Via a group whatsapp most of the volunteers were reminded of the yearly Holi festival, which is celebrated by followers of the Vedic Religion, but which has attracted many people around India who are not associated with this religion. It is a fest that is celebrated at home, in school and most of all in the streets. Holi, also called Phageval, is a festival of colors. Holi takes its name from Holika. She was a female demon and , thanks…
A background of the project/local partner: The school established in 1960, the school provides education to children from primary to high school level, between standards 1 to 10, the approximate age group of the children ranging from 6 years to 16 years. The medium of instruction is Kannada, the regional language of Srirampur, located in Mysore District of the State of Karnataka, where the school is situated. The government provides scholarship to schedule caste and schedule tribe students at the…
Local projects are one of the major stakeholders of FSL India’s IVS program. To empower LTV project Contact Person, FSL India is organized workshops in different regions and zones. Accordingly, the workshop for Udupi zone contact person was held on 10th April in Mulki and for Mangalore zone and on 11th April 2015 at Fsl-India youth training centre Kundapur for Udupi zone. Workshops are conducted every year to understand and strengthen the partnership between host organization, host family, volunteers and…
This is my first time writing a blog about my life and sometimes it feels so overwhelming when you can measure your life in stories as it passes by. Right now I’m volunteering in a little village in the central-eastern part of France called Beaumotte-Aubertans, with a mere population of 300 habitants (And I haven’t even seen a dozen of them), exactly the number of people residing in a building near my house in India. I will try my best…
Under the DVP project, various issues related to the health and hygiene is educated among women and school children. The Hygiene and health issues related to “Cervical and Breast Cancer” was conducted among the community of women (65 women participated) at Mevalurkuppam on 2nd April 2015 and for the (90 girls participated) adolescent girls on 7th April 2015 . Ms. Jona Kala from the Radiology department of Stanley Hospital chennai facilitated the training. The information on the biological concepts of…
Under DVP Project, FSL India conducted Awareness session on Waste Water Management was conducted on 23rd April 2015. About 52 Women participated in the programme and it was the casual interactive session between the facilitator and the participant. Through the session, the women discussed about the condition of usage of water in Mevalurkuppam. Following that they were sensitized on how to utilize the waste water very usefully without causing much damage to the environment and personal life. The ways…
On 30th April -15, FSL-India’s Environmental education team Participated in Nature camp which was organized with the collaboration of Soans Govt. higher primary school Kodi. The camp started with prayer and welcome to the guests. In the camp 30 children were participated.
On 24th April -15, FSL-India’s tent school team organized an excursion for Yedthadi and Heskatturu tent school children to Kamalashile temple and visit to the cave. Kamalashile temple which is located 35 km away from Kundapur, Udupi district. In this trip 32 children, 4 volunteers, 2 teachers and 1 coordinator were participated. Children enjoyed the trip, we explained about the temple history and importance of the cave near by the temple. It was a first trip for children to this…
Get together for the month of April was organized in Uppinakudru village where the volunteers participated in annual Maari festival at a local Bobbarya Temple. Uppinakudru is located at a distance of 6 Km towards north from Kundapur in Udupi district. Uppinakudru literally means ‘Island of Salt’. This beautiful village situated on coastal Karnataka was once popular for trading of Salt and Sea food. Bobbarya is known as the God of the seas and hence worshipped mostly by members of the fishermen community as…
The LTV get-together for the month of April has been organized in Bangalore on 16th and 17th 2015 in Avadhoota datta peetham (Mysore). There were twelve volunteers and four FSL-India staff members participated in the get together.