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Month: March 2010

Laura Brücker – Tent School – speaks at Rotaract

Laura Brücker – Tent School – speaks at Rotaract

Rotaract Club Kundapur has invited Laura Brücker, volunteering in our tent school project, to talk about her opinion on Kundapur, Indian lifestyle, language, etc. She spoke about her experiences and opinions on Indian family life and in her project, all in our local language Kannada. Her work and the interest and curiosity in learning other language was well appreciated by the Rotaract Club. Finally she was honored with a present from the club president.

Flora and Fauna Club – Volunteer Entertainment

Flora and Fauna Club – Volunteer Entertainment

Every now and then, we volunteers are asked to take part in some function and prepare a little entertainment program. For our batch it started last year at the annual JC-event, for which we wrote a gripping English fairy-tale – a heavily altered version of Snow White with a strong environmental message -, learned an Indian dance, and sung the Indian pop song “Jinke Marina”, amongst others. This time we had another week to freshen up and improve our existing…

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Workshop for “Sustainable Fisheries”

Workshop for “Sustainable Fisheries”

…organized by Karnataka Forest Department Mangalore circle and Western Ghat Task Force, Government of Karnataka. FSL India  was invited by  the Forest Department of  Mangalore to give a talk about the work of NGOs for sea turtle protection and problems caused by the modern fishing  methods to the sea turtle population. Participants were officers of the  Forest Department, members of Western Ghat Task Force, the NGO ATREE, many fishermen leaders, Professors from Central Marine fisheries Regional Institute (CMFRI) etc. For…

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WANTED: 5 Pics of Kundapur and sourrounding!

WANTED: 5 Pics of Kundapur and sourrounding!

“Where can I buy postcards of Kundapur?”. This is a question we’re often asked. The sad answer is: There are none. The goods news: The “Eco tourism” project is going to change the situation and will create them! Please sent us your 5 most beautiful pictures from Kundapur and sourrounding (as normal: as fast as possible). If we choose your picture, you get one of the first ever printed postcard from Kundapur! Sent the pictures to: ecotourism@fsl-india.org

FSL Work Camp in March 2010

FSL Work Camp in March 2010

Camp code : FSL-WC-457      Place : Goa       Number of volunteers: 7 Theme : SOCIAL/KIDS  Team leaders : Pratap & Goutham The volunteers renovated a school in this camp, they painted the walls. They also taught basic English like alphabets, numbers,… and songs to the children. They played with the children and did some activities with them.     Camp code : FSL-WC-456      Place : Kundapur  Number of volunteers: 11 Theme : ENVIRONMENT/KIDS  Team leaders : Deepak Poojary The volunteers painted…

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IJGD Mentor’s training

IJGD Mentor’s training

IJGD has organised first Mentors Training in 2009 in Berlin. Participants from all over the world has participated in that event. Mentors training 2010 consisted of  following sessions to keep minimum standard to make the WW program successful. The sessions are,self reflection on past performance, updating IJGD procedures, Quality management, coordination system, Finance, conflict management and drafting handbook and dialogue meeting with IJGD volunteers.Also some field trip to project, inaguration of public drinking water filter and eco tourism boat trip….

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Save the Tigers

Save the Tigers

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FSL Work Camp in February 2010

FSL Work Camp in February 2010

  Camp code : FSL-SPL-110 Place : Kerala Number of volunteers: 19 Theme : YOGA/AYUVERDA/SOCIAL Team leaders : Rahul & Katharina The volunteers looked after of the Ayuverda garden and they had Ayuverda classes and two hours per day of yoga. The volunteers painted the school premises; they also painted the educational charts on the walls. In addition the volunteers also conducted classes for the children and taught Basic English. The volunteers interact with children and also play games with…

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