In the month of February 2020, FSL India’s LTV Bangalore region organised a Midterm Evaluation (MTE) for our Pondicherry, Bangalore, Mysore and Kanchipuram Long Term Volunteers at Pondicherry.

The event took place between 26th-28th February 2020, at Pondicherry. In Pondicherry, there were around 22 volunteers from AFS, GRC and IJGD Germany who took part in the evaluation.

The main objective of the MTE is to evaluate the volunteer’s learnings and contributions, in order to develop appropriate strategies to attain quality results. To create a platform for volunteers to evaluate the progress made in project based on the expected outcome. Provide a space for volunteers to identify and express the new learnings/knowledge/skills gained during the program and to reflect on how it can be helpful in the future.

LTV team organised different sessions like personal development, outlook on the future, project challenges and progress, cultural and intercultural learning, and baseline survey. We also conducted some games and energisers to make the evaluation more interesting.

Feedback from Volunteers

• Accommodation was good and enough
• It was great and I liked the food
• It was nice to see everyone again and spend some time together
• Coordinator’s talk was compact and very positive. All the problems solved within a few minutes
• Food was nice
• Good event to see development of others
• I enjoyed seeing everyone and the topics were mostly interesting
• Food was amazing and I really enjoy my time in here
• It was nice to share the experience with other volunteers. Super food
• I really liked the idea with the flower
• Like always, the food was amazing and for me, the accommodation is fine as well. I really loved that flower part, making that was really fun and it was nice to read what the others had to say to you