Mr. C. Doreswamy, the Joint Director of FSL India and Miss Manjula the coordinator of Home Based Project participated in a two-day workshop on Sea Turtle conservation in Chennai on 12th and 13th November 2011. The workshop was hosted by Turtle Action Group (TAG), a national level network organisation. It was an annual event where [...]
“Where open defecation remains prevalent, the policy focus needs to be on education to encourage people to build and use a latrine”. Open defecation is a major contributory factor to the high incidence of diarrhea in India, which causes 46% of childhood deaths. But still in the country there are vast majority of people who [...]
On december 5th the world celebrated International Volunteer Day, from FSL India we want to thank all the volunteers that have worked with us through our 10 years. We thank you all for volunteering with us or anywhere. Volunteering can make the difference. Lets keep working for a better world!
LTV get together is a regular monthly event in the Long Term Volunteering program facilitated by FSL India. The international volunteers placed in various projects, gather once a month to share their experience and learning with one another. One of the principal factors of placing international volunteers and project assignments through voluntary service is to [...]
Looking back to your expectations and goals, would you like to comment on your overall experience here? I feel like I have fulfilled all of the expectations that I had before coming to India. I knew I wanted to know more about the Indian culture and I wanted to work with children who are in [...]
Environment degradation is one of the most development challenges today globally. Coastal area is one such vulnerable zone which gets environmentally degraded. In this backdrop, 19th September is set aside for beach clean-up day. As environment promotion is one of the important development programs, FSL India took a part in “International beach clean-up day” at [...]
In November 2011, a total of 25 new volunteers from 9 different countries arrived for long-term voluntary service. As inter-cultural learning is the important aspect LTV program, FSL India organised a week-long orientation for the new volunteers. The orientation event was held at Hotel Sharon, Kundapur, from 7th to 13th November 2011. There was a [...]
Work Camps of FSL India are aimed at increasing social, cultural, educational and environmental actions in the rural and urban areas of India through international and national volunteers. These camps offer valuable opportunities for the volunteers to learn values of life from different parts of the world through cooperative operations and services. Altogether 8 Work [...]
My name is Valentina Macchione Vlacovich from Italy. I served as a volunteer in the Home Based Project of FSL India at Kundapur. I was assigned to work in the Tent School Project at Navayuga near Brahmavara, Udupi District. I this Tent School I worked during June and July 2011. I enjoyed working with children [...]
LTV get together is a regular event facilitated by FSL India for the international volunteers. Once a month the international volunteers gather together to share their experience, success stories and learn from one another. The two-day LTV get together was organised on 13th and 14the October at Turtle Bay Beach Resort, Kundapur. Volunteers participated in [...]
