Galina, one of the volunteers to our work camps recently wrote back to us, reminiscing about her experiences. She also sent us a ‘friendship map’, traditional Russian sweets and candies, inviting us to visit her in Russia. Thank you Galina! You are always welcome back! 

‘Dear Friends,

My name is Galina, I took part in [an] FSL project in Kerala in January 2013. It was my sixth international voluntary experience and I want to say: it was THE BEST project I ever participated [in]!

I want to thank FSL for [the] opportunity to live in [an] amazing place in Kerala, to meet very nice people from India and other countries, to know more about Ayurveda and to discover the world of yoga.

We had the BEST camp lead[ing] team: Rahul and Vinoth! They were always available for us and [were] ready to help any time, with any questions. Thanks to them, our days were well planned and had a good ‘balance’ between work and free time, very delicious food and interesting cultural programmes. Thanks to [the] participation of coordinator Pratap in out camp, I knew more about FSL and [the] opportunities [it provides] for volunteers and decide[d] to continue my communication with FSL in the future.

It’s a great criteria of organizational philosophy: if [the] chief coordinator takes part in routine camp life (work together, have evening programmes and some activities with us etc.) it means that every volunteer is important for [the] organization and we could feel [this] through relations, mood and activities; it also means that organization wants not just [to] do projects, but do it with love and in the best way!

The main organizational features I want to point out are flexibility and strong willing[ness] to improve itself. You listen [to] your volunteers, their fears, desires and suggestions, and try to solve all problems and to accept all useful suggestions. And it helps to support [the] high level of your activity and to find out actual problems and solve [them].

Thank you for your great job…

                                                                                                                         Best regards,

Galina Yakushina