FSL BLOG

As winter faded, I thought about my journey. I started by volunteering, then enjoyed winter,snow and now spring, and explored Potsdam last month.Winter can feel sad and cold, but this year was different. Volunteering was hard sometimes, but it taught me to be strong. When spring came, everything changed. Flowers bloomed, and Easter was fun with bunnies and colorful eggs. Waking up to the symphony of chirping birds and the gentle aroma of blossoms is a daily delight I cherish….

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Hey there, my name is Hanno, for context I am a 20-year-old guy from Frankfurt, Germany currently participating in a project in south-eastern India, Pondicherry. I will try to give you guys a quick insight into my project and what I actually do here. The project is primarily a children’s home which is separated into a girls and a boys home 5 minutes apart from each other. The kids that live there are either orphaned or have lived in gated…

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Almost 4 months have already passed since I started living in India. It’s unbelievable how simultaneously fast and slow time can pass when you get to learn something new every day. I live in a village in the beautiful Pondicherry, which is located at the eastern coast of southern India. Through my local Coordinator, who lives in my direct neighborhood and the Students and Staff of the Jayadurga Hr. Sec. School (my project) I get to know small pieces of Indian…

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As my home country, Germany, is in the middle of Carnival, I felt a little homesick for the first time. Carnival is a colorful festival where people dress up in costumes and have fun together. It is a very old tradition, and originally, people dressed up in scary costumes to chase away the evil winter spirits and celebrate spring with songs and dances. Some people also say that the carnival was there for people to have the chance to feel…

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Together with other volunteers I arrived in India about six months ago.  After one week at an arrival-camp, I moved to my host family, where I will live for my entire time working at my project.  This project is in my case a government aided primary school where I give english classes and assist the teachers with their daily work.  The school has seven classes and a total of about 230 students. Those are spread out between 1st to 7th…

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When I first heard about Outbound through FSL-India, it was the most exciting feeling I had in a while. It is hard to believe that it has been a year since we first started the process of coming here to Germany.  From the time we set foot into this country up until this point, it has so far been an amazing journey of self-discovery, learning and also enjoying what Germany has to offer. I currently work in a kindergarten for…

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1 hour, 15 minutes left. My phone rings. I open my eyes, switch off the alarm clock, try to wake up, but fail and fall asleep again. After a few minutes I wake up again and see the time. 1 hour left. After panicking I rush downstairs to my host family, recognizing I should have been there earlier. Nevertheless my host father greets me friendly in the hall and we talk a bit. Usually I go to the kitchen then….

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