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Day: August 12, 2019

I enjoy teaching the Tent School children – Sharavathy, Baikady Tent School Teacher

I enjoy teaching the Tent School children – Sharavathy, Baikady Tent School Teacher

I have been working at the Baikady Tent School for the last 10 months, along with with Felix, FSL-India’s Long Term volunteer, from Germany. The older children of the tent community have to look after their younger siblings, so they are unable to go to regular school. So, FSL-India started their Tent School initiative to provide basic education in English and Maths, and healthcare to the children. First, we go to their houses and convince the parents to send the…

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Sea Turtle rescue mission at Beejadi beach, Kundapura – Alexander Böhm, Germany, Linda Pederzolli, Italy & Hanan Aboushakra, Sweden

Sea Turtle rescue mission at Beejadi beach, Kundapura – Alexander Böhm, Germany, Linda Pederzolli, Italy & Hanan Aboushakra, Sweden

On 5th July, FSL-India’s Kundapura staff received a call from Beejadi Beach: another injured turtle was found by the local fishermen on the beach. The turtle probably got entangled in the fishermen’s net and came to the beach because of the deep wounds on its neck and flippers. A huge group of people cooperated to rescue the marine creature: local people and FSL-India staff and volunteers, along with members of the ‘Clean Kundapura Project’, an active initiative for cleaning up…

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