My name is Mariona. I am 23 years old and I originally from Catalonia (Spain). I came to India as it had always been a dream for me. I had heard about it, read about it, and wandered how the life is there in reality. I have been living in this country for two months now, and I already feel as part of it. A part of me belongs to all the kids who have been calling me “Akka”, to…
About Me: My name is Paul Wullenweber, I am from Germany and now very close to completing my third month here in India. I left Germany in early August to join FSL India’s home-based-project “Environmental Education” in the course of my year in the German IJFD-programme. My Host Family: At the moment and for the next eight months, I am living in a host family a little outside of Kundapura. Although only my host mother Prathiba speaks English quite well,…
Namaskara! We are Lea and Insa from Germany. By now we are in India since two months and we do a one year volunteer service at the Seon Ashram Trust. It is located in the small village Gandibagilu which is in the south of the state Karnataka. We are doing social work with physically and mentally challenged children people as well as people who have psychological disorder. Every person who lives at the Ashram has his or her own story and fate: Old people, widows,…
FSL-India organized Winter Camp at Sevalaya, Chennai for duration of two weeks from 9th to 19th October 2012. There were 18 German volunteers in the camp who participated in various activities such as construction of pathway from the entrance to main school building which is 140 meters. They painted 24 Black Boards at Sevalaya and drew pictures of vegetables, animals and flowers in three kindergartens. Volunteers also participated in agriculture activities such as kitchen garden, banana plantation and cleaning…
LTV Get-together for the month of October for Kundapur and Bangalore Region was organised on 11th and 12th. It was organised at two different locations. While Kundapur Region organised the GTG at The Kshitija Nature Resort Byndoor, Bangalore Region organised at Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra (VGKK) at B R Hills. Nine volunteers from Kundapur Region and six volunteers from Bangalore Region participated in in the get together. The LTV team FSL-India facilitated the get-together.
In early October 2012, a total of 17 new volunteers from eight countries across the world (Germany – 6, Spain – 2, France – 2, Belgium – 3, Netherlands – 1, USA – 1, Finland – 1 and Austria -1) arrived for long-term volunteering service. Keeping in mind the importance of inter-cultural dimension of volunteering effort, FSL-India organised a week-long orientation for the new volunteers. The orientation program was organised at Kundapur and Bangalore from 1st to 7th October 2012. While…
India honours the teachers on 5th September every year. The Teachers’ Day celebration in Kundapur this year wore a special event. Miss Larissa Haesler, an FSL-India volunteer from Germany was honoured on Teachers’ Day by Woman and Children Development Society and Keeleshwari Youth Club for her volunteering service and teaching in Keeleshwari Kindergarten School.
Yoga / Ayurveda / Culture (Kerala – 10th to 30th September-2012) Number of Volunteers: 7 Camp Activities: The highlights of the Camp were the rejuvenating Yoga classes and the enlightening Ayurveda Classes. These were held in the evenings. In the morning volunteers were engaged with the children activities at the Dayaniketan Orphanage at Bakkalam.
FSL-India has been running a Tent Schools in and around Kundapur under Home Based Project. Tent Schools were initiated with a view to catering to the educational needs of children from the migrant community who come to Kundapur in search of jobs and livelihood opportunities. Many children from migrant community of Tamil Nadu working in Heskatturu village near Kundapur dropped out. However, the Tent School of FSL-India came as boon for them to continue their studies.
Rotaract club of Kundapur has invited workcamp volunteers on 15th Of July 2010. The volunteers from South Korea, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and France were participated and presented their countries to all the participants. The members of the Rotaract club and FSL-India has participated and came to know the information about the different countries. The event was followed by the dinner. Overall, from this event it was possible for the volunteers and club members to interact with each…