Most of our long-term volunteers (LTV) live with Indian families during their time here. Often times, we hear experiences and feedback from our volunteers. This is our first ever testimony from a host family. Mrs. Kavya M.S. has been hosting LTVs since 2012 and has welcome 11 since then. She is well known in her community for doing charity work. She was born in 1978 in the Coorg district of Karnataka. She has two daughters; Amrutha Nayak…
April month’s long-term volunteer’s (LTV) get-together (GTG) took place on the 15th and 16th of the month in Mysore, Karnataka. Five international volunteers attended the GTG which was facilitated by four FSL-India staff members. In addition to exchanging experiences and relaxing, participants also had one-on-one talks with their coordinators and attended a discussion with a host family on the topic of inter-cultural learning. Some of the points discussed were male preference in Indian families,…
Annelie, a long-term volunteer (LTV) from Germany has been teaching at our Model Village Project since August 2013. With three more months to go, she writes to us about her experiences so far. “First of all living with a Indian family is the most exciting way to get to know to the Indian culture. Of course it depends on the family, their background and their surrounding but it will be your once in a lifetime…
Every year, the long-term volunteering team at FSL-India hosts its annual Host Family and Contact Person Workshops across South India. This year, the workshops took place seven zones; Hunsur, Bangalore, Pondicherry, Chennai, Kundapur, Mulky and Sirsi during the month of January. Joining the FSL-India team were two external trainers who facilitated the following objectives of the workshops by means of experiential learning. A total of 177 participants benefited from these workshops. The objectives of…