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Month: November 2019

Beach Clean-up at Kundapur by FSL India’s Staff and Volunteers

Beach Clean-up at Kundapur by FSL India’s Staff and Volunteers

On Tuesday, 22nd of October 2019, FSL India’s HBP Staff and Volunteers, Uppunda Panchayat, Rani Bale Fishermen Co-operative Society and Coastal Security Guard unit jointly organised a beach clean-up at Uppunda, Madikal beach. Some of the local fishermen and youth also joined us to help clean up the beach. The beach area where we collected the washed up trash was 100 metres long. The first step included collecting all items that were larger than 2.5 cm and putting them into…

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LTV Cultural visit to Cave Temple at Kamalashile – Dinesh Saranga, LTV Chief Coordinator, Kundapur zone

LTV Cultural visit to Cave Temple at Kamalashile – Dinesh Saranga, LTV Chief Coordinator, Kundapur zone

The cultural visit for FSL India’s Long Term Volunteers was held on 11th October 2019 with Miriam, who came in September and worked on the Sea Turtle Conservation project at our Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur. One of the programmes at FSL India is a cultural visit, where we take our regular volunteers to any cultural and historical places which are located in or around Kundapur. So, in the morning around 8.40 am, we met at the last bus stop…

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A big ‘Thank You’ to Siddivinayaka School for their great support in our 100th Monkey sessions for 8th & 9th Stds

A big ‘Thank You’ to Siddivinayaka School for their great support in our 100th Monkey sessions for 8th & 9th Stds

Last year, FSL India launched a youth development programme exclusively for Indian youth called 100th Monkey. 100th Monkey aims to develop Self Actualisation and Active Citizenship to build youth forces who are conscious and competent citizens of our country. The aims and objectives of 100th Monkey are many and varied. The program aims to: Develop physical, intellectual, emotional and social abilities of the children and assist in Self Actualisation. Assist the children to experience a sense of belonging and ownership….

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Can we call this a Breakthrough? – Ashwini Govind, 100th Monkey Programme Manager, FSl-India

Can we call this a Breakthrough? – Ashwini Govind, 100th Monkey Programme Manager, FSl-India

Most of our sessions start with circle time, where the entire group plays energisers or activities in a circle along with the facilitator. Circle games are acclaimed to create inclusion, build trust, safety and togetherness amongst their participants. The circle time is followed by some purposeful activity, with reflection. At times during the initial sessions, there will always be those two or few who can’t contain themselves to a space in the circle. They are either running from one position…

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The aura of Auroville: LTV’s Cultural Event at Pondicherry – October 2019

The aura of Auroville: LTV’s Cultural Event at Pondicherry – October 2019

On 17th October 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. Auroville (City of Dawn) is an experimental township in Villupuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India with some parts in the Union Territory…

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SH-19 Mid Term Evaluation -October 2019

SH-19 Mid Term Evaluation -October 2019

LTV team, Kundapura organised a Mid Term Evaluation for FSL India’s Long Term Volunteers. The programme was held for 2 days, from 17th and 18th October 2019. In total, 4 volunteers from AFS took part in this evaluation. The MTE was organised at FSL India’s Centre for Experiential Living. The objective of the MTE was to assess the progress of our volunteers, how they are doing in their project and host family, to offer solutions to overcome any hurdles, as…

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Adventure camps for Indian schoolchildren at FSL India’s CEL

Adventure camps for Indian schoolchildren at FSL India’s CEL

3rd October was the first day of our first adventure camp for Indian school children between the ages of 9 to 16, the second camp started one week later. The camps lasted for 3 days, and included their stay at our Centre for Experiential Living and all meals. Right from the beginning, FSL India played energisers with the children in order to get them to know each other. They also aimed to make them feel comfortable in the new surroundings….

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