Nearly shouting and sure that his answer was right, the small boy from the UKG stood in front of my colleague and friends. Unfortunately she had to tell him that the word he wrote and spelled was “Deer” and not “Elephant”. It was one of the first days in our school project where we spent the following 11 months and actually we were really amused about the mistake of this small kid. He was four years old and because of…
Thank you for this great time!!! My heart is filled with an incredible love when I think about the past year. As a volunteer of FSL-India at the Little Flower School near Karkala I have worked, lived and shared my life with a great and incomparable community. Last year (2011) August I arrived from Germany on the campus and hostel. Many children along with the leader of the institution Mrs. Jakin Bin welcomed me in a heart touching way. From…
Number of Volunteers- 9 Theme: Social / Kids Duration: 2 Weeks Hi I am Vandana, ‘Communicator- Work Camps’. I would like to share my experience at the recently concluded Bangalore Work Camp. The Work Camp at Bangalore had a great start with the motivated volunteers enthusiastically delving into the activities from the first day. The Project site was the BBMP School at Chinnnayanapalya, Wilson Garden, Bangalore. The volunteers initiated the camp with educational paintings. In two weeks the…
Rishikesh – Uttarakhand (Meditation/Culture/Kids/) SPL–169 Hallow Everybody! In continuation to the previous blog post on 3rd July, once again I am here to update you with recent developments at Rishikesh Work Camp. In spite of little challenges, it goes without saying that the camp is running very successfully. Undoubtedly the volunteers enjoy every bit of moment which I am sure leaves an indelible mark in the heart and mind. Well, let me begin with a point to…
Rishikesh – Uttarakhand (Meditation/Culture/Kids/) SPL–169 Hallow Everybody! My name is Ranjit, Chief Documentation and Liaison Coordinator of FSL-India. Currently I am posted at Rishikesh for a very brief period to assist the Team Leader Mr. Balasubramanyam (popularly known as Bala) and the international volunteers of the camp. I am here to give you a brief snapshot about the work camp at Rishikesh. As per the schedule the camp here begun on 2nd July with an informal inauguration…
Chennai Facility team of FSL-India has been gradually making headway to address numerous health issues of the target community under model village project intervention. The team also has been extending health care service to people who live in the adjacent villages in Sriperumbudur so as to promote preventive health care among them. Recognizing the team’s efficiency in imparting health education, Hyundai Foundation requested Chennai Facility team to conduct health and hygiene session for the children and adolescents. This is the…
As an important component of the Model Village Project, FSL-India has formed Self-help Groups (SHGs) in Irunkattukottai village. These SHGs are federated at the Panchayat Level. To strengthen the women groups, the Chennai Facility team of FSL-India organised many training for the representatives on roles and responsibility of SHG leaders, book-keeping, how to conduct monthly meeting, group auditing, linkages with government schemes and programs, linkages with banks and micro finance institutes and leadership development. Ever since the Panchayat Level Federation…
On 19th June 2012, HBP team of FSL-India rescued two wounded Sea-Turtles from Kanchugodu (Marvante) village which is located near Kundapura coast in Udupi District. Having received the information from one of the local contact persons, FSL-India team under the leadership Mr. Manjunath rushed to the spot on a rescue operation. The team could find that two turtles got wounded due to heavy rain and tidal waves. While one turtle had lost the right flipper, the other could not move…
During January and February 2012, FSL-India organised work camp in Chennai for South-Korean volunteers. Puduperu is one of the villages where around 30 Korean volunteers participated in varieties of activities with school children and renovated the school building. During the camp volunteers were extremely glad and impressed by children’s affectionate gestures, communication, cultural exposure, food and so on. Children also invited the Korean volunteers to their homes and shared with them about traditional practices and socio-cultural values. Recently, with…
Exactly at 7.30 a.m. the noise of the school van reaches our ears and we know many children from Pudupakkam and the surrounding villages will walk to the road to be picked up. Now we have one and half hours left until the school starts and one hour till we get our breakfast which will arrives with the first van children. After devouring breakfast we go down to the still-playing students. It’s not a far way because we are living…