The project is already over. I feel still a bit sad to be all alone again in this big country. Everybody went different places, to move on, sometimes in a new destination, sometimes to go back home. In the last week of the project we finished painting the school. We finished a beautiful nature, vegetables and fruits wall with colourful and nice drawings of a carrot, a strawberry, a banana and many more. And also on other side of wall…
Here is a new story about my Work camp right now. Hotmail does not always work here. It is very hard to write stories from here. What a wonderful camp until now! The first week passed so quickly. Our group is very special. We have 3 Koreans, 3 Canadians, 2 French and me the Dutchman. Everybody is very friendly and the atmosphere is super. Our FSL India leaders are Mr. Dinesh and Mr. Prinson. They are very funny and top leaders! Our…
Miss Lilian Ava Zeitelhack from Germany and Mr. Sean Gilhooly from London are the two long term volunteers of FSL India. The duo volunteers are placed in a teaching project at Milinda Vidya Samsthe in Koppa town of Somavarpete Taluk in Kodagu district. While Lilian has been teaching English to the children, Sean Gilhooly is assigned to teach them Art and Music. Besides both the volunteers are also teaching Geography, History and Moral Science to children. About 500 school children…
FSL India has been implementing CSR projects, titled Happy Move Global Youth Volunteers and Model Village (MVP) in Tamil Nadu. FSL India is currently hosing 8th Happy Move Global Youth Camp for South Korean Volunteers. The program is intended to serve the communities of Sriperumbudur and Kanchipuram districts. This program is being supported by Hyundai Motors Company (HMC) as part of corporate social responsibility so as to establish closer ties with the local communities. Under the ‘Happy Move Global Youth…
Tent Schools are the initiatives of FSL India under Home Based Project (HBP). Many families migrate to Kundapur in search of livelihood. These families setup tents as their temporary homes. The children who move with their parents end up missing education. FSL India started Tent Schools in and around Kundapur to provide basic education to the children. The project aims to educate these children and motivate them to join regular school. Tent Schools are effectively functioning with international long term…
“In our country, we just turn on a tap and water is available. We don’t really worry about it going dry – says Jacob, the environmental engineer from Germany “Water is a precious resource. However, in cities like Bangalore, water is squandered without a second thought. Johan Saelens, Jacob Benisch and Antoin Borjnon, three FSL India volunteers did their bit to set right the imbalance by setting up a Rain Water Harvesting system in a Hebbal school. While and Jacob…
“Change your mind” was the title and topic of a skit which the International volunteers and staff of the homebased ecoclub project of FSL India performed during an ecoclub meeting in Kundapur. The meeting was organised by the Flora and Fauna Club Kundapur and attended by about 200 students from the 8th to 10th standards of Kundapura High Schools. The children got a lot of information about the wildlife in the Western Ghats.The main character of the play was a…
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Dear readers – My name is Ana Silveyra, I am from Mexico and I am happy to say I joined FSL India as an intern staff at its head office in Bangalore on July 8th. I am a Journalism graduate from Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City and I’m starting a one year internship with FSL. Before coming here, I was volunteering in Mexico City in different organizations, working with the elderly, giving classes to children in poor communities, house building…
Dear Readers – Our staff Mr. Daya Salins has completed 5 years with FSL-India. Over the years we’ve seen him blossom from an Assistant Team Leader to the Coordinator of the Workcamp department. He has played an active role in initiating and carrying forward our Sea Turtle Conservation program in Kundapur. On the occasion of his 5th year with FSL-India, we wish him the best and hope that he will continue to serve as a sincere and dedicated member of…