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LTV Orientation- November

LTV Orientation- November

Date: 3rd to 7th November                                    Venue:  FSL-India Training Centre, Shetrakatte – Kundapur In the month of November, FSL India hosted 9 Long Term Volunteers from 3 different countries (Germany, France, and Belgium).  Every evening we have organised different events for the exchange of Intercultural learning. First day was, all the volunteers had chance to have Henna, then in next days we have organized Town tour, farm and temple visit, etc. Meanwhile volunteers had the opportunity to test their skills by…

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Experience in India!! – Katharina

Experience in India!! – Katharina

To put my two month experience in India in one blog article is a hard thing to do. Since I arrived my life is reversed. If I want to cross a road, I don’t look left, right, left, but right, left, right. A shaking head says “yes” and phrase like “we can do that” probably “no”. A hotel usually serves food, no accommodations and if somebody offers you chocolate, expect something sweet, but not chocolate. Also juice not necessarily contains…

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Welcome to Incredible India!- Ms. Joana

Welcome to Incredible India!- Ms. Joana

Name of the Volunteer:  Ms. Joana                          Name of the country:  Germany The duration of the stay:   8 months (April 2014 to October 2014) in Chennai Welcome to Incredible India! „Incredible India!“ that’s what they say everywhere all over the country, sparkling in capital letters in an airplane advertisement, written on the shuttle busses at the Bangalore Airport. And that’s how it is. “Incredible”, there is no better word…

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LTV-Orientation, October

LTV-Orientation, October

In the month of October the LTV orientation has been held in FSL India’s head office for five days from 6th to 10th Octtober’2014, in Bangalore. FSL India has received 9 short Term Volunteers from 5 different parts of countries (Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, and Japan).

LTV-Winter camp in SRISTI Foundation, Pondicherry

LTV-Winter camp in SRISTI Foundation, Pondicherry

Winter camp Date: 06.10.2014 to 17.10.2014                                Theme & Location: Agriculture , Villupuram Name of the team leader:  S.Kamalakannan and Ambedkar      Total volunteers in the camp: 9   FSL India has organized a winter camp in Villupuram District, Tamilnadu- India. It was the two weeks camp engaged among nine LTV Volunteers with team leaders. The host organization called SRISTI Foundation does work for the…

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LTV-Winter camp in De- Mercede orphanage, Mangalore

LTV-Winter camp in De- Mercede orphanage, Mangalore

Project: De Mercede Orphanage, Mangalore                                                              Dates: 6th to 17th October No. of Participants: 13 The LTV team of FSL-India conducted a winter camp in De-Mercede orphanage home in Paneer, Deralakatte, Mangalore. From the 06th of October to the 17th of October a total of 35 children participated in this winter…

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My Experience in the De Mercede Orphanage and in India- Katherin Heckl

My Experience in the De Mercede Orphanage and in India- Katherin Heckl

I am in the orphanage project now since almost three months. There are 78 children and for two months there is a short- term volunteer. At the beginning, when I was alone, it was really hard to get the attention of the kids and it was actually impossible to really organize some activities for the children, but since we are two we can help each other.

Annelie’s experience so far

Annelie’s experience so far

      Annelie, a long-term volunteer (LTV) from Germany has been teaching at our Model Village Project since August 2013. With three more months to go, she writes to us about her experiences so far.     “First of all living with a Indian family is the most exciting way to get to know to the Indian culture. Of course it depends on the family, their background and their surrounding but it will be your once in a lifetime…

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The best decision I could make…

The best decision I could make…

        Svenja Melina Opitz, one of our long-term volunteers from Weltwarts AFS Germany has been working at the De Mercede Orphanage since August. She writes to us from the village of Paneer, in Mangalore Taluk, Dakshina Kannada District. Following is a personal account of her experiences.  “Namaskara everybody! India – on the 4th of August I arrived here in the middle of the Monsoon. Actually I was really excited and counted the days before my arrival. And…

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