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Month: February 2012

Volunteers and HBP team of FSL India Raised Clothes for Children of Tent School

Volunteers and HBP team of FSL India Raised Clothes for Children of Tent School

It is quite obvious that the children at the Tent School Project of FSL India did not have adequate cloths to wear daily as they hail from the migrant communities. The parents of the children normally concentrate on their work and do not have time to take care of their children. Children used to very poorly dressed and attend the tent school. Having observed this, the volunteers and FSL India staff planned to raise used clothes from the children studying…

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Case Study on Sea Turtle Conservation (Home Based Project Initiative of FSL India)

Case Study on Sea Turtle Conservation (Home Based Project Initiative of FSL India)

1. Introduction Karnataka is the habitat of the Olive Ridley and Green Sea Turtles. Between September and December each year they come to the beaches around Kundapur to lay eggs. After 20 years of living in the ocean and after swimming thousands of miles, the female sea turtles return to the beach to nest where they hatch. Since a couple of years things have changed because of rising pollution of ocean and beaches. Every year less and less turtles come…

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Valediction to the participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference

Valediction to the participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference

“Goodbye until we meet again” was the message conveyed by FSL India family to one and all who participated in the 3rd GLMTV Conference. Having engaged in a three-day intensive deliberation, the GLMTV delegates paid a visit to two projects such as ACCEPT Society and Sparsha Trust in the suburb of Bangalore as part of the exposure. The participants interacted with the staff, board of directors and the children of these two projects. “It was an amazing experience”- was the…

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Participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference Continue to Deliberate on LMTV Program

Participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference Continue to Deliberate on LMTV Program

In its quest for ensuring excellence and continuous improvement in quality of LMTV projects, the participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference continued to share among themselves the know-how and experience in facilitating LMTV project. The members through group work, brainstorm and collective deliberation made efforts to develop standards and action plans, establish common systems, tools and methodologies to promote Long/Mid Term volunteers exchange across the world. As per the schedule on 12th February 2012, the participants deliberated on issues such as…

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Special Forum during the 3rd GLMTV Conference

Special Forum during the 3rd GLMTV Conference

The 3rd GLMTV Conference is one such platform for the international voluntary organisations to deliberate on various aspects of promoting local and internal volunteerism. Improving qualities of LMTV projects, share know-how and experience, develop standards and action plans, establish common systems, tools and methodologies to promote Long/Mid Term volunteers exchange across the world and develop new partnership to promote international volunteerism are the central themes for collective discourse of the 3rd GLMTV Conference. A total of twenty-five delegates from thirteen…

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The 3rd Global LMTV (Long/ Middle Term Voluntary Service) Conference Welcome and Inaugural Function

The 3rd Global LMTV (Long/ Middle Term Voluntary Service) Conference Welcome and Inaugural Function

The 3rd Global LMTV (Long/ Middle Term Voluntary Service) Conference kick started on 11th February 2012 at Nava Spoorthi Kendra, Bangalore. As FSL India completes ten years of its existence in facilitating youth volunteering for field services and inter-cultural learning, it is a rare opportunity to host GLMTV conference for the international partners. Playing the perfect host is an integral part of the Indian culture and tradition. FSL India being the host organisation welcomed the delegates with a typical Indian…

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FSL India Volunteers at Kundapur Educate School Children the Importance of Solid Waste Management

FSL India Volunteers at Kundapur Educate School Children the Importance of Solid Waste Management

Solid Waste Management is one of the important aspects of environment conservation. FSL India through the eco-club project facilitates awareness creation and education for the general public and school going children on solid waste management. By and large Solid Wastes Management in India over the last few decades has increased considerably. This is largely due to rapid population growth in the country. In Kundapur waste management is the responsibility of municipality. Eco-club project as one of the home based initiative…

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Hearty Welcome to the Delegates of the 3rd Global LMTV Conference

Hearty Welcome to the Delegates of the 3rd Global LMTV Conference

FSL India is hosting the 3rd Global LMTV (Long/ Middle Term Voluntary Service) Conference in Bangalore. The program is scheduled for 10th to 14th February 2012. The program is jointly organised by FSL India, Network for Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA), Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS-UNESCO) and Alliance. Altogether 27 participants from 18 IVS (International Voluntary Service) organisations from Asia and Europe would participate and deliberate on various aspects of prompting youth mobility and volunteering service. The objective…

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Volunteers’ Testimonies on completion of volunteering service with FSL India

Volunteers’ Testimonies on completion of volunteering service with FSL India

Looking back to your expectations and goals, would you like to comment on your overall experience here? Don’t regret at all that I took the time to do this project. I learned a lot hear about India and also about myself. I also had a lot of fun staying here. Although there are people who want to cheat you there are at least as many who are very open interested and willing to help you. Johan Albert Saelens, Germany We…

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FSL India Welcomes the New Volunteers (January Arrivals)

FSL India Welcomes the New Volunteers (January Arrivals)

In early January 2012, twelve volunteers from seven countries arrived at FSL India for long-term voluntary service. As part of the inter-cultural learning, FSL India organised a week-long orientation for the new volunteers at FSL India Guest House, Kundapur between 2nd to 7thJanuary 2012. The orientation sessions were facilitated by the LTV program team of FSL India. Volunteers were welcomed by FSL India team with garlands of Jasmine, and vermilion tilak marks on the forehead followed by Aarathi. Different sessions…

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