Work Camps
Initially when I found out about this program, I was scared, meeting new people, talking about our culture and making new friends. All this sounded scary. It has been almost 3 years since we left home, we all have gotten used to the comfortable environment of staying home or at least some of us have. I too didn’t want to leave my comfort zone, I had so many questions like “is it okay to go?” “will it be fun?” or…
For the last two years FSL India has been planning a seashore plantation in kundapura! The area where the sea turtle nesting takes place, on the Kodi beach is exposed to light pollution, which distract the hatchling from reaching the Sea. To help prevent this from happening in the future, FSL India decided to have a sea shore plantation drive to build a Green Cover. On our 75th Independence Day, FSL- India planted trees and vines that spontaneously grow on…
I’m Kezia from Bangalore, India! When I heard about this program I jumped at it, a chance to get to know more people from completely different backgrounds, cultures and values? YES of course, there was no way I was missing out on some socializing during the lockdown in India. I went expecting at least 1 more Indian but happened to be the first and only one. I got special attention Ooof! that was even cooler. All that aside, it was…
Looking back to the way I met Dasi I realize that it was not chance that brought us together but destiny! Sitting all by myself on the beach in Maravanthe, way back in 2004 I looked into the endless horizon wondering what I could do to save the amazing sea turtles from going extinct on our coastline. My memory went back to the time when I first saw, this wonderful and impressive creature. I was just 12 years old when…
We are Jang Seeun and Daeum Kim from South Korea. We had an opportunity to visit India, especially Kundapura to do a 2-week work camp at Centre for Experiential Living – FSL India, Shettrakatte. Kundapura is a small town surrounded by the Arabian Sea and backwaters, another side is the Western Ghats and countless temples. It was a peaceful and such a spectacular spot to see! 6th to 19th January – 2 weeks, it was amazing times which we have…
Kundavandanapalli Village Development Program by Kia Motors. Local collector requested Kia to develop other villages also. FSL India, Better World, Kia Motors’ CSR project team all participated in the Village Development Programme Nishanti, Penukond’s Sub-Collector requested for educational equipments, toilets to be constructed and good school developments in other villages also.
We were a group of 9 volunteers from Italy, Hong Kong, Spain and France participating in FSL-India’s work camp at Jaipur for 2 action-packed weeks. The focus of the camp was on education and heritage conservation activities. During this camp, we had several activities which really made us feel very happy to be a part of this program. We had the opportunity to learn and understand many things on Social, Education and Culture through working with the schoolchildren in teaching…
We were fortunate to participate in UNESCO’s World Heritage workcamp at the Great Himalayan National Park for the duration of 2 weeks, from 12th-25th August 2019. During this program, we had a wonderful experience to bring awareness on Natural Heritage Management among the community and the schoolchildren. We helped to organise various activities such as tree plantation, mural painting and conducted a presentation on biodiversity conservation. Our main aim was to bring unique motivation among the community and schoolchildren through…
In this work camp run by FSL-India, we had 5 international volunteers from different nationalities, i.e. Italy, Belgium, Japan and 1 national volunteer. From 19th August-1st September 2019, Simona Santoro, Sara Traldi, Romane Stiermon, Hikaru Yonezu, Yukako Yamasoto and Sri Ranjini Raman spent 2 weeks at Jodhpur, where they actively took part in various activities at the Jodhpur MCC Secondary School. They helped to renovate class rooms, had art and craft sessions with the schoolchildren, painted the school walls and…
The Toilets for Ballenahalli tribal community created awareness about the importance of using a bathroom, learning and Indian culture. 4 engineering students from France built 2 toilets-cum-bathrooms, as well taught English and cleanliness to the children at Ballenahalli tribal village, Hunsur Taluk. HILAP is the humanitarian wing of one of most prestigious civil Engineering schools in France – ESTP. The group of students – Morgan, Mathilde, Riath and Lexane also gained knowledge on our agricultural methods and activities. They raised…