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Organic farming/ environment work camp in Pondicherry

Organic farming/ environment work camp in Pondicherry

      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…

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Azolla demonstration cum cultivation at Marvanthe

Azolla demonstration cum cultivation at Marvanthe

        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…

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Culture Shock – Non-formal education ICL module Session 3

Culture Shock – Non-formal education ICL module Session 3

On the 18th of January 2014, the Youth Development Programme (YDP) of FSL-India hosted its third and final session  of its three-part series on culture. This time, the session took place at Cubbon Park in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was a perfect Saturday afternoon for a gathering of 22 individuals (college students, young professionals and FSL-India staff), along with Shalini Menon and Bopanna (Educators Collective) and Shreya Talwar (YDP).   Again, using methods of experiential learning, participants were taken on an…

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“India – Multiple Ethnicities (Dis)order” – Non-formal education ICL module Session 2

“India – Multiple Ethnicities (Dis)order” – Non-formal education ICL module Session 2

On the 11th of January, the Youth Development Programme (YDP) of FSL-India hosted the second part of its three-part non-formal educational series on culture at our head office in Bangalore, Karnataka. Being in a country that consists of paradoxes, both ends of any extreme, contrast and differences, the YDP realised the significance of exploring this further. Shalini Menon (founder of Educators Collective and facilitator of the session) joined us again, along with Shreya Talwar (YDP), to present participants with an…

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“Keeping an “I” on Culture” – Non-formal education ICL module Session 1

“Keeping an “I” on Culture” – Non-formal education ICL module Session 1

On the 21st of December, the Youth Development Programme (YDP) of FSL-India hosted its first non-formal education session at our head office in Bangalore, Karnataka. The 13 participants consisted of college students and one of our very own FSL-India staff members. The YDP decided to launch non-formal education sessions because we truly believe that significant learning takes place outside the classroom, and off the desks and chairs.  Through activity based methods of experiential learning, 13 participants were invited to begin…

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Your first week in India

Your first week in India

The month of November saw another set of 18 mid- to long-term volunteers (MLTV) join us in India. Their first few days were carefully planned out for a week-long orientation session that discussed various aspects of what their stay in India would entail. The volunteers joined us from 9 different nationalities and the orientations took place at both our Bengaluru (Head Office) and Kundapura offices. Here is what you can expect from an orientation week:

Spreading the spirit of voluntarism

Spreading the spirit of voluntarism

Voluntarism forms the core of FSL-India’s activities, driving many of its initiatives. From our Home Based Projects (HBPs) to our workcamps, the spirit of giving back to a community for its betterment is a key pillar of our work. We therefore work to spread this spirit of voluntarism by speaking to high schools, youth clubs and colleges. Recently, we conducted presentations in Udupi District of Karnataka to facilitate discussions on the importance of volunteering. Through such activities, we work to…

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A GTG exercise: what do you appreciate about India?

A GTG exercise: what do you appreciate about India?

  We recently asked volunteers in our mid- to long-term volunteering (MLTV) projects what they appreciated about India, and received some interesting responses. We share them with you here, to give you a glimpse of what you might enjoy in India: ‘I appreciate… The Indian people their open- minded and caring way of treating us volunteersThe chance to live in a family to get to know the culture quite closely Yoga Helping people Delicious food Happiness of the children when…

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A ‘Smart Class’

A ‘Smart Class’

What could we accomplish in India if we joined together with people from a different part of the world for a common purpose, put behind them the muscle and strength of a large multinational company and then supported them with 13 years of experience and knowledge of our country? One answer is a ‘Smart Class’.