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Our Little-Flower Keeps Improving

Our FSL India volunteers know from their own experiences, where things can be improved at the Little Flower School and so they did some great donations for the School, as well as for the hostel. Until three months ago, photocopies needed for the school had to be brought from outside. If it were some documents [...]


India – My Dream Country!

Date: 4th Aug 2011 to 28th Aug 2011 Work Camp Code: FSL-SPL 145 Location: Dharamsala Name: Jihae LEE India has always been my dream country. A place that exotic, fantastic, and unlike the rest of the world. I wanted to see the prayer in river Ganga. I also wanted to feel the love of a [...]


My First Project with FSL India

Hello everybody who reads this story all over the world. My name is Karel van den Berg. I am from the Netherlands. I am 38 years old and as Team Leader I have conducted three Work Camps for FSL India in 2005. Next week I will do one in Pondicherry. On my blog on this [...]


LTV Get Together (December 2011) – Kundapur

In the month of December Get-Together for Long Term Volunteers in Kundapur zone was held at St. Joseph Community Hall Anagalli. The two-day program was held on 15th and 16th December 2011. There were 17 volunteers and 4 staff FSL India who participated in the get together. On the first day after lunch, volunteers participated [...]


LTV Get Together (December 2011) – Pondichery

LTV Get Together for the month of December for the volunteers of Bangalore zone was organised at Indian Institute of Training on post-Development, Chettikuppam Village, Villupuram District Tamil Nadu on 15th and 16th December 2011. The objectives the Get-together are: To create a platform for volunteers to share their experience, project work, progress result in [...]


We create an amazing “global humor”

After more than four months in FSL India, I got a lot of working experiences as a volunteer in my project, the Little Flower School. The institution is an orphanage with a school as well. This combination is a great advantage for all the children living in the campus. Children can use the whole ground [...]


From day one it has been an amazing ride

From day one it has been an amazing ride. Unfortunately, it is soon to be over: only 20 days left. We came in October as FSL India Volunteers after we both finished college in Denmark. Stine is 19-years-old and I, Catharina, is 18-years-old. It was our first trip to Asia so we had no idea [...]


Eduard Speaks from Netherlands

Hello people of FSL India!!! My name is Eduard, from The Netherlands. I’ve been in FSL India 5 years ago, working at Chaithanya Special School in Kundapura. I’ve lived in Kundapura for 6 months with a host family; the host family is not taking volunteers anymore, so you wouldn’t know them. This is the third [...]


Volunteers Speaks – Bridgid and Johanna

Do not hesitate to go to India! One of my Indian friends said: “This country teaches you two things: Tolerance and patience.” I can only agree and I think everyone should learn more about these two things.Wherever you are, it will help you. Coming to India as volunteer of FSL India, even only for three [...]


Sea-turtle Hatchery

It is a fact that Sea Turtles are one of the most endangered species in the world today. Commercial fishing, loss of nesting habitat, and climate changes are the threats for Sea Turtles extinction which ultimately affect their ability to fulfill vital functions in ocean ecosystems. Across the coastal area of Kundapur, Sea Turtle population [...]