Marali Shalege- Return to School Campaign during Bangalore Work Camp
Number of Volunteers- 9
Theme: Social / Kids
Duration: 2 Weeks
Hi I am Vandana, ‘Communicator- Work Camps’. I would like to share my experience at the recently concluded Bangalore Work Camp. The Work Camp at Bangalore had a great start with the motivated volunteers enthusiastically delving into the activities from the first day.
The Project site was the BBMP School at Chinnnayanapalya, Wilson Garden, Bangalore. The volunteers initiated the camp with educational paintings. In two weeks the school had walls decorated with colourful animals, the solar system, the water cycle, English alphabets, seven days of the week and twelve months of the year. The children enjoyed innovative and creative ways of learning English.
The highlight of the Work Camp was the “MARALI SHALEGE- return to school” campaign the volunteers undertook along with the staff and children of BBMP School. The rally in the neighbourhood was so successful that the school had 7 new admissions immediately after the rally.
The volunteers also had an excellent inter-cultural learning when staff of the school dressed the women volunteers in saris. They also enjoyed the ‘Henna” on their palms. The boys looked “Indian” in the typical “Mysore Petas and Dhotis”. The volunteers made country representation by teaching the children dances from their home countries. The children wanted the dances to go on and on!
The Camp was concluded with a warm send-off given to the FSL-India volunteers by the staff of the school. Volunteers who participated in the camp are as follows:
- Sanna-Ria Björkqvist from Finland
- Lucie Fournier from France
- Axelle DE Laforcade from France
- MALIER Baptiste from France
- Yolanda Parra Gonzalez from Spain
- Chung Bonghee from South Korea
- Lee Eun Hae from South Korea
- Anna Serafin from Belgium
- Okhyeon Kim from South Korea