villages. These centres will provide academic support (including orientation to e-learning), educational material and access to counseling services. Awareness sessions on various topics such as child rights will be organised, extracurricular activities will be encouraged and a safe space for children to come and discuss their thoughts will be created through these centres. Besides this, health check-ups and provision of nutritional supplements will also be undertaken.
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By Pragya Solanki | At Dakshin, communications consists of four components – communicating with the general public, strengthening internal communications, building a network and support system for our partner organizations, and improving the existing programmatic communications with project stakeholders. The Covid-19 pandemic derailed us from our planned trajectory for these. However, the pandemic also offered us an opportunity to reimagine our ways of engagement at various levels.
Stepping up to the challenges, the Communications Team helped in Dakshin’s relief work by coordinating the fundraising efforts and organizing the crowdfunding campaign. Many of our team members participated in various webinars and panel discussions on varied themes during this period.
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