Archive for the ‘Volunteer’s Voice’ Category

Cultural Event at Kota Highschool

An intense sound of drums, music and song were welcoming us when we reached the tent where a show was performed for an excited crowd. The air under the roof where we sat was hot and humid and you could feel the excitement in the air. Every year a competition takes place between different classes [...]


“Udupi Krishna Festival” Experience

On Monday I walked through Udupi. I looked around and suddenly I stand in between of ten tigers and they danced around me. But I was not in kind of danger because the tigers were just painted men who were part of the Lord Krishna Festival. For thousands of people these tigers and other painted [...]


Contribution Through Fundraising

I have worked in a primary school at Kanchugodu from September 2010 till July 2011 for 11 months. Kanchugodu school is giving education to local children, specially economically weak background children. The school has less than minimum number of teachers and lacking of computer education facilities. So to get computer facility, I have organized a [...]


Expressing Experience in India – Christine & Karoline

Miss. Christine Dyrsting and Karoline Westen Noer, the two volunteers worked in “De Mecerde orphanage and Baptist projects”. Here the volunteers expressing their experience in India! India has been a great deal of surprises, challenges, experiences and amazing experiences. The Indian people are like no other people in the world. They can be hard to communicate with, [...]


Volunteer in Media

One of the FSL volunteer Romina, is captured in newspaper article while reading daily Kannada newspaper. Miss Romina is working in The Kishkinda Trust as a part of FSL India’s LTV program. She is interested in learning Kannada and she practices regularly.


‘School Day’ in Nittur Primary School

Hello, my name is Filiz and since March 2011 I am working in the Nittur Primary School. Right after the beginning of my year, the school celebrated the School Day. Yet the two weeks before the whole school practiced singing and dancing. All children were excited and very motivated to present the school in a [...]


Annika in Shanthi Ashram

My name is Annika and I am volunteer in Shanthi Ashram for one year. Having stayed in the project for 8 months up to now I try to give you a short overview of my project. Shanthi Ashram is an orphanage situated in the village Vijayadka midst of the Indian forest. Our village consists of [...]


Gaia – Baptist Welfare Society

Hi, my name is Gaia, I`m from Italy, and i did two months as volunteer for FSL India. My project was the Baptist Welfare Society in Gangavathi, a small town in North Karnataka. I was teaching in a school for slum children. At the beginning the situation was not simple, all is new: family and [...]


Stefan – People’s Action For Development

About the NGO People’s Action For Development (PAD) is an NGO operating in the Gulf of Mannar region of southern Tamil Nadu. The organization is committed to improve the coastal people’s livelihood by various means such as micro credits, community organization, resource management, consultancy, and education opportunities. It is a crucial part of the organization’s [...]


A year in France – EVS Experience

Hi, I’m Chandrkanth, 25 year old, from Haveri (North Karnataka) I was working since five years Eco-Watch (NGO) in Bangalore that time I heard about FSL India and during free time I work with FSL Volunteer that time they told about European Volunteer service (EVS) in France. Even I’m looking for this kind of opportunity [...]