The main focus of FSL-India’s YDP for this month was to visit schools in the Kundapur and Mysore zones. As the title suggests, this was not a monitoring visit. The intention of this visit was: To build relationships with schools Understand receptivity of the methodology by the school and the children To understand the efficiency of session design and how it is playing out in the field Feedback on the facilitation style of our coordinators. What are their strengths? What…
I am Ajith Kumar, working as a Weltwärts volunteer, for the German Red Cross. Right now, I am working at Meschede, in an Old Age Home, as an in-house technician. I arrived in Germany on the 21st of November 2018. When I reached Frankfurt airport, the wind and the climate was really cold. But it was a new experience for me, because suddenly, I needed to adapt to the climate. Two German people were waiting for us, and then we met…
During the morning of 19th of February, FSL-India implemented 2 banana circles at Mavinakatte Government Primary School. This task was carried out by some of FSL-India’s volunteers – Jan, Florian, Anna and Carlota, as well as Manjesh and Manju – FSL-India’s staff. The team could count on the help and support of the school staff, as well as the huge involvement of some students. The choice to implement a banana circle is because it follows a permaculture design. Permaculture is…
While I am writing this report, I start realising that already more than half of the time in my project is over. The past 3 months were passing by incredibly fast. In this report I will talk about the new aspects in my daily life, my challenges and in addition, I will explain my work at school. So what changed in my daily life? Firstly, I am feeling at home in Anagalli. After a weekend of travelling and then coming…
Hello!!! I‘m Pia from Germany. Here, I want to share my life for the last 6 months in India. I changed my project at the end of November into a completely new project. I am the first volunteer for my host family and my project, and the first foreigner in my small village called Giliyaru. That is why the first week was very exciting for everyone. In my host family, I live together with my host parents, their 2 daughters…
So far, I have been 5 months living in India. In this time, I had the chance to live in an Indian family, an experience that I love specially for the time spent with my host brother and sister, as well as for the conversations with my host parents. I am working in the Youth Development Project, and I am enjoying a lot visiting schools on a weekly basis, and facilitating non-formal education sessions. My favourite part of this project…
Namaskara! I am Dinesha, working in FSL-India. In January 2019, I got the opportunity to attend the Mid-Term Evaluation at Bali, Indonesia. The participating partners were Euroaccion-Spain, Alter Ego-Greece, Scambieuropei-Italy, GAP Synergia-Portugal and Act Global-Indonesia Youth employment is currently the main concern in many developed countries.The objective of this programme is to give training to the Youth for Social Entrepreneurship in countries where there is lack of employment. So, with this program we are promoting social entrepreneurship among the Youth….
In the month of November 2018, FSL-India had a great opportunity to host the 35th CCIVS General Conference and General Assembly between 21st-27th of November 2018 (which was also the 70th Anniversary of CCIVS) http://ccivs.org/ In total there were around 54 participants from the following continents, i.e. Asia-Pacific, Africa, America and Europe. The main objectives were: a. General Conference was to develop a new strategic planning process for the 2020 movement b. General Assembly was held to fine-tune the Executive Committee members’ positions and…
On 21ST January 2019, FSL-India’s volunteers Melina and Emil and the Sea Turtle Conservation Contact Person Venkatesh visited the Primary School at Maravanthe. We had made a presentation on the hazards faced by the sea turtles in the month of December. The children were now participating in a drawing competition to recall the knowledge they gained from the presentation. Within the Sea Turtle Conservation project, the volunteers brought some drawing sheets and colour pencils for all the children and rewards…
FSL-India’s work camp WC-827 was held for 2 weeks, starting from 21st January 2019 and ending with the final evaluation on 3rd February 2019. The theme was Sustainable Agriculture/ Culture/ Environment. The team consisted of Andrea Granata from Italy, Seoyeon Kim and Jeon Hui Yeon from South Korea. The team followed the work camp schedule for 2 weeks, and made the camp successful. First of all, we went to schools for mural painting, helping in teaching Basic English, wall painting,…