FSL hosted six work camps in August: Bangalore, Coorg, Kundapur and Kerala in the South and Dharamsala and Kolkata in the North India.

In Bangalore, 12 volunteers from 8 different countries took part in the work camp. They taught the children English, maths, dance, songs, games and awareness of health and hygiene. Volunteers painted the walls and did some educational paintings. They attended a cultural dance programmes, visited local people’s houses and interacted with the locals.

               

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In Kannur, 19 volunteers spent 3 weeks learning yoga, ayurveda, and volunteering in a school. Volunteers taught children English and played games with them. The volunteers had many cultural activities like visiting temples, learning about traditional martial arts and interacting with the locals

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In Dharamsala, 18 volunteers did educational, cultural and construction activities. They worked on a playground, painted the rooms and the toilets walls of the school .They also interacted with the children, Tibetan youth and Tibetan Monk. They also had cultural activities: visiting Dala Lama temple, Bhagsu temple and TCV (Tibetan Children’s Village). On international cooking day, they cooked dishes of their country and shared them with each other. The third week of the work camp they went for trekking.

     

     

     

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In Kolkata, 11 volunteers painted walls and 40 benches and did some educational painting in the school. The volunteers interacted with children and had activities like singing songs and played games of different countries. They also learnt about Indian culture by visiting the local houses and the local women helped them to wear sarees.

    

    

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