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Month: August 2011

Health on Stage

Health on Stage

As the 10’th year celebration of International Year of Volunteering, ASEF, CCIVS and FSL India partner to organize a multicultural project Health on Stage between the 20’th of Aug to 30 Sept.

New Intern at FSL Office in Bangalore – Ana Silveyra

New Intern at FSL Office in Bangalore – Ana Silveyra

Dear readers – My name is Ana Silveyra, I am from Mexico and I am happy to say I joined FSL India as an intern staff at its head office in Bangalore on July 8th. I am a Journalism graduate from Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City and I’m starting a one year internship with FSL. Before coming here, I was volunteering in Mexico City in different organizations, working with the elderly, giving classes to children in poor communities, house building…

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2011 international year of volunteering

2011 international year of volunteering

In November 1997, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2001 as the International Year of Volunteers (IYV). United Nations Volunteers (UNV) was designated as the international focal point. With its main objectives of increased recognition, facilitation, networking and promotion of volunteering, IYV provided a unique opportunity to highlight the achievements of millions of volunteers worldwide and encouraged more people to engage in volunteer activity. The idea for IYV came out from deliberations among several major international NGOs in the early…

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