This year, 20 of us have spent an extremely memorable time at Bangalore, thanks to FSL-India. People always say when you try something that you have never done before, it is called a breakthrough.
We are Marthe Kiesler and Charlotte Mertz, 2 volunteers from Germany, working in a shelter for underprivileged children in Hesaraghatta, a village on the outskirts of Bangalore City. The shelter, called “Nisarga Grama” is one of 6 shelters that belong to the organization “Sparsha Trust”, founded in 2005 by R Gopinath.
On 11th December 2018, FSL-India’s Mysore coordinator organised a Cultural Event (CE) for our regular LTV volunteers. Every month, we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Mysore. This month, the Cultural Event was focused on the theme of Religion and we took our 5 volunteers to St Philomena’s Church.
Hello everyone. My name is Trixi and I am from Germany. I came to India to offer my services as a Long Term Volunteer through FSL-India. During the year 2018/2019, I am working at Heskathuru’s Government Higher Primary School as an English teacher, for 4th-7th standards.
On 15th November, FSL-India’s Sea Turtle Conservation Team conducted a school session at Uppunda Tarapathi School on the importance of the sea turtle for marine health.
On Saturday, 24th November 2018, FSL-India’s volunteers – Emil, Anna, Linda, Nanami, and our staff Manjunath and Venkatesh attended an anti-plastic event at Kundapur. The programme was conducted by the Flora & Fauna Club-Kundapur, Dr NR Acharya Memorial Trust Koteshwara, and Kudremukha Wild Life Division, Karkal.
In November 2018, FSL-India received 8 nursing students from Sweden. They spent time in India for 3 weeks, for a Nursing Internship programme at Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Science, which was facilitated by FSL-India.
16 enthusiastic volunteers arrived in India from Hong Kong to participate in FSL-India’s Work Camp on Women Empowerment and Culture. They spent 4 days in Bangalore and learned about Women Empowerment in India. They also participated in teaching and painting activities.
I’m Felix, a volunteer of FSL-India at Annapradokshana Charitable Trust, an NGO in Pondicherry on the East Coast. I’m been working and living for 3 months in this city, so I saw a lot of the people, the city and my project.