In the month of January 2014, work camp team leader, Manjunath, led a bilateral camp for six volunteers from South Korea. The theme of this work camp was education, environment and children. The volunteers worked in a government school in Bangalore, teaching around 80 children about environment related issues such as pollution and conservation, as well as basic Engish schools, educational drawing and wall painting. The…
On the 30th of December, 2013, Austin and Manjula from our Home Based Project team, along with other NGOs such as Namma Bhoomi and the Azim Premji Foundation, collaborated with the Marvanthe Panchayat to hold the annual Children’s Gram Sabha (children’s parliament) at V.K. Kamath Hall in Kundapura. From primary school children, to high school students, participants raised awareness on the needs and issues of their schools and community. Over 200 students, 15 teachers, the president…
On the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of January, our Home Based Project’s Tent School team initiated an awareness raising activity in Kundapura in regards to children’s rights and child trafficking. Our Tent School Project activities aim at imparting formal education to the children of migrant families. Often times, due to being a part of a marginalized community, these children face discrimination and hardship throughout their lives. By analyzing these…
During the month of January 2014, two of our work camp team leaders; Sandesh and Vinoth, led an organic farming and environment themed work camp in Pondicherry. Attending this work camp were five volunteers from three different countries; the Netherlands, South Korea and India. The work camp participants collaborated with the Center for Environment and Agricultural Development (CEAD) in a vermicompost activity during which the volunteers learned about vermiflitration, vermiwash…
On the 27th of January, 2014, our Home Based Project (HBP) in Kundapur guided a farmer, Mr. Shankar (a member of the Dairy Cooperative Society) at Marvanthe to prepare an Azolla cultivation pit. Azolla is an algae species that grows above water without any feeding and provides value addition to milking quantity & fat content in cattle milk. A month prior to that, we carried out a demonstrative activity to explain to…
Place: Pushkar Theme: Tribal / Culture / Kids Camp activities: Three international volunteers from Italy, Belgium and France actively participated in this camp. The camp was held in Aryavrat School started by a young team of motivated youngsters. The volunteers helped the Organisation in painting school walls. The children had a joyous time engaged in activities with the volunteers. The school has 80 children. Intercultural Learning: The intercultural activities included trekking to Savitri temple, Henna and Indian family visit….
Theme: Yoga/Ayurveda/Culture Place: Kerala, South India Camp Activities: One international volunteer from Holland participated and dedicated himself wholly to the special children by responsibly undertaking the task of teaching, playing with them and making them feel loved and cared. In the evenings, the volunteer participate in Yoga classes and the Ayurveda Classes. Intercultural Learning: As part of intercultural learning the Team leaders took the volunteer to visit Muthappan temple, snake park. He was lucky to have witness the famous ‘Theyyam’ dance performed…
Work Camps are short term Intercultural learning opportunity for international participants.