LTV Orientation – February 2013

LTV Orientation – February 2013

Bangalore : 7 volunteers from 6 different countries – Julia Jewell from USA, Gautier Zoé and Simon VAN POUCKE from Belgium, Cornelia Groiss from Austria, Shoko SEKI from Japan, Linda Hillberg from Sweden and Camille GOUWY from France were the participants for February month with their projects in different fields like – Physically Handicapped and Mentally Challenged Children’s project, Orphan Children Teaching, Women Empowerment, Ethnic Tribe Teaching, Eco tourism and Street Children Teaching. The volunteers arrived on 4th of February…

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Sea Turtle Rescue Project: Visit to Honnavar

Sea Turtle Rescue Project: Visit to Honnavar

All of the 3 species of sea turtles known to nest on India’s West Coast are now classified as an endangered species. They have been around for than a 100 million years, and even outlived the dinosaurs, but today, Man’s actions are threatening their survival. Human encroachment into their natural habitat, indiscriminate fishing practices and egg predation in the areas where they hatch are fast driving them towards extinction. Our Sea Turtle Conservation project in Kundapur, aims to conserve these…

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LTV Get together – Feb 2013

LTV Get together – Feb 2013

LTV Get together Feb – 2013 Bangalore : For the volunteers of Bangalore region, the Get together in the month of February was held in the beautiful town called Kushalnagar and the volunteers were accommodated at The Kushal Lodge, located at the heart of the town.a The Theme of this Get Together was “Braveheart” and a range of activities were conducted to understand the rich and lively Kodava culture. The Kodavas (anglicised as Coorgs) are a patrilineal ethno-lingual group from…

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Sea Turtle Conservation Work Camp at Kundapura

Sea Turtle Conservation Work Camp at Kundapura

Community Participation in Mural Painting at Parampalli School In December 2012, the work camp on Sea Turtle Conservation ensured participation of local community in each and every activity to build ownership of the project. During mural painting, one of the favorite activities of the volunteers, local school children were involved enthusiastically to motivate the volunteer. In this regard 8 volunteers, 48 children (22 Boys and 26 girls) and 3 FSL-India staff participated in Mural Painting at Parampalli School. In addition…

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Awareness on Sea-Turtle Conservation

Awareness on Sea-Turtle Conservation

During the work camp at Kundapur, awareness on Sea-Turtle Conservation was undertaken through several innovative ways. Puppet show is one such innovative way which motivated international volunteers and the community because of unique way of awareness creation. Totally 65 school children and 4 teachers were the audience in this event which was conducted during work camp. Having performed puppet-show volunteers asked questions to school children about the message given during the performance. All the children could give right answer which…

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Be ready to work hard and have the time of your life doing it!

Be ready to work hard and have the time of your life doing it!

  Hi! This is Kallene Ryan from USA. Here I would like to Share my experience to you. last three months I have spent volunteering for PET have been some of the most interesting and engaging moments of my life. At first I was slightly confused as to what my role and purpose would be, however after a few patient weeks of observing I came to realize I had enormous potential working here. Potential which I feel I too full advantage…

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Sea Turtle Winter Camp Report

Sea Turtle Winter Camp Report

Date: 9th to 9th October                     Theme Sea Turtle Conservation – Kundapur Number of Volunteers: 13 Nationality: Germany -12 and Spain -1 The Work Camp primarily focused on creating awareness to the general public, fishermen community and to the schools about the importance of turtles in the bio-diversity. The volunteers involved in building Turtle Information Centre (TIC) huts along the beach with the help of local and fishermen community. Volunteers were engaged in activities with children and local community with the…

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Quarterly Evaluation (August/September 2012- Arrivals)

Quarterly Evaluation (August/September 2012- Arrivals)

With a view to assessing the progress made, impact created and changes brought about in social development and education projects, FSL-India organised a three-day Quarterly Evaluation of BMZ volunteers. The participatory evaluation was held between 21st and 23rd November 2012. A total of 45 BMZ volunteers representing AFS, IJFD, IJGD and YAP-CFD participated in the Quarterly Evaluation. It was conducted at Simha Farm, Nittur in Udupi District of Karnataka state. A twelve-member team FSL-India facilitated the evaluation. During the evaluation…

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LTV Get Together- November 2012

LTV Get Together- November 2012

LTV Get-together for the month of November was organised on 15th and 16th at two different locations. While Kundapur Region organised at Eden Home Stay in Kumta, Karnataka, the Bangalore Region organised at YMCA, Yellagiri, Tamil Nadu. Altogether 25 volunteers from Kundapur Region and sixteen volunteers from Bangalore Region participated in the get together.  The LTV team FSL-India facilitated the get-together.