FSL India and Yuva Brigade, Karvikeri jointly conducted an awareness programme for the Karvikeri riverside community on keeping the river clean. Kundapura Municipality area, Karvikeri have decided to place a dustbin at the riverside. FSL India’s volunteer Jan Muhle from Germany has donated the dustbin.
At Ulthuru, the Temple Management Committee decided that the Chariot festival would be completely plastic-free from next year. The Ulthuru Temple Management Committee members Bojaraj Shetty, Mohandas Shetty, Dinesh Shetty, FSL India’s Dinesh and Charan from ILA projects attended the Chariot festival at Ulthuru.
We are Jang Seeun and Daeum Kim from South Korea. We had an opportunity to visit India, especially Kundapura to do a 2-week work camp at Centre for Experiential Living – FSL India, Shettrakatte. Kundapura is a small town surrounded by the Arabian Sea and backwaters, another side is the Western Ghats and countless temples. It was a peaceful and such a spectacular spot to see! 6th to 19th January – 2 weeks, it was amazing times which we have…
I’m Danita and I have finished my Master’s in Social Work from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, India. First and foremost, I chose Social Work as my profession because I’m passionate to work with differently abled people. So, during my course period, I had worked in various institutions in India who are working with differently abled people, where I have gained a lot of learning and have understood their lifestyle and the difficulties they face in their day-to-day life. I have…
In the month of February 2020, FSL India’s LTV Bangalore region organised a Midterm Evaluation (MTE) for our Pondicherry, Bangalore, Mysore and Kanchipuram Long Term Volunteers at Pondicherry. The event took place between 26th-28th February 2020, at Pondicherry. In Pondicherry, there were around 22 volunteers from AFS, GRC and IJGD Germany who took part in the evaluation. The main objective of the MTE is to evaluate the volunteer’s learnings and contributions, in order to develop appropriate strategies to attain quality…
Having heard so much about FSL India’s 100th Monkey programme, I decided to visit St Theresa’s School, and experience first-hand the ‘workings’ of our programme. I set off with Madhuri, and picked up Madhumathi (FSL India’s facilitators at Bangalore) along the way. My first impression when I walked into the classroom was a sea of smiling faces. The children were excited to see me (a new face always generates interest) and a babel of voices broke out. “Namaste, Madam”, “Good…