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Gopadi Grama Panchayat Celebrates Sankranthi Festival Through Cleaning Event – Vijaya Karnataka, January 2020

Gopadi Grama Panchayat Celebrates Sankranthi Festival Through Cleaning Event – Vijaya Karnataka, January 2020

Gopadi Grama Panchayat lead a Cleaning Event at Gopadi and Koteshwara Highway Road area and Gopadi Village, for the festival of Makara Sankranthi, with the support of Clean Kundapura Project, FSL India-Kundapura, Amala Bharath and Ladies Hostel Koteshwara. At the cleaning event they found many alcohol bottles beside the highway. The volunteers collected all the bottles and exhibited them at the side of the Highway. In this event, totally 150 volunteers pitched in to help. Gopadi Panchayat’s President Saraswathi Putran,Vice…

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The Joy of seeing the results of our efforts: It was hard, but joyful, rather than hard -The 24th Happy Move Camp at Anantapur, India

The Joy of seeing the results of our efforts: It was hard, but joyful, rather than hard -The 24th Happy Move Camp at Anantapur, India

Hello Everyone… Namaste to India!!! We are all the “24th Happy Move Camp” South Korean Volunteers, and our team leaders are Mr Moon Hyun-Yung and Ms Jae-Hun from Team: 1 First of all, we were happy to be accepted as a part of the members for the 24th Happy Move Camp, but there was a little fear coming to India. We worked from 7th – 17th January 2020 at schools, and built community toilets in two villages: Guttur and Kurubavandanapalli,…

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Break Free – Ashwini G, 100th Monkey Programme Manager, FSL India

Break Free – Ashwini G, 100th Monkey Programme Manager, FSL India

Have you heard the story of an elephant being tied to a pole with a rope? Where the elephants could, at any time, break free from their bonds, but for some reason, they do not! Coz, “when they are very young and much smaller, they used the same sized rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them, but as they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope…

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5 1/2 months ago we came to India! – Lea Benz & Hannah Ahland, Germany

5 1/2 months ago we came to India! – Lea Benz & Hannah Ahland, Germany

Our journey began in a very traditional family. Our host parents, our 5 host brothers and the rest of the family made us feel at home there very quickly. Through them, we learned about Indian culture and we soon became a part of their family. During the weeks, we are working in a big animal shelter with dogs, cats, horses, cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, birds and pigs. Our main tasks are horse, goat and puppy feeding, horse washing, skin care…

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Nirvana Beach Festival 2020 – How can we stop plastic pollution?

Nirvana Beach Festival 2020 – How can we stop plastic pollution?

The long stretch of Kodi Beach is not just sand and palm trees; it’s unfortunately, also a lot of plastic. Plastic that is harming wildlife and spoiling what could have been a perfectly beautiful beach. To better this situation, FSL India has partnered with Clean Kundapura Project, who have been arranging weekly beach cleanings regularly. FSL India’s HBP team and our volunteers have participated in the beach cleanings on 40 occasions, where, along with the local community, they have cleared…

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Suttur’s Annual Jathra – LTV Cultural Event at Mysore, January 2020

Suttur’s Annual Jathra – LTV Cultural Event at Mysore, January 2020

On 22nd January 2020, FSL-India Mysore’s Coordinator organised a Cultural Event (CE) for our regular LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Mysore. This month, the Cultural Event was focused on Suttur Festival. The annual Jathra Mahotsava of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi Mahaswamigalu is held at Suttur Srikshetra around the second week of January, every year. More…

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My Experience in India: Lina Schumann, Germany – Regular Teaching

My Experience in India: Lina Schumann, Germany – Regular Teaching

Last April, I arrived in India and started working with FSL. In total, I’m staying for 11 months. My project is a Government Primary School at Mavinakatte, where I teach the children mainly from 1st to 5th standard. In general, I interact with the children and encourage them to speak English through language games, simple tasks, learning vocabulary, dancing and singing. I also give computer classes and training in correct spelling with the older children. In the beginning, the work…

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I have had a lot of interesting experiences so far – Lena Henke, Uthavi Karam Foundation (Thulir) – Women Empowerment

I have had a lot of interesting experiences so far – Lena Henke, Uthavi Karam Foundation (Thulir) – Women Empowerment

Vanakkam! My name is Lena and since 6 months now, I am living as a volunteer in Pondicherry, in the state of Tamil Nadu, in a ladies hostel. After spending the first half of my 11 months volunteer service in an NGO for community development, called Thulir Uthavi Karam Foundation, I decided to spend the second half in a school for disabled people, the Sharon Special School, where I started about 2 weeks ago. I deliberately used the first half…

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‘We met as strangers and left as good friends’ – Voltra, Hong Kong’s Coorg experience with FSL India: 21st-25th December 2019

‘We met as strangers and left as good friends’ – Voltra, Hong Kong’s Coorg experience with FSL India: 21st-25th December 2019

16 volunteers from Hong Kong spent their Christmas in India with us. During this time they got the opportunity to learn about coffee making in Coorg. They visited a coffee estate and a coffee factory and they worked on the estate. Other than learning about coffee, they spent time with orphan children during Christmas and provided them with lots of good memories in and around Coorg.  Here is what the Voltra volunteers have to say about their time at Coorg:…

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My Treasure Box – Madhuri P, 100th Monkey Facilitator, FSL India

My Treasure Box – Madhuri P, 100th Monkey Facilitator, FSL India

What comes to your mind when you hear the word treasure box? Usually Jewels, Gold, Silver and any other valuable materialistic things that are kept very safe, right? ‘What’s in my Treasure Box?’ was the activity conducted at Vidya Jyothi School in session 17, this session was the 5th session on self-exploration. Firstly I would like to share some interesting things I witnessed with my group at this school from when the self-exploration/awareness activities have started. This bunch of 35…

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