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Volunteer in media

Volunteer in media

An article published in Kannada(State language) news paper about “German girl’s Kannada learning”. The summary of the article is here… In Lions special school Surathkal, Gwenda has became child with children. She is also student and teacher too. She can say one, two until ten in Kannada. Surathkal’s Lions club, Lions seva trust has been holding school for mentally challenged children. Here Gwenda is teaching English to the children. Including this she is learning Kannada which is special here….

BMZ Quarterly Evaluation, Nov. 2009

BMZ Quarterly Evaluation, Nov. 2009

Last month saw the first quarterly evaluation of this year’s new Weltwärts batch that arrived mostly in August and September. For some few volunteers, who arrived with Weltwärts in January, it was the second event. Weltwärts (“world-wards”) is a program by the German BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) that sends young, open-minded Germans into countries like ours. FSL-India is proud to currently host 27 Weltwärts volunteers, who all stay for a year and contribute enormously to their…

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Sea Turtle News

Sea Turtle News

As part of our sea turtle project a huge green turtle weighing nearly 100 kilograms was spotted near Uppunda, 25 kilometers north of Kundapur. This turtle was accidentally caught in the fishing net of a fisherman here and he informed our new contact person Mr Kamalaksha who called the project immeadiatly. FSL sea turtle team rushed to the spot immediately and released this turtle to the sea. It is  very good motivation to the sea turtle volunteers who worked very…

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JC-Event 2009 – Wrap-Up

JC-Event 2009 – Wrap-Up

It’s been the annual “JC” (Junior Chamber International India) Event on September 10th. Since four years, FSL-India’s international volunteers have been one of the groups challenged to perform. This time, our volunteers showed the audience a wild mix of Indian and European culture: They sang a German song “Die Gedanken sind frei” (thoughts are free) followed by the Indian pop-song “Jinke Marina”. The volunteers also performed a traditional Indian dance and finished the show with a 15-minute play – an…

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