On the 16th of May, three long-term volunteers (LTV), along with one FSL-India staff member met in the historic town of Hampi, Karanataka for a monthly get-together (GTG). Everyone had a chance to visit the historic monuments and temples, as well as have one-on-one talks with their coordinator.
FSL-India is launching a new series of activities called Field Learning Sessions for Indian youth. Please take a few minutes to read the information below and refer to the attachments following for registration Please click on the attachments: Call for participants – Sarakki Lake FLS Registration form Sarakki Lake FLS Thank you! Sarakki Lake Field Learning Session Background The Sarakki Lake Field Learning Session (FLS) will take place on the…
Every year, all FSL-India staff members come together for an annual staff meet. From the 20th of May to the 22nd of May, staff members from all offices; Bangalore, Kundapura, Mysore, Chennai and Pondicherry met at Fireflies Ashram, just outside Bangalore city. Facilitating all the excitement was a team of three from Educators Collective. The staff annual meet is a chance for the FSL-India family to get-together, meet new staff members, reflect on our…
On the 15th of May, three long-term volunteers (LTV) and four FSL-India staff members came together in Bangalore for their monthly get-together (GTG). This GTG, all participants took children from Sparsha Trust (an NGO that provides shelter and education for under-privileged children) to the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium. There, they all played games and attended the “Sky Theater” programme about Mars. Besides the activities with the children, volunteers and…
From the 5th of May to the 9th of May, FSL-India hosted yet another orientation for newly arrived long-term volunteers (LTV). This month saw three international LTVs from France who will go on to work as a teacher, in water and sanitation, and at a rehabilitation project. Facilitating the orientation session was a team of ten FSL-India staff who carried out activities and sessions on expectations and fears, Indian pedagogy, language classes, roles…
From the 3rd of March to the 23rd of March, we had two volunteers from the United States participate in a Construction/Environment/Tibetan Culture themed workcamp in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. Even though it was a small group, our two team leaders aided the two international volunteers to achieve satisfaction and fulfilment that they sought through volunteerism.They actively took part in various activities including painting a school wall and black board, and educational drawing at Dharamkot Government…