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Month: October 2019

Of Temples and Gardens: LTV Cultural Event, Pondicherry

Of Temples and Gardens: LTV Cultural Event, Pondicherry

On 19th September 2019, FSL-India, Pondicherry’s coordinator organised a Cultural Event (CE) for our regular LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a Cultural Event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Pondicherry. This month, the Cultural Event was focused on Nature/Religion. Sri Karaneswara Temple is located on the Pudhukuppam Beach in Pondicherry, 12 kms north of Auroville. Sri Karneshwar Nataraja Temple is the most unusual and yet,…

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A unique humanitarian experience at Balenahalli tribal village – Morgane Herry

A unique humanitarian experience at Balenahalli tribal village – Morgane Herry

Hi! My name is Morgane. We are 4 French people studying in a Civil Engineering school in France. We lived together in a host family in Hunsur, Karnataka. We went to India with FSL India to build toilets and bathroom in a tribal village named Ballenahalli and to go to school. First, living in a host family is a really good experience. I learned a lot of things about Indian habits and I shared beautiful daily moments with the family….

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100th Monkey becoming “MainKey” in Non formal Education at Siddivinayaka School – Dinesha Saranga, FSL-India

100th Monkey becoming “MainKey” in Non formal Education at Siddivinayaka School – Dinesha Saranga, FSL-India

It feels amazing to know we have completed 9 out of 25 100th Monkey sessions each for both 8th and 9th Standard children at Siddivinayaka School, Karki. The children of 9th Standard have already gone through our intervention in the first pilot phase last year. There is a great difference in their receptivity and reflection from the first pilot phase to now. It is the same for me as a facilitator of 100th Monkey. The 4-day training for trainers held…

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Kundapura welcomes a King – George M Varghese & Athira KP

Kundapura welcomes a King – George M Varghese & Athira KP

Being here in Karnataka, Keralites feel homesickness in the month of September. There is a king who visits us every year – this year Keralites welcomed the king to Kundapura where we, along with FSL-India CEL’s staff and volunteers celebrated the Onam festival on 11th September. As Hu Jintao says, “Culture is a window reflecting the history, culture and spiritual world of a nation, Cultural exchange is a bridge to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship between the people of…

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WC 840 – An intense experience at Jodhpur

WC 840 – An intense experience at Jodhpur

In this work camp run by FSL-India, we had 5 international volunteers from different nationalities, i.e. Italy, Belgium, Japan and 1 national volunteer.  From 19th August-1st September 2019, Simona Santoro, Sara Traldi, Romane Stiermon, Hikaru Yonezu, Yukako Yamasoto  and Sri Ranjini Raman spent 2 weeks at Jodhpur, where they actively took part in various activities at the Jodhpur  MCC Secondary School. They helped to renovate class rooms, had art and craft sessions with the schoolchildren, painted the school walls and…

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We Felt Welcome All Along – Mathilde Maurichere, Work Camp volunteer at Balenahalli Tribal Village, Hunsur

We Felt Welcome All Along – Mathilde Maurichere, Work Camp volunteer at Balenahalli Tribal Village, Hunsur

I’m Mathilde, I’m 20 years old, and when, with 3 other friends from my school, we sat down in the plane, I didn’t know I was going to live the best experience of my life. How could I even imagine what I was going to live? 6 weeks of amazing meetings, 6 weeks to discover Indian and Karnataka culture, 6 weeks working at Ballenahalli’s work camp. The first person we met was Manjunath, our team leader from FSL-India, the most…

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Project, Host family, Volunteer Intro Meeting – August 2019

Project, Host family, Volunteer Intro Meeting – August 2019

On 17th August 2019, FSL India’s contact persons, volunteers and host families from Kanchipuram, Pondicherry and Mysore met and interacted with each other at their respective locations. This Intro meeting was organised by Bangalore Region’s LTV team, in order to build relationships with each other and ensure support during their volunteering programme. The project staff, host families and our volunteers bonded together very easily thanks to the icebreakers and friendly atmosphere. They got to know about the different projects and…

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