Padmapani Foundation

Andhra Pradesh Green Corps

The society has been appointed for implementing NGC activities in Nizamabad with 50 schools. The society monitor Eco-club activities in 50 School there are 5 committees like Electricity, Sanitation, Environment, Soil and Water PET teacher act as NGC Officer he will look all the activities within the school. The society conducted with NGC Clubs World Wetland Day, National Oil and Gas Conservation, World Water Day, Cycle rally, mock Parliament on social issues and tree plantation. The Programme is supported by Andhra Pradesh Green Corps, Government of Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2013.

National Environment Awareness Campaign

PSHE always strived to restore sanity to the environment through various activities and programmes. In this pursuit have taken up activities like construction of water tanks at schools, rain fall harvest in selected villages, Water processing units for safe drinking water, pollution control awareness programmes, sowing of samples to improve greenery etc.,

With the support of DDS and Government of India we have conducted National Environment Awareness Campaign with Bio Diversity Theme from 2008 to 2016. PSHE was very active in conducting education awareness programmes in the colleges targeting youth in making them understand the importance of saving our natural resources. Not only sensitizing the youth and students, PSHE along with teachers and head masters ensured that samplings were planted at schools, colleges and prime locations. The testimony of this activity was many community leaders came forward to take up such activities in the future voluntarily.

People’s Biodiversity Register

Implementation of Biological Diversity Act calls for development of a well-designed Biodiversity Information System (BIS) for India. There is a great dearth of information on biodiversity of India even though India has a long history of taxonomic studies. The information which is envisaged for such an information system includes present status, on-going processes, historical trends, uses, conservation traditions, with non-scientists, embodied in oral traditions of species, genes, and ecosystems. The local knowledge largely derived through a trial and error process, commingled with beliefs also has to be part of BIS. This is an important pre-requisite for the validation of local knowledge. Such kind of information system will only be able to deal with the issues related to intellectual property rights of this informal knowledge of the local people.

AP Community Based Tank Management

PSHE is working in 4 villages of Gandhri mandal with 3 staff (Community Organizer, Works Inspector, Agricultural extension officer) working in tank management plan. The main objective of the programme strengthen of Water Users Association, conducting civil works, creating livelihood activities for direct and indirect stake holders like fishermen, ground water users, washer men, forest development and animal husbandry. The society prepared TIMPS and submitted to Department for civil works and identified Demo Plants, Vermin Composts units. The programme supported by I & CAD Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.