On the 26th, March 2015 the final presentation held in HMM school made sure that the Master Class finished. In the presence of staff of the HMM school, the students made sure we will never forget our eight successful weeks of work. The whole ceremony was organised by the students and during their talks we remembered special moments like the ball game, dancing, drama, light bulb running and many more.
During March and April 2015 the Environmental Education project conducted prize distribution program for the drawing competition in Neralkatte, Mavinkatte, Anjuman school Kundapur, Bearys school Kodi and Soans Government Higher Primary School Kodi were totally 172 children participated. Theme of the competition about “Environmental issues” were the participants are encouraged to visualize their environment as well as current negative influences upon it. Drawing Competition results were often resembling the nearby environment. Most pupil drew mountains in the background and the…
Date: 6th to 10th April 2015. Venue: FSL-India, Wilson Garden – Bangalore In the month of April, FSL India hosted 09 Long Term Volunteers from 4 different countries (France, Germany Sweden and Japan). Everyday evening we have organised different events for the exchange of Intercultural learning. First day was traditional Indian welcome event, then all the volunteers had chance to have Henna. On second day volunteers had the opportunity to test their skills by working in a project for the…
Mid-term evaluation was held between 18th-20th March for NH14 BMZ/IJFD volunteers who arrived between the month of September to November. Aim of the MTE is to evaluate the volunteer’s Learnings & contributions in order to develop appropriate strategies to attain quality results. Evaluation seminars are conducted for Weltwerts pax to evaluate the progress made in project based on the expected outcome and also to make space for volunteers to identify and express the new learning/ knowledge/ skills gained during the program and…
Place: Vellarithangal Activity: Kitchen Garden in Primary School Period: Promoted during 14th HMC in Januray 2015 Case Study: One of the Interesting and Useful activity promoted during the Happy Move Camp is “Kitchen garden”. It is very helpful for the noon meal kitchen to get the vegetables in their premises itself. The Kitchen Garden formed during the 14th HMC, without doubt, is one of the greatest such initiative. Maintenance is the…
It is very difficult to describe the “Women Empowerment” in one word very elaborately. It is quite complex to explain it as it includes the various aspects – social, economical, behavioural, attitudinal etc… Still as we all know, the economical independence of the women is noted as the main component of Women Empowerment mainly in Indian Setting.
My name is Ana and I do the Health and Hygiene project with FSL-India in Chennai. With two other FSL-India volunteers, Hannah and Sara, we prepared a presentation on menstruation. It is a theme of great importance since hygiene during the menstruation is so important.
Our names are Anne-Lise and Ewen. We are 2 French mid-term volunteers…We stay 2 months (February & March 2015) in FSL program. Before coming in FSL program, we were working in France as architect and draftsman. We chose the FSL program “water and sanitation” because it was the only program with some constructions, which are our original jobs. When we arrived in Chennai office where this program took place, we were a little disappointed to see that the Happy Move…
Here I go, finally posting the article I was asked to write about 2 months ago… Well, what would better subscribe my time spent in India then such a delay. 2 months lasting delay can mean only one thing – not having enough time because of being so occupied by discovering amazingly interesting Indian culture… or second – not having internet connection. Or both as in my case.
Two days ago she asked herself: ‘I have ideas but I have a tough time giving them shape. How do I go about translating my ideas into a reality?’ The weekend of 21st and 22nd February was more than just a, ‘’stress-free’’ time for the 15 of us. While our friends woke up to masala dosa and coffee after a long week’s pending sleep, we were hurrying to make it on time to the first day of the Project Management…