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With an objective to promote social, cultural, educational and environmental actions, FSL India organises Work Camps all across India throughout year. Many international and local volunteers participate in the Work Camps. By participating in the community services through work camps the volunteers learn local culture and values. In the months of January and February, eight Work Camps were organised at various locations. Altogether 124 International Volunteers (84 in January and 40 February) participated in the Work Camps. Volunteers those who…

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FSL hosted six work camps in August: Bangalore, Coorg, Kundapur and Kerala in the South and Dharamsala and Kolkata in the North India. In Bangalore, 12 volunteers from 8 different countries took part in the work camp. They taught the children English, maths, dance, songs, games and awareness of health and hygiene. Volunteers painted the walls and did some educational paintings. They attended a cultural dance programmes, visited local people’s houses and interacted with the locals.         …

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In the month of July, FSL hosted 10 work camps in different parts of India including bilateral camps. Four work camps were bilateral camps. Eighty two volunteers from eighteen different countries took part in these work camps. In Kudapur, 14 volunteers worked for 2 weeks in a school. They painted the walls of the school and did some educational paintings. Planted trees, made trash bins and educated the children about awareness of Sea turtle. Volunteers made presentations about their culture…

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In the month of June, FSL hosted 4 work camps in different parts of India. Three of the work camps were in South India: – Kundapur, Kannur and Mysore. One was in Dharamsala in North India. Twenty one volunteers from eleven different countries took part in these work camps. In Kundapur, 3 volunteers worked for 2 weeks in the school. They also did gardening, painting, fixing mosquito nets and rubber sheets for the children in Ashram school and also interacted…

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FSL hosted two work camps in April: Bangalore and Yercaud in the South of India. In Bangalore, 11 volunteers from 4 different countries took part in the work camp. They taught the children games and English. Volunteers painted the walls, Black boards, windows and doors of the School building and also did some educational paintings and cleaned the playground.                      ————————————————————————————————————- In Yercaud, 9 volunteers did painting the walls, chairs and benches, worked on the…

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In the month of February, FSL hosted 6 work camps in different parts of India. Five of the work camps were in South India: – Yercaud, Pondicherry, Kundapur, Kannur and Mysore. One was in Kolkota in North Eastern. India. Sixty-four volunteers from seventeen different countries took part in these work camps. In Yercaud, 3 volunteers worked for 2 weeks in a school. They did some educational paintings, taught the children games and introduced them to their culture. The volunteers also…

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Place: Bangalore        Theme: Social /Kids Number of volunteers: 6 (S. Korea, Netherlands and Canada) The volunteers taught children some general English and science; they also interacted with them to teach them songs, dances and games. They cleaned and painted the classrooms. After that they did educational drawing in the walls like solar system, organs of the body, Parliament and India Map. The volunteers said that they enjoyed the intercultural learning and also did wonderful work for the school.    …

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