Deepak Chander – Joined FSL-India on 1st of August 2010 as Assistant Director – Programs I am basically a fun loving and charismatic person with a vision to grow and reach out to youth and underprivileged people. I interact a lot with youths with an intention to motivate and bring them up with right values of our Indian culture. I love to make friends from different sectors of life with an attitude to learn and to explore the new opportunities….
Hello, I am Mayur, new member of FSL India. I had joined FSL on 21st July. I work in FSL as LTV(Long term volunteer) and as Computer Administrator. My native place is Karwar. I am 21 years old. I completed my 12th grade and i also did a course in “ Computer Hardware and Networking”. My hobbies are traveling and reading story books.
Sangeetha Bharathi Trust, Kundapur and FSL India jointly organised Indian classical music program in Kundapur. It was two days program held on 01st August and 8th August. Very respectable and well-known classical musicians are invited to perform, vocal and instrumental musics like Sitar, Tabla and Harmonium in this special event.
Hi, I am happy to announce that FSL India has a new HR Admin. Her name is Anitha and she will handle all three offices HR functions. Rakesh Soans, President
Hello, I am Sumalatha. New member of FSL India. I joined FSL India at the end of July. I am 25 years old. My native place is Trasi near Kundapur. I have completed B.A. degree in Bhandarkars college Kundapur. Later I have studied BEd. degree in Srinivas College of Education Mangalore. I have attended 2 NSS(National Service Scheme) camps held in Kamalashile and Adyar. My hobbies are reading novels, articles, magazines, writing poems, short stories, playing carrom & volleyball….
From the 24th to the 30th April Katharina, Daya, Rohan and Steffi participated in the International Sea Turtle Symposium (ISTS) in Panjim, Goa. The ISTS is an international meeting on sea turtle biology and conservation which takes place every year, but was for the first time in South Asia. It is unique in its nature as it brings together a diverse range of participants from around the world, including scientists, students, conservationists, academics, activists. This year’s theme was “The world…
Rotaract Club Kundapur has invited Laura Brücker, volunteering in our tent school project, to talk about her opinion on Kundapur, Indian lifestyle, language, etc. She spoke about her experiences and opinions on Indian family life and in her project, all in our local language Kannada. Her work and the interest and curiosity in learning other language was well appreciated by the Rotaract Club. Finally she was honored with a present from the club president.
Every now and then, we volunteers are asked to take part in some function and prepare a little entertainment program. For our batch it started last year at the annual JC-event, for which we wrote a gripping English fairy-tale – a heavily altered version of Snow White with a strong environmental message -, learned an Indian dance, and sung the Indian pop song “Jinke Marina”, amongst others. This time we had another week to freshen up and improve our existing…
…organized by Karnataka Forest Department Mangalore circle and Western Ghat Task Force, Government of Karnataka. FSL India was invited by the Forest Department of Mangalore to give a talk about the work of NGOs for sea turtle protection and problems caused by the modern fishing methods to the sea turtle population. Participants were officers of the Forest Department, members of Western Ghat Task Force, the NGO ATREE, many fishermen leaders, Professors from Central Marine fisheries Regional Institute (CMFRI) etc. For…
Every year during holidays, FSL organizes two „Winter Camps“. They are called this way, because right now is the coldest time of the year in India. Children of nomadic families, that normally stay in and around Kundapur for as long as they can find work, can visit these camps to play games, learn about the environment and paint the playground – to name a few examples. These children normally get no regular education – they’re not elligible for government schools…