FSL India is a non–profit organization and does not have external funding. All costs of FSL India are sustained through participation fees from volunteers. We work only with local organizations that need our support.

Participation Fee – RS. 10.000/- for each month*

* The participation fee will be collected only for a full month and it is not possible to apply for half a month.

What does your program participation fee cover

This income is spent as follows (from the most to the least expensive item)

Project development: this is the money that is spent to set up projects and travel to the different locations. Some projects require more investment than others.

• Orientation and Evaluation weeks for volunteers/participants: the expenses related to food, accommodation, transportation, and activities organized during this first week.
• Volunteers hosting payments: FSL pays for the food, accommodation, transportation for participants-which differs from project to project.
  Office expenses including salaries, telephone, internet, postage, photocopy, printing, stationery, electricity, gas, food
  (meals are provided to staff), equipment.
• Rent: FSL pays the rent for the accommodation of its international staff members in Bangalore.
• Scholarships for volunteers from Eastern Europe, Latin American countries and others: volunteers coming from these countries do not pay a participation fee and sometimes receive a contribution towards their flight ticket.
• Scholarships for Indians sent to projects abroad: FSL sends volunteers abroad on a sponsored program.
• Support expenses of local Indian youth trained and supported by us.
  Donations to local social projects: apart from supporting local NGOs by the placement of volunteers and by organizing short-term work camps, FSL also makes occasional donations (in kind or in cash) to its partner NGOs.
• Local transportation costs for staff to visit volunteers and projects: in order to keep in touch with their volunteers, the coordinators of FSL have to travel regularly to the locations of the projects throughout the country.
• International travel costs to attend Conferences and international meetings: FSL sends representatives to statutory meetings and conferences to interact with its worldwide partners and develop its activities.
• Participation fees to international conferences and meetings: in such occasions, FSL also has to pay a participation fee!
• International membership fees: FSL has to pay them to remain a member of international networks and platforms of like-minded organizations.
• Promotional Material & Web Site costs.