In this article I will describe some of my experiences and learnings from the first four weeks of my stay as a volunteer. Below I will drag the key of my first experiences when it comes to: Host family stays CREDIT I – projects Darasa Festival – Mysore I landed in Bangalore on the 14th of September 2022. FSL coordinator Manjunath met me at the Airport and followed me to Hunsur, where I was warmly welcomed by my first host…
Three words: “I’m sorry”, “I love you”, “thank you”, are the maxim of Hawaiian philosophy baptized as ho’ponopono. And these words also be the same which we could to summarize our project at Chetana Trust. From August 29th that we landed in India until September 19th we cannot feel more grateful for the welcome, for the kindness, for the hospitality, for making us feel like one of them. Living the experience with a local family contributes to a total immersion…
FSL-India regularly runs a 2-week work camp at Dharamshala throughout the year. From 1st-21st June 2019, 7 international volunteers from different nationalities, i.e. France, Czech Republic, US, Spain and Belgium, participated in this work camp. Our volunteers actively took part in various activities at the Heeru Government Primary School. They participated in a Yoga session every morning at the home base, renovated class rooms, had art and craft sessions with the schoolchildren, painted the school wall and also educational paintings,…