Archive for June, 2010

Monsoon Work Camp – Kundapur

5 Volunteers from South Korea, Switzerland, Canada and Finland actively participated in the Social/Kids, two weeks work camp held in Vagjyothi Special School and Ashrama School in Kundapur. In the first week they planted different kinds of trees around the play ground at Vagjyothi School. The second week was occupied with painting dormitory wall at [...]


Turtle stranding

As the monsoon season started last week the sea is very rough now, causing sea turtles that are foraging too close to the shore to strand. In the last week fishermen reported five stranded sea turtles, most of them Olive Ridleys. The sea turtle team went to the beaches several time to assess the condition [...]


JUNE ARRIVALS

Volunteers placements in June month: Name Country Project/Place Laura Denimal France Shanthi Ashram, Vijayadka Jade Leduc France Little Flower school, Karkala Jasper Bras Netherlands Sakhi, Hospete Adam Margolius USA Relief Foundation, Koppala Barbara Bertoncini Italy Spandan Rehabilitation, Udupi Gorka Banuelos Spain Spandan Rehabilitation, Udupi Thanh Cao Ho Germany Chickkansal School, Kundapur Maria Carciumaru Germany Shanthi [...]


Volunteer’s Voice – Ravi Goyal, Hosadu School

Hello Guys, My name is Ravi Goyal. Let me tell you something quick about my work in the project and living in India. My Project: Teaching English and Music at the Hosadu Higher Primary School Teaching here is a challenging, interesting, sometimes slightly boring yet mutually rewarding task. After struggling in the first month it [...]


FSL India Team leader’s training

Back row: Left to right- Prathap, Dinesh, Muneer, Gautham, Rohan, Stephen, Deepak Front row: Left to right- Daya, Laura, Veronica, Indu Shekhar, Dinesh S, Padmanabhan On 30th and 31st May, 2 days training was held at our Bangalore office for work camp team leaders. It was a good opportunity for the new team leaders to [...]


FSL India staff Training

Fsl India has organized 2 days training to the staff members in Bangalore on 28th and 29th of May. The training was conducted by Mr. Manoharan from ‘Surakshaa Elite’. There were 23 staffs had attended and most of the participants were came from the offices in Bangalore, Kundapur, Chennai facility. Different life skills and professional [...]


Final Impressions

Volunteer’s final impressions about the overall experience…. Looking back to your expectations and goals, would you like to comment on your overall experience here? I did not come with too many expectations….essentially, the success of your time here depends almost only on you- you can make the best or the worst out of any situation. [...]


Seon Ashram Summer Camp – 2010

Apart from the environment volunteers summer camps in some school, there was a special summer camp organized by FSL-India’s social project volunteers at Seon Ashram. It was held between 12th April to 26th May. Here are some pictures and report… Summer Camp_Seon Ashram-2010