Projects

1.     For Successful Implementation of the Community Bio-Diversity Conservation, a Committee was set up for Planning, setting up Programs and Projects, Monitoring and assessment of different community development programs. The Committee is LEMSACHENLOK (A Thinking, working, Planning, Fund raising Society). Entire program of the Community will be done under the Supervision of the LEMSACHENLOK.

2.     Members of the LEMSACHENLOK and other well-wishers voluntarily contributed funds for community welfare through which all the works have been executed. The community works carrying their own Tiffin during every community work.

3.     An innovative Watch Tower has been constructed by the Community, which enables its visitors and wildlife watchers to have a perfect view of the Amur Falcons, which halts in the Conservation Area and also other Wildlife.

4.     An Innovative Community Bridge over 60 feet long stream has been constructed which leads to the Community Bio-Diversity Conservation Area and the Amur Falcon Roosting site. Since there is no other path during summer (for nearly 5 and half months), it is difficult to cross the stream. The bridge connects to the main Dikhu River.

5.     Community Volunteers: LEMSACHENLOK has also arranged Volunteers for a continuous Routine check covering the entire Conservation Area. Members from the Village Council, students, staff and general public are divided into several groups, each group having 3 members. These groups take turns the entire year to check the Yaongyimchen Bio-Diversity Conservation Area. The Volunteers carry their own food and refreshment for the tour.

6.     Community Road to the Conservation Areas: The Community have constructed two Link roads to our Community Bio-Diversity Conservation Areas from the National Highway no. 702: the first road is around 5 kilometres, which leads toward a historical place, Peyong & Malong; two huge stone lying in the middle of a Forest. Traditionally, it is believed to be of a Woman and a Man who went for collecting Bamboo Shoot, but since it was late, they slept under a tree and finally turned into a stone.

The Road connects to a Bamboo Tunnel where the visitors trek through the tunnel for 30-45 minutes and at the end of the tunnel the visitors are relieved to witness the Rich Bio-Diversity Conservation sites and during the season the visitors can have a perfect view of the Amur Falcon which roost in millions. 

The second Community Road is around 6 Kms. Stretch from the National Highway 702. The Road is constructed for several purposes: to fetch the tourist to the Community Bio-Diversity Conserved Areas and to enable the visitors to the Amur Falcon roosting sites. The road also leads to Huge and stretched Stone called Mokhoyong Teveli where if someone strikes its small hole, a sudden wind gushes out. Some decades past the wind would invite a big storm. The passage through this road presents a perfect view of the Forest Conservation, one can witness different wild species along the road.

7.     Yaongyimchen Community Health Centre: Longleng being located in a remote area and having no proper road connectivity between the villages, more crucially due to economic restrict of the ordinary people, sick people could not be taken to good hospitals. While speaking about Yaongyimchen there wasn’t any health care system since the establishment of the village, the only nearby and the affordable one is the District Hospital at Longleng. However, since the Hospital wasn’t equipped with needed infrastructures and equipments, Sick people were taken to other district hospitals incurring huge expenditures. There are cases of land, fields being mortgaged due to non repayment of loan from different individuals. 

Seeing the health risk which took away many lives and caused through non-hygienic living condition, LEMSACHENLOK resolved to establish a Community Health Centre. Two ANM trained Nurses are being appointed paid by the Community and a Pharmacist with small remuneration who attends to Community’s Health Service every Tuesday and Friday. 

8.     Alijo - Community Morung Education Centre: During the student’s Golden Jubilee the Community also established a Morung Education where children between the age of 7-25 would come to the Morung every Friday. The Morung brings elders of the Village to impart Traditions, cultures, etiquettes, Moral Lessons, Arts, craft making. Meanwhile, college students tutor the students of the village on subjects like Maths, Science and English etc., etc. 

One of the important foundations for sensitizing the entire citizen of Yaongyimchen in taking ownership of the Community initiative works is through the ALIJO.  Traditionally, women are never permitted into the Alijo, but today even women come inside and interact and also attend to the education. Alijo is a decision making centre for any community work. Here Bio-Diversity matters are discussed. One of the success of the Forest conservation is due to the Morung centre of Education.   

9.     World Environment Day: During the last 7 years, every year during the first week of June, the Officers of the LEMSACHENLOK have been engaged in preparing dramas, skits, songs, prayers and special speeches which is being distributed all over Nagaland, and the first Sunday of June is always observed as the World environment Sunday. Though this campaign initiatives, poaching has been reduced and in many places it has completely ceased. If only there are good support, we can augment this movement all over the north east India.

During the month of June, we also organize tree Plantation all over Nagaland. Last year the community members were engaged in Planting 5000 varieties of trees within Yaongyimchen jurisdiction. We also requested the Government of Nagaland to distribute tree saplings in all the district Nagaland.

10.  International Wildlife Week: October first week being the International Wildlife week, the citizens leaders take the responsibility to sensitize the people of Nagaland in safeguarding the wild species. This is done by preparing special sermons and distributed all over Nagaland to be read in all the churches, and it has been resolved the October first Sunday will be observed as wildlife Sunday in all the churches.