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100th Monkey Starts the Journey at Mavinakatte!

100th Monkey Starts the Journey at Mavinakatte!

On 21st June 2019, FSL-India’s 100th Monkey program reached Mavinakatte High School, at Kundapur. Over the next 8 months, FSL-India will conduct 25 1-hour sessions every week for students of 8th and 9th standard. The 100th Monkey program encourages these students to explore their potential, and creates youth who are self-aware and active citizens. This was our first session at Mavinakatte High School. The entire school, including the headmaster and teachers welcomed our facilitators with warmth. The students were especially…

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Eco Brick Bench at FSL-India’s CEL! – A Case Study

Eco Brick Bench at FSL-India’s CEL! – A Case Study

In March 2019, FSL-India’s volunteers at the Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur started to build an Eco Bench. Plastic was collected from nearby shops and local people in order to reuse it for the Eco Bricks. The Eco Brick is a plastic bottle filled with around 300 grams of plastic garbage (milk/snacks packets, plastic bags, chips/candy and cookie wrappers, etc), in order to be strong and solid as a brick. The process of filling the Eco Bricks started with the…

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100th Monkey Program Pilot Phase 1, Pennalur Government Middle School – Sandhiya G, Coordinator, FSL-India

100th Monkey Program Pilot Phase 1, Pennalur Government Middle School – Sandhiya G, Coordinator, FSL-India

Pennalur Government Middle School in Kancheepuram district was chosen as one of the schools to conduct the Pilot Phase of 100th Monkey. Previously, FSL-India has worked with the school through our Long Term Volunteering (LTV) program and Hyundai’s Happy Move program. These interventions have resulted in the renovation of classrooms, construction of toilets, setting up kitchen gardens, tree plantation drives etc., to improve the school environment. I, Sandhiya facilitated the 100th Monkey Pilot phase sessions at Pennalur School for 7-8th…

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100th Monkey Pilot Phase 1 – Annai Rani Convent, Pondicherry

100th Monkey Pilot Phase 1 – Annai Rani Convent, Pondicherry

100th Monkey’s Pilot Phase 1 was conducted at Pondicherry’s Annai Rani Convent School. FSL-India’s Long Term Volunteering (LTV) program is currently functional in Annai Rani School. With the positive impact of LTV, they were happy to introduce 100th Monkey’s Pilot Phase 1 at their school. Yasothai, FSL-India’s coordinator, facilitated the 100th Monkey sessions here. The Pilot Phase commenced from January 2019. 43 students from 7th grade participated in each session. Every session was unique and designed using experiential education and…

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Fridays for Future

Fridays for Future

Last August, there was a pretty yet unusual sight to see a 15 year old stand outside the Swedish Parliament with Hand Painted sign boards and self made fliers. That was Greta Thunberg protesting for a stronger Action on Climate Change. Greta Thunberg was reading about Climate Change since she was 10 years. She decided to call for action by herself against the economy and law systems responsible for lax attitude and actions towards Climate Change. Every Friday, Greta began…

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