Kundapur Work Camp In December 2013
Work Camps are short term Intercultural learning opportunity for international participants.
Work camps in September
FSL’s work camps usually last between 2 to 3 weeks and are held across India in some of the most historically significant and culturally vibrant parts of the country. The month of September saw 4 work camps being held across 3 Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. Take a look at just some of the things we got up to in our work camps.
Work camps in July
Health on Stage Team leader: Deepak, Bharathi The “Health on Stage” workcamp is a unique model that attempts to involve young international volunteers and engage them in intensive dialogue with local community by using “forum theatre” as the medium for communication. The Health on stage camp was implemented in the slums of Bangalore and rural areas in Mysore. Water related issues and waterborne diseases were the important components of Health on Stage camp. Initially the volunteers was involved in social…
Work Camps in June
Yoga in God’s own country Team Leaders: Rahul and Raghavan Kerala, known more often as ‘God’s own country’, is famous for its beautiful backwaters and lush greenery. Volunteers to the camp divide their day between activities at the Marine Special School in the mornings and yoga and ayurveda classes in the evenings. Intercultural learning includes a visit to the Muthappan Temple, followed by a visit to a school that teaches Kalaripayattu, an ancient Indian martial art form. In this camp,…
Work camp experiences: March/April
Teaching rural children: work camp in March We recently hosted a work camp in Kodagu, a South Western District in the Indian State of Karnataka, where volunteers were involved in teaching close to 130 children in Milinda Vidhya Samsthe School, for Tribal community children various environment-related topics. The project also provided the volunteers with an opportunity for intercultural learning. They visited the ginger and tobacco fields in the locality, spent some time at the Dubera elephant camp and picnicked on…
Work Camp Updates (September 2012)
Yoga / Ayurveda / Culture (Kerala – 10th to 30th September-2012) Number of Volunteers: 7 Camp Activities: The highlights of the Camp were the rejuvenating Yoga classes and the enlightening Ayurveda Classes. These were held in the evenings. In the morning volunteers were engaged with the children activities at the Dayaniketan Orphanage at Bakkalam.
Work Camp Updates (August 2012)
Yoga / Ayurveda / Culture (Kerala – 6th to 26th August -2012) Number of Volunteers: 19 Camp Activities: Volunteers attended Yoga Class every day from 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. They were also involved with painting and conducting games with the children in Special school. The special attraction of the camp was the sessions on Ayurveda for volunteers. Sessions were conducted at the Parassini Kadava Ayurvedic College. Inter-cultural Learning: As part of the inter-cultural exposures, volunteers visited Muthappan Temple, and…
Updates of Health on Stage (Report of Third Week)
We will always remember those three wonderful weeks we spent in India! After two weeks in Mysore the HOS team left for Bangalore with their luggage. Most of the group members were very curious to travel by Indian Train and enjoyed the journey a lot. Rain, traffic jam, humans, cars, rickshaws and animals on the same road in a very chaotic traffic. Noise, pollution, heap of garbage at each street corner. These were our first impressions of Bangalore….
Health on Stage During Second Week
During the second week we could implement all the theory about forum theatre that we learned. All the training we have undergone with Chakrapani & Team dancing and acting helped us feel more confident with the performance we had to do in slums, a village and in a school. At the beginning of the week it seemed for us very complicated to create our own script after the different social mappings. We were eleven people with different opinions and points…
Health on Stage – the Curtain Raiser!
A first week report by volunteers of “Health on Stage” Camp held at Mysore / Bangalore scheduled for 6th to 26th August, 2012. “Health on Stage” is an initiative that intends to promote public health dialogue among community people on water and health issues using Forum Theater. On the 6th of august, 11 volunteers from Taiwan, Germany, Spain and France arrived in Mysore to share three weeks with each other. They are helped by 3 Indian team leaders (Dinesh, Bharathi…