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Month: September 2019

Towards the end of our journey – Sneha Susan, Outbound participant

Towards the end of our journey – Sneha Susan, Outbound participant

It has been 1 year since I moved to Germany for the Weltwärts South-North programme. The whole experience has been eye-opening and also inspirational. I got the opportunity to experience many different spaces, cultures and places over the last 1 year. In my project, I was able to interact with children from so many different countries, and also work with people from different places. We got to share stories, experiences from all our countries, and this was an enriching experience….

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100th Monkey Pilot Phase 2 at Anbalaya School, Pondicherry – Nagoor Kani J, FSL-India

100th Monkey Pilot Phase 2 at Anbalaya School, Pondicherry – Nagoor Kani J, FSL-India

As a facilitator for the 100th Monkey programme at Pondicherry, I am delighted to introduce the 2nd Pilot Phase for the wonderful students of Anbalaya School. The Pilot Phase 2 was started from June and until now, around 5 sessions are completed. In this Pilot Phase, we have around 42 students participating from 8th & 9th Standards. Each 100th Monkey session is unique and is designed using Experiential Education methodology for better understanding and knowledge for the students. For the…

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‘Open to the world’ is learning about You – Lexane Payen, Work Camp volunteer at Balenahali Tribal Community

‘Open to the world’ is learning about You – Lexane Payen, Work Camp volunteer at Balenahali Tribal Community

Hello, I’m Lexane and I am 21. I’m from France and for my holidays, I decided to participate at a work camp with the organisation FSL-India. The purpose of this internship was to build bathrooms and toilets for people in an Indian village. We were a team of 4 students from ESTP Paris and we shared this experience together. This trip began at Bangalore where Manju, our coordinator and a member of FSL-India, came to pick us up at the…

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Cultural Day at Maharani’s College, Mysore: FSL-India’s Long Term Volunteers bond with college students

Cultural Day at Maharani’s College, Mysore: FSL-India’s Long Term Volunteers bond with college students

In our Mysore zone, FSL-India’s volunteers were invited to participate in a Cultural Day celebration at Maharani’s College. At the annual cultural event, our volunteers were warmly welcomed by the students. It was good to see the celebrations where the whole college was decorated with colours and all the students were dressed in traditional outfits. As soon as they saw the volunteers, they began to shout out a smiling welcome to them. 5 volunteers participated in this event and FSL-India’s coordinator…

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LTV Orientation – August 2019

LTV Orientation – August 2019

In the month of August, FSL-India hosted 39 Long-Term Volunteers from Germany, from 5th-10th. For this orientation, our LTV team organised different events for the exchange of ICL (Inter-Cultural Learning). The sessions conducted on diverse topics like ‘Indian’ welcome, introduction to FSL-India, local language class, practical information, Indian lifestyle, safety and project information, each volunteer’s role and responsibilities. It was observed that the participants were interested to know about Indian culture and practices. The volunteers actively participated in the orientation….

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Exploring my creativity in Berlin – Grahisha Kairan, Outbound volunteer

Exploring my creativity in Berlin – Grahisha Kairan, Outbound volunteer

My journey here in Berlin is almost over, I can’t believe it’s been 10 months here, feels like just yesterday I was getting ready to come over here. Well, Berlin is very colourful in summer, I enjoyed summer better. I work here in Speilmittel, where they make toys, conduct workshops with kids, seminars etc. I was involved in a lot of creativity involved here. Since I was very interested in creativity, I got to learn a lot from them like…

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A Selfless Environmentalist – Ganesh Poojari, Kundapur

A Selfless Environmentalist – Ganesh Poojari, Kundapur

FSL-India’s CEL team heard about the ‘clean environment’ efforts of Mr Ganesh Poojari, who is a resident of Kannada Kudru Island, Kundapur taluk. So, they visited him to find out what makes him tick. For 10 years, he worked hard in a restaurant at Dubai. A year ago, he came back from Dubai and now runs a bakery at Kundapur. He was fascinated by the example set by Dr A J Kalam, India’s late President, Mrs Sudha Murthy, the well-known…

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Marielle’s valuable service at our Home – Stephen Raj, Project Head, Baby’s Sarah’s Home, Pondicherry

Marielle’s valuable service at our Home – Stephen Raj, Project Head, Baby’s Sarah’s Home, Pondicherry

Ms Marielle Risson, FSL-India’s volunteer fṛom France helped us at Baby Sarah’s Home (a residential home for persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Multiple disabilities and Orphan children) for a period of 3 months, from 11th April 2019 to 27th June 2019. Marielle provided her valuable service at our Home for the orphan and destitute, children with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities by teaching, assisting at the special school, and training our students in various games…

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Transforming the Youth through FSL-India’s 100th Monkey program – Madhuri P, FSL-India

Transforming the Youth through FSL-India’s 100th Monkey program – Madhuri P, FSL-India

22nd July 2019 was my first day as a facilitator. I was going to begin my journey as a facilitator for FSL-India’s 100th Monkey program. The 100th Monkey is a program which focuses on promoting self-actualisation and active citizenship among the youth. The program aims to nurture the abilities and potentials of the youth to its fullest, by using community initiatives and social action as foregrounds. I facilitate 100th Monkey program sessions at 5 Schools in Bangalore, which are funded…

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Solid Liquid Resource Management at Vandse – Manjesh BM, Field Officer, FSL-India

Solid Liquid Resource Management at Vandse – Manjesh BM, Field Officer, FSL-India

On 22nd August, FSL-India’s HBP team visited Vandse, where the Panchayat has built a Centre for Solid Liquid Resource Management (SLRM). The recycling facility is responsible for the whole Panchayat. There is a team who collects the communities’ waste every day, while others separate the different materials. In general, 9 people are working there and they also are able to make a profit by protecting the environment. They do so through fees from the people whose trash they collect and…

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