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GTG Kundapur – August 2013

GTG Kundapur – August 2013

Interesting sessions like – Mood Chart and Suitcase (I will take back home)– Washing machine (I would like to improve) – Dust bin (I could not change) was conducted to enable the volunteers share their good experiences and challenges that they faced or are facing  in their project, host family and during travel. The FSL India coordinators who facilitated these sessions, concluded them by giving valuable suggestions and appreciating the volunteers work and effort in their projects.

What do students learn from volunteering?

What do students learn from volunteering?

Rakesh S. Soans, President of FSL – India, recently wrote on the transformation that volunteering brings about in the individual. The article which appeared on Monday, July 8 2013 in the ‘Education Times’, is here republished:  Undoubtedly modern higher education has undergone a radical and unprecedented change in the last few decades. New age learners have diverse learning needs, and the scope and methodology of learning for new millennium learners is immense. Education is all about personal development that imbibes…

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August 2013 – Orientation – Full House!!

August 2013 – Orientation – Full House!!

With monsoon in its full bloom especially in the coastal region of Kundapur, when everybody confines to their rooms, hesitant to go outside, FSL India was bursting with energy and enthusiasm for the Orientation week for the August arrivals. 51 Participants – 43 Germans, 4 French, 1 Finnish, Swedish, Irish and an Austrian altogether along with the 15 staffs from FSL India’s Bangalore and Kundapur office, made this Orientation, the best ever.  Among these 51 Participants – 37 Participants were…

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LTV Get Together – July 2013

LTV Get Together – July 2013

Kundapur : Every month Get Togethers (GTG) are conducted to give all the Long and Mid Term volunteers of FSL India, a chance to share their experiences with the group and also a one to one talk with their coordinators and this month’s GTG met its goal too. With 4 International Long term volunteers and 3 Staffs, the GTG in the month of June was conducted on 12th of July at the Green Wood Resort in Senapur. Although the group…

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