Browsed by
Category: FSL news

Contact Person Workshop

Contact Person Workshop

Field services and inter-cultural learning are the two phases of the development agenda promoted by FSL India where volunteerism is the central theme of operational strategy. FSL India provides opportunities to local and global youth and enables them to work in different cultural contexts appreciating inter-cultural learning. FSL India mobilizes about 1300 youth annually from across the world with support of international and local partners for long-term and mid-term volunteering program. To translate the vision into action FSL India collaborates…

Read More Read More

FSL India Hosted the Second Batch of 8th Happy Move Global Youth Camp

FSL India Hosted the Second Batch of 8th Happy Move Global Youth Camp

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. It 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 Volunteers’ program, HMC,…

Read More Read More

FSL India Participated in 9th General Assembly of NVDA

FSL India Participated in 9th General Assembly of NVDA

FSL India participated in the 9th General Assembly and Annual Training Program of Network for Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA). FSL India being one of the network organisations of NVDA participated in the event and contributed its part in all the deliberations which was organised between 1st February and 10th February 2012. The program was organized by NVDA and hosted by RUCHI Organization in their campus at Bandh village, Himachal Pradesh. A total of 36 participants from 20 organization representing…

Read More Read More

Valediction to the participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference

Valediction to the participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference

“Goodbye until we meet again” was the message conveyed by FSL India family to one and all who participated in the 3rd GLMTV Conference. Having engaged in a three-day intensive deliberation, the GLMTV delegates paid a visit to two projects such as ACCEPT Society and Sparsha Trust in the suburb of Bangalore as part of the exposure. The participants interacted with the staff, board of directors and the children of these two projects. “It was an amazing experience”- was the…

Read More Read More

Participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference Continue to Deliberate on LMTV Program

Participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference Continue to Deliberate on LMTV Program

In its quest for ensuring excellence and continuous improvement in quality of LMTV projects, the participants of 3rd GLMTV Conference continued to share among themselves the know-how and experience in facilitating LMTV project. The members through group work, brainstorm and collective deliberation made efforts to develop standards and action plans, establish common systems, tools and methodologies to promote Long/Mid Term volunteers exchange across the world. As per the schedule on 12th February 2012, the participants deliberated on issues such as…

Read More Read More

Special Forum during the 3rd GLMTV Conference

Special Forum during the 3rd GLMTV Conference

The 3rd GLMTV Conference is one such platform for the international voluntary organisations to deliberate on various aspects of promoting local and internal volunteerism. Improving qualities of LMTV projects, share know-how and experience, develop standards and action plans, establish common systems, tools and methodologies to promote Long/Mid Term volunteers exchange across the world and develop new partnership to promote international volunteerism are the central themes for collective discourse of the 3rd GLMTV Conference. A total of twenty-five delegates from thirteen…

Read More Read More

The 3rd Global LMTV (Long/ Middle Term Voluntary Service) Conference Welcome and Inaugural Function

The 3rd Global LMTV (Long/ Middle Term Voluntary Service) Conference Welcome and Inaugural Function

The 3rd Global LMTV (Long/ Middle Term Voluntary Service) Conference kick started on 11th February 2012 at Nava Spoorthi Kendra, Bangalore. As FSL India completes ten years of its existence in facilitating youth volunteering for field services and inter-cultural learning, it is a rare opportunity to host GLMTV conference for the international partners. Playing the perfect host is an integral part of the Indian culture and tradition. FSL India being the host organisation welcomed the delegates with a typical Indian…

Read More Read More

FSL India Volunteers at Kundapur Educate School Children the Importance of Solid Waste Management

FSL India Volunteers at Kundapur Educate School Children the Importance of Solid Waste Management

Solid Waste Management is one of the important aspects of environment conservation. FSL India through the eco-club project facilitates awareness creation and education for the general public and school going children on solid waste management. By and large Solid Wastes Management in India over the last few decades has increased considerably. This is largely due to rapid population growth in the country. In Kundapur waste management is the responsibility of municipality. Eco-club project as one of the home based initiative…

Read More Read More

My Last Word about Pondicherry Work Camp

My Last Word about Pondicherry Work Camp

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…

Read More Read More

Volunteer’s Voice – a new story about my Work Camp

Volunteer’s Voice – a new story about my Work Camp

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…

Read More Read More