I had the opportunity to work as an FSL India youth worker in Ostrava, Czech Republic during my job shadowing experience. Rather I call it a life altering chance that provided me an understanding and exposure of different cultures. A first hand learning experience in all its aspects that allowed me to immerse myself in not just Czech society but also bring with me a bit of Portugal and Philippines traditions back to home in India. On the first day,…
My time in India was overwhelmingly wonderful, diverse and challenging. Never in my life have I been pulled out of my comfort zone so many times and never in my life have I grown and evolved so much as an individual. I spent 10 months living with an amazing and super loving host family in Kundapura who became very close to my heart. My project was working in a primary school, mostly teaching basic english and maths in the most…
I’ve always believed that nothing shapes a person better than sports. It teaches discipline, leadership and much more.. But most importantly it teaches us to accept and learn from failures. To know that we’ve played a small part in imparting these qualities in the kids, warms my heart!It was amazing to see that all of kids were interested to take part in one or the other games. The zeal they displayed throughout the event, across two weeks, is something that…
Late Dr. Abdul Kalam once said “You have to dream before your dream comes true”.In my story, my dream of traveling to Germany has finally become a true story through my“volunteering program”. What is volunteering? Who can be a volunteer? Volunteering is work foran organization without any financial cause. There are no professional courses required (Only aheart to serve people is what is needed). Hello everyone! I’m Sowmiya Purushothaman. I’m currently working as a volunteer under the Weltwaerts program as…
I work together with another german girl as a volunteer in a primary school in Moodugiliyaru. We both live and work here for nine months. We are living in a hostfamily and on the weekends we try to see more of this beautiful country. In our school there are kids from age 5 to 12 and we try our best to improve their english skills a little bit. The workday is from 9am to 4pm and we have a lunchbreak…
In this article I will describe some of my experiences and learnings from the first four weeks of my stay as a volunteer. Below I will drag the key of my first experiences when it comes to: Host family stays CREDIT I – projects Darasa Festival – Mysore I landed in Bangalore on the 14th of September 2022. FSL coordinator Manjunath met me at the Airport and followed me to Hunsur, where I was warmly welcomed by my first host…
Three words: “I’m sorry”, “I love you”, “thank you”, are the maxim of Hawaiian philosophy baptized as ho’ponopono. And these words also be the same which we could to summarize our project at Chetana Trust. From August 29th that we landed in India until September 19th we cannot feel more grateful for the welcome, for the kindness, for the hospitality, for making us feel like one of them. Living the experience with a local family contributes to a total immersion…
My overall experience of India is very positive!After the first weeks of constant confrontation with new things I got to see all the beautiful things about Indian culture, people and the land. Because literally everything is different to Germany it was obviously a lot to handle in the first place, though I had a very warm welcome and felt home soon! Indian people have been so welcoming and open towards me and for that I am very thankful. I got…
FSL India has partnered with Solidarities Jeunesses– France and partners from Canada, Spain, Italy, Greece and Japan for the Erasmus+ project named “GoTeens” The main aim of the project “GO with Teenagers Engagement and Empowerment through Networking” is to support the quality development of youth work by elaborating and formalising tools and improving competences to prepare, implement and evaluate international projects for teenagers. Furthermore, the project will strengthen the exchange among youth organisations and young people. It will also improve…
My name is Ganesh Arunachalam, I am 25 years old and I come from Auroville, a city in the south of India. Since the beginning of August I have been a weltwärts volunteer sent by FSL India to accompany with the German Red Cross, at the DRK social services in Meschede. I support the caretaker team on site in my work. My working day starts at 8 a.m., first we have breakfast together in the canteen. Every morning we get…