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The Volunteer Mr. John Henry!!

The Volunteer Mr. John Henry!!

FSL have been placing volunteer in the host family for the past 06 months. The volunteer is working in a Trible teaching project called Nisarga Foundation. The project is located in HD Kote. The family cooperation with FSL and with volunteer is really wonderful. Through getting volunteers from FSL India family also leant a lot from the volunteers. Volunteer Mr. John-Henry is 7th volunteer. John Henry host family is located in Hunsur. At present there is nearly 8 volunteers are…

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Experience of Milena

Experience of Milena

Volunteer: Milena Xochil Dehn                                          Country: Germany Organization: Experiment Germany                                  Duration: September 2014 to May  2015 Project: Chethana Special School,  Karkala,  Udupi  Dist. I was born on 30/08/2014 in India. Well, actually I came to India by plane that day – but as there are…

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My experience in the project- Peter-Julius Giedigkeit & Bennet Noah Hutzelmeier

My experience in the project- Peter-Julius Giedigkeit & Bennet Noah Hutzelmeier

Name of the volunteers: Peter-Julius Giedigkeit & Bennet Noah Hutzelmeier. Arrival month: August 2014 for 11 Months.  Project: CSI Boys Boarding home & Orphanage, Puttur. The C.S.I. Boys’ Boarding Home is a hostel for poor-background boys who often have no or only meager access to proper school education at their homes. The target of hosting those boys is to allow them to go to school regularly and to take the pressure of their parents. The hostel was built up by…

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Jai’s International long term volunteering in France

Jai’s International long term volunteering in France

After the news of FSL India’s long term volunteer in germany, Sony, we will follow the adventures of Jai, from Bangalore. He joined FSL in mid 2013 as a local volunteer for a workcamp and was later accepted to represent India in a year-long project in France, in the regional delegation of our partner Solidarités Jeunesses. After a lot of difficulties to have all the administration in order, he finally flew mid October for his Voluntary Service. Here are his…

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My experience in volunteering in India- Jade Brady

My experience in volunteering in India- Jade Brady

I’m Jade Brady and I’m from Ireland..Here is my experience about India.. Well…were to start with India….from the minute you exit the airport every sense is overloaded. There is just so many people, so much of noise, lots of color and smells. There are just so many new things to see in India, it is almost hard to concentrate as your eye is constantly being caught by something new and interesting. It is by far the best people watching place…

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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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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.

Volunteer’s voice – Sarah

Volunteer’s voice – Sarah

      Sarak Keamper, a long-term volunteer (LTV) from Germany has been volunteering at SINAM since September 2013. SINAM is a non-profit organization in the Tiruvannamala District working with poor and destitute children, promoting the welfare of differently abled people, underprivileged women, unorganized and marginalized labourers, widows, Dailits and people suffering from HIV/AIDS. Following is a testimonial of her thoughts and experiences.         “To empower women in India, a lot can be done. One way is…

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Testimonial on Nadine

Testimonial on Nadine

      Following is a testimonial about long-term volunteer (LTV) Nadine from Germany, who has been volunteering at Gnanodaya High School in Chennai. Rubini, her coordinator, writes to us about Nadine’s experiences.        “I don’t know how to start the article because I have lot to say about this volunteer Nadine. She is the most amazing volunteer that I have met in my career. Nadine did lot of good work in the project. She was working with…

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