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  Hello, I am Sumalatha. New member of FSL India. I joined FSL India at the end of July. I am 25 years old. My native place is Trasi near Kundapur. I have completed B.A. degree in Bhandarkars college Kundapur. Later I have studied BEd. degree in Srinivas College of Education Mangalore. I have attended 2 NSS(National Service Scheme) camps held in Kamalashile and Adyar. My hobbies are reading novels, articles, magazines, writing poems, short stories, playing carrom & volleyball….

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From the 24th to the 30th April Katharina, Daya, Rohan and Steffi participated in the International Sea Turtle Symposium (ISTS) in Panjim, Goa. The ISTS is an international meeting on sea turtle biology and conservation which takes place every year, but was for the first time in South Asia. It is unique in its nature as it brings together a diverse range of participants from around the world, including scientists, students, conservationists, academics, activists. This year’s theme was “The world…

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Rotaract Club Kundapur has invited Laura Brücker, volunteering in our tent school project, to talk about her opinion on Kundapur, Indian lifestyle, language, etc. She spoke about her experiences and opinions on Indian family life and in her project, all in our local language Kannada. Her work and the interest and curiosity in learning other language was well appreciated by the Rotaract Club. Finally she was honored with a present from the club president.

Every now and then, we volunteers are asked to take part in some function and prepare a little entertainment program. For our batch it started last year at the annual JC-event, for which we wrote a gripping English fairy-tale – a heavily altered version of Snow White with a strong environmental message -, learned an Indian dance, and sung the Indian pop song “Jinke Marina”, amongst others. This time we had another week to freshen up and improve our existing…

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…organized by Karnataka Forest Department Mangalore circle and Western Ghat Task Force, Government of Karnataka. FSL India  was invited by  the Forest Department of  Mangalore to give a talk about the work of NGOs for sea turtle protection and problems caused by the modern fishing  methods to the sea turtle population. Participants were officers of the  Forest Department, members of Western Ghat Task Force, the NGO ATREE, many fishermen leaders, Professors from Central Marine fisheries Regional Institute (CMFRI) etc. For…

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