During the last few years, FSL India has grown to become the largest volunteer hosting organization in the country. Volunteers are at the heart of our work and activities, we initiate programs to work together with local communities in building a more peaceful and self-content society. By placing volunteers throughout India and the world into various societies, we show interest in the work and lives of people, which encourages them. We also hope to make people more aware of the world in which they live in and its possibilities.

The volunteer work we promote is a kind of non-formal education, wherein access is attained to to a certain sections of the societ. This requires skills and fundamental education buit on practical experience. Further, the individual is under no pressure to work, therefore youth exchange in a way, initiates and facilitates this wholesome and unique experience. We believe that the experience to living and working with people from different cultural backgrounds should create understanding and respect, something we should all work on and feel responsible for in this world!

The objectives are to:

• Promote international understanding and cultural exchange
• Encourage voluntary service as a means to encourage peace, equality and democracy
• Support community development and bring an intercultural dimension to community projects
• To help and conserve our nature
• To bring global issues to local community
• Self-awareness and personal development for the volunteers

What is needed to be a LTV!
We welcome anyone interested to come and participate in our voluntary programs. One need not have any special skills for most of our programs. However, since it is humanitarian work, the volunteers can survive and make a positive impact by having these three simple attributes:

Open Mindedness is the first attribute that is needed to become a volunteer.
One cannot expect to volunteer in any program with a closed or fixed mind!

Flexibility can help the volunteer in settling down and to start working in a
foreign culture/society.

Creativity is essential for volunteers to come up with appropriate and suitable
proposals for their work. It helps in keeping the motivation going, and prevents routine and boredom!