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FSL India along with our volunteers brought changes to Heskattur – Kundapura Region Intercultural Event at Heskattur Primary Government School

FSL India along with our volunteers brought changes to Heskattur – Kundapura Region Intercultural Event at Heskattur Primary Government School

FSL India’s Kundapura Region organised a cultural event at Heskattur Primary Government School. A plan was put in place well in advance to organise this cultural event, and the roles and responsibilities were shared to make it successful. So, for this programme, LTV Kundapura invited 35 of our volunteers from Udupi and Mangalore zones. In the morning, all the volunteers were greeted and received with a traditional welcoming ceremony. They also enjoyed a really nice breakfast at the school and…

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LTV Kundapur Orientation – FSL India’s volunteers joined with Dasara procession, October 2019

LTV Kundapur Orientation – FSL India’s volunteers joined with Dasara procession, October 2019

In the month of October 2019, FSL India Kundapur hosted 3 Long Term Volunteers from Germany and Japan at our CEL (Centre for Experiential Living), Kundapur. The volunteers attended different practical, theoretical and outdoor sessions for their successful journey in India and actively took part in each session. The FSL India facilitators took extra care in organising this Orientation, in which some sessions included Conflict Management, Roles and Responsibilities, Culture and Indian Lifestyle, Safety Guidelines information, project introduction and preparation…

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AFS NH-19, IJGD and EG Quarterly Evaluation at CEL

AFS NH-19, IJGD and EG Quarterly Evaluation at CEL

LTV team, Kundapur organised a Quarterly Evaluation for our Long Term Volunteers. The program was held for 3 days, from 27th-29th November 2019.  In total, 30 volunteers from AFS took part in this evaluation. The QTE was organised at FSL India’s Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur. The objective of the QTE is to ensure that the volunteers understand about their project, host family and the intercultural acceptance through evaluation and to help them to prepare themselves for their future actions….

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My Experiences in India – Miriam Seffers, Germany

My Experiences in India – Miriam Seffers, Germany

I am in India for 3 months and I want to report about my experiences here. My project is to teach English in the Government Higher Primary School, Anagalli. There are only 50 students and 3 other teachers. My daily work starts at 9:30 am and is finished at 3:30 pm. All come together for prayer before the lessons start. After that, I teach Nalli Kalli (1st-3rd Standards) and 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Standards. We sing English songs, or…

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Winter Camp at Varanashi Organic Farms – Miriam Seffers and Selin Yenice, Germany

Winter Camp at Varanashi Organic Farms – Miriam Seffers and Selin Yenice, Germany

From the 10th-20th October, we worked with 20 German volunteers on Varanashi Organic Farms. Our work was to fertilise different trees: cacao, nutmeg, arecanut and coconut trees. We fed the plants with 45 tons of manure and covered 15 acres with it. We worked in teams of 5-10. So, we split the work in different steps. That was very good and effective. Some people filled the buckets, some drove the trollies with the buckets to the plants and some put…

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Volunteering at CEL, Kundapur – Niklas Dupont, Long Term Volunteer, Germany

Volunteering at CEL, Kundapur – Niklas Dupont, Long Term Volunteer, Germany

I arrived here at CEL on 5th August this year, together with around 40 other German volunteers. I was the only one to stay longer than the orientation week. So, I had the chance to get to know the place uninstructed by other foreigners. The Centre for Experiential Living (CEL) is located close (30 minutes) to the town of Kundapura, in the State of Karnataka. It contains a number of dormitories (where people stay during various events like our orientation…

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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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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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LTV Orientation – September 2019

LTV Orientation – September 2019

In the month of September 2019, FSL India hosted 16 Long Term Volunteers from Germany at our CEL (Centre for Experiential Living). The volunteers underwent different practical, theoretical and outdoor sessions for their successful journey in India and actively took part in each session. The sessions included conflict management, roles and responsibilities, culture and Indian life style, safety guidelines, information and project introduction and also, preparation with their coordinators. The roles and responsibilities session started with asking questions on the…

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My Family’s Experience with FSL-India volunteers – Shoba, Host Mother

My Family’s Experience with FSL-India volunteers – Shoba, Host Mother

My name is Shoba, there are 4 people in my family – my husband Annappa, my 2 children Ashwath and Ashwith and myself. I work at Asha Karya Kartha, Gulvady. For the last 4 years, my family and I have been hosting volunteers from FSL-India. So far, we have hosted 12 volunteers from different countries. My family and I have greatly benefited from this experience. I learnt to speak English and so did my children. The volunteers and my children…

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