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Month: October 2014

Beach walk in Uppunda – Raising awareness for sea turtles

Beach walk in Uppunda – Raising awareness for sea turtles

On Thursday 16th, the sea turtle conservation team along with seven work camp volunteers conducted an exciting Beach Event in Uppunda tarapathi alevekodi village. The first activity on this afternoon was a sand sculpture competition. The children and even some adults enjoyed building sea turtles or hatchlings out of sand and the results were impressive. Afterwards the children with the best sculptures were awarded with prizes.

A SMART CLASS : SMARTEST WAY OF MAKING CHANGE

A SMART CLASS : SMARTEST WAY OF MAKING CHANGE

“SMART CLASS” –  A Smartest way of Learning introduced in Government Middle School in Keeranallur, Kancheepuram District with the collaboration of FSL India, Better World – Korea, Samsung Electronics Ltd – Korea and India. The computer lab, with all the laptops, chairs and tables was built during “Samsung Employee Volunteer Program” held in Nov – Dec 2013.

The first Nest of the Season

The first Nest of the Season

On Sunday morning, October 12th , the first turtle nest of the season was found on the Beach of Gangolli by a Contact Person who informed FSL. On the same day the FSL-team went to Gangolli to observe the nest. After having a glance at the nest and the turtle tracks, the species was identified as Olive Ridley. While discussing the construction of the hatchery with the Forest Department, it was decided to set it up the following day with…

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LTV-Winter camp in SRISTI Foundation, Pondicherry

LTV-Winter camp in SRISTI Foundation, Pondicherry

Winter camp Date: 06.10.2014 to 17.10.2014                                Theme & Location: Agriculture , Villupuram Name of the team leader:  S.Kamalakannan and Ambedkar      Total volunteers in the camp: 9   FSL India has organized a winter camp in Villupuram District, Tamilnadu- India. It was the two weeks camp engaged among nine LTV Volunteers with team leaders. The host organization called SRISTI Foundation does work for the…

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LTV-Winter camp in De- Mercede orphanage, Mangalore

LTV-Winter camp in De- Mercede orphanage, Mangalore

Project: De Mercede Orphanage, Mangalore                                                              Dates: 6th to 17th October No. of Participants: 13 The LTV team of FSL-India conducted a winter camp in De-Mercede orphanage home in Paneer, Deralakatte, Mangalore. From the 06th of October to the 17th of October a total of 35 children participated in this winter…

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My Experience in the De Mercede Orphanage and in India- Katherin Heckl

My Experience in the De Mercede Orphanage and in India- Katherin Heckl

I am in the orphanage project now since almost three months. There are 78 children and for two months there is a short- term volunteer. At the beginning, when I was alone, it was really hard to get the attention of the kids and it was actually impossible to really organize some activities for the children, but since we are two we can help each other.