Dear Readers – Our staff Mr. Daya Salins has completed 5 years with FSL-India. Over the years we’ve seen him blossom from an Assistant Team Leader to the Coordinator of the Workcamp department. He has played an active role in initiating and carrying forward our Sea Turtle Conservation program in Kundapur. On the occasion of his 5th year with FSL-India, we wish him the best and hope that he will continue to serve as a sincere and dedicated member of…
Formation of VDC (Village Development Committee) Out of the 8 villages in the Model Village Project (MVP), Irungatukottai village will be the first where the development activities will be initiated. A big step in this direction is the formation of a Village Development Committee (VDC) in each village by FSL-India. Each VDC consists of a core committee comprised of Panchayath members, Ward members, School headmaster, Youth association, Village administrative officer, Village Health Nurse, SHG (self Help Group) members, FSL-India staff…
In the month of February, FSL hosted 6 work camps in different parts of India. Five of the work camps were in South India: – Yercaud, Pondicherry, Kundapur, Kannur and Mysore. One was in Kolkota in North Eastern. India. Sixty-four volunteers from seventeen different countries took part in these work camps. In Yercaud, 3 volunteers worked for 2 weeks in a school. They did some educational paintings, taught the children games and introduced them to their culture. The volunteers also…
The “Happy Move Global Youth Volunteers” Camp is a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative sponsored by HMC Korea (Hyundai Motor Company) and supported by FSL-India (Field Services and Intercultural Learning) and, IWO Korea (International Workcamp Organization. The 1st Happy Move Camp was conducted in July 2008 and is held every six months. The “6th Happy Move Camp” started on the 18th of January in Chennai and concluded on the 15th of February in Delhi. A total of 225 Korean volunteers…
Place: Bangalore Theme: Social /Kids Number of volunteers: 6 (S. Korea, Netherlands and Canada) The volunteers taught children some general English and science; they also interacted with them to teach them songs, dances and games. They cleaned and painted the classrooms. After that they did educational drawing in the walls like solar system, organs of the body, Parliament and India Map. The volunteers said that they enjoyed the intercultural learning and also did wonderful work for the school. …
Place: Darjeeling. Theme: Social / Culture Number of volunteers; 5 (Germany, S. Korea, France and Taiwan) This is one of the first work camps in Darjeeling. The volunteers had activities with children like singing songs, dancing and playing games of different countries. They also did educational drawing in the village school. They learnt about Indian culture by visiting a Monastery, a Museum, a tea plantation, a tea factory and visited some village people houses. Volunteers made presentations about their culture…
Place: Kundapur. Theme: Sea Turtle Conservation/Environment Number of Volunteers: 2(Denmark and Switzerland) The volunteers had very interesting activities: building turtle information centre on the beach cleaned the beach at Kodi and Mavavante, making educational paintings in Hosadu School, and having puppet shows for children. Most of the activities were about sea turtle awareness. They were working with local people, youth and children. The local people helped us to build informational center and it was a great experience for them…
Place: Coorg. Theme: Tribal/Kids Number of volunteers: 3 (Italy and S. Korea) The volunteers painted the walls with educational pictures- ecological and hygiene awareness. The volunteers interacted with tribal children and had activities like singing songs and played games of different countries. They visited the tribal village and interacted with them. Volunteers made presentations about their culture to the children and among themselves. Place: Dharamsala. Theme: Tibetan Culture / Kids / Environment Number of Volunteers: 22 (France, UK, Spain ,…
Place: Yercaud. Theme: Tribal/kids/Environment Number of volunteers: 5(France, Japan and UK) In this work camp the volunteers painted the blackboards, book shelves and walls of the school. They also worked in the garden. They did some activities with the children like singing songs and playing games of different countries. Volunteers made presentations about their culture to the children. On international cooking day, they cooked dishes of their country and shared them with each other. They also learnt about Indian culture…
Dear All, On behalf of the board members, I would like to send special greetings to all of you, who have in one way of the other joined us at FSL India to help and promote peace and understanding through service, a great and prosperous year. May XXII be a wonderful year for you. All the best, Rakesh S Soans, President, FSL India