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Pushkar Work Camp December 2013

Pushkar Work Camp December 2013

Place: Pushkar Theme: Tribal / Culture / Kids Camp activities: Three international volunteers from Italy, Belgium and France actively participated in this camp. The camp was held in Aryavrat School started by a young team of motivated youngsters. The volunteers helped the Organisation in painting school walls. The children had a joyous time engaged in activities with the volunteers. The school has 80 children.    Intercultural Learning: The intercultural activities included trekking to Savitri temple, Henna and Indian family visit….

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Kerala Work Camp December 2013

Kerala Work Camp December 2013

Theme: Yoga/Ayurveda/Culture Place: Kerala, South India Camp Activities: One international volunteer from Holland participated and dedicated himself wholly to the special children by responsibly undertaking the task of teaching, playing with them and making them feel loved and cared. In the evenings, the volunteer participate in Yoga classes and the Ayurveda Classes. Intercultural Learning: As part of intercultural learning the Team leaders took the volunteer to visit Muthappan temple, snake park. He was lucky to have witness the famous ‘Theyyam’ dance performed…

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Blog lost pictures!!

Blog lost pictures!!

Dear all, I would like to wish you all a great and wonderful year ahead in 2012. I am very sorry to say that we kind of lost all the pictures on our  blog!! We are trying our best to get them back. Please bear with us. President, Rakesh

I completed 5 years of work in FSL

I completed 5 years of work in FSL

—————————————————————————————————————– On September 23, 2011, I completed 5 years of work in FSL.Working here has helped me broaden my horizons and expand my mind. Apart from communicating, I learnt how to use ms office, email and the internet. However, it is the people of FSL who have made the deepest impression on me. Working with FSL staff has made me a better person and interacting with FSL’s international partners has been very inspiring. K. Virokunuo Veronica  —————————————————————————————————————-

FSL- Work Camps in August 2011

FSL- Work Camps in August 2011

FSL hosted six work camps in August: Bangalore, Coorg, Kundapur and Kerala in the South and Dharamsala and Kolkata in the North India. In Bangalore, 12 volunteers from 8 different countries took part in the work camp. They taught the children English, maths, dance, songs, games and awareness of health and hygiene. Volunteers painted the walls and did some educational paintings. They attended a cultural dance programmes, visited local people’s houses and interacted with the locals.         …

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FSL-Work Camps in July 2011

FSL-Work Camps in July 2011

In the month of July, FSL hosted 10 work camps in different parts of India including bilateral camps. Four work camps were bilateral camps. Eighty two volunteers from eighteen different countries took part in these work camps. In Kudapur, 14 volunteers worked for 2 weeks in a school. They painted the walls of the school and did some educational paintings. Planted trees, made trash bins and educated the children about awareness of Sea turtle. Volunteers made presentations about their culture…

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Health on Stage

Health on Stage

As the 10’th year celebration of International Year of Volunteering, ASEF, CCIVS and FSL India partner to organize a multicultural project Health on Stage between the 20’th of Aug to 30 Sept.

2011 international year of volunteering

2011 international year of volunteering

In November 1997, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2001 as the International Year of Volunteers (IYV). United Nations Volunteers (UNV) was designated as the international focal point. With its main objectives of increased recognition, facilitation, networking and promotion of volunteering, IYV provided a unique opportunity to highlight the achievements of millions of volunteers worldwide and encouraged more people to engage in volunteer activity. The idea for IYV came out from deliberations among several major international NGOs in the early…

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