“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…
—————————————————————————————————————– 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 —————————————————————————————————————-
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.
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…
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…
Dear All, On behalf of the board members, I would like to send special greetings to all of you, who have in one way of the other joined us at FSL India to help and promote peace and understanding through service, a great and prosperous year. May XXII be a wonderful year for you. All the best, Rakesh S Soans, President, FSL India
Looking back to your expectations and goals, would you like to comment on your overall experience here? * My experience was better than I possibly could have imagined. I feel very privileged because I was in a great project, surrounded by incredible people, including the people at the project, our host family, the girls in the PG and the volunteer I worked together with, Anna. I faced a few challenges, but they stand in the shadow of all the great…
“Dear friends, we have a new intern Vanessa from Mexico who joined us in mid-August. She will be a Team Leader for Work camps and will be with us for a year. We welcome her to the FSL family.” Hello guys….here is a little about Me : ) i am Vanessa Maciel Napoles from Ocotlan ,JAlisco Mexico worlds capital lol lol lol…..im 28 years old i have a brother (Baldo) 3 nieces (Kassandra,Pame,Alexita) and a nephew (Fabricio) my sister in…
Note -“Here is an introduction of our new staff member in Bangalore. She is currently undergoing training and will take over Shilpa’s role as LTV Communicator in November.” Hi.. I am Deepika here. Have currently joined FSL India as LTV communicator at Bangalore head office. Looking forward to build my career learn more, grow better, and surely to give my best to this highly esteemed organization. here I would want to go say a bit about myself.. Regarding education I…