Marali Shalege- Return to School Campaign during Bangalore Work Camp

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…

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Work Camp at Rishikesh

Work Camp at Rishikesh

Rishikesh – Uttarakhand (Meditation/Culture/Kids/) SPL–169   Hallow Everybody!   In continuation to the previous blog post on 3rd July, once again I am here to update you with recent developments at Rishikesh Work Camp. In spite of little challenges, it goes without saying that the camp is running very successfully. Undoubtedly the volunteers enjoy every bit of moment which I am sure leaves an indelible mark in the heart and mind.   Well, let me begin with a point to…

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Work Camp at Rishikesh

Work Camp at Rishikesh

Rishikesh – Uttarakhand (Meditation/Culture/Kids/) SPL–169   Hallow Everybody!   My name is Ranjit, Chief Documentation and Liaison Coordinator of FSL-India. Currently I am posted at Rishikesh for a very brief period to assist the Team Leader Mr. Balasubramanyam (popularly known as Bala) and the international volunteers of the camp. I am here to give you a brief snapshot about the work camp at Rishikesh.   As per the schedule the camp here begun on 2nd July with an informal inauguration…

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Session on Health & Hygiene for Children of Hyundai Employees

Session on Health & Hygiene for Children of Hyundai Employees

Chennai Facility team of FSL-India has been gradually making headway to address numerous health issues of the target community under model village project intervention. The team also has been extending health care service to people who live in the adjacent villages in Sriperumbudur so as to promote preventive health care among them. Recognizing the team’s efficiency in imparting health education, Hyundai Foundation requested Chennai Facility team to conduct health and hygiene session for the children and adolescents. This is the…

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Linkage of Irukattukottai Panchayat Level Federation with TNCDW

Linkage of Irukattukottai Panchayat Level Federation with TNCDW

As an important component of the Model Village Project, FSL-India has formed Self-help Groups (SHGs) in Irunkattukottai village. These SHGs are federated at the Panchayat Level. To strengthen the women groups, the Chennai Facility team of FSL-India organised many training for the representatives on roles and responsibility of SHG leaders, book-keeping, how to conduct monthly meeting, group auditing, linkages with government schemes and programs, linkages with banks and micro finance institutes and leadership development. Ever since the Panchayat Level Federation…

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Wounded Sea-Turtles Rescued by FSL-India Team

Wounded Sea-Turtles Rescued by FSL-India Team

On 19th June 2012, HBP team of FSL-India rescued two wounded Sea-Turtles from Kanchugodu (Marvante) village which is located near Kundapura coast in Udupi District. Having received the information from one of the local contact persons, FSL-India team under the leadership Mr. Manjunath rushed to the spot on a rescue operation. The team could find that two turtles got wounded due to heavy rain and tidal waves. While one turtle had lost the right flipper, the other could not move…

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Letter from a South-Korean Volunteer

Letter from a South-Korean Volunteer

During January and February 2012, FSL-India organised work camp in Chennai for South-Korean volunteers. Puduperu is one of the villages where around 30 Korean volunteers participated in varieties of activities with school children and renovated the school building.   During the camp volunteers were extremely glad and impressed by children’s affectionate gestures, communication, cultural exposure, food and so on.  Children also invited the Korean volunteers to their homes and shared with them about traditional practices and socio-cultural values. Recently, with…

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A Normal Day at Navabharat School – Children Action Trust

A Normal Day at Navabharat School – Children Action Trust

Exactly at 7.30 a.m. the noise of the school van reaches our ears and we know many children from Pudupakkam and the surrounding villages will walk to the road to be picked up. Now we have one and half hours left until the school starts and one hour till we get our breakfast which will arrives with the first van children.  After devouring breakfast we go down to the still-playing students. It’s not a far way because we are living…

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Sea-Turtle Contact Person’s Meeting

Sea-Turtle Contact Person’s Meeting

Sea-turtle contact person meeting was organized by the HBP team of FSL-India at Navunda (near Kundapur) on 29th of May 2012. Altogether 7 contact persons from different locations, one volunteer and a three-member team of FSL-India participated in the meeting. Indeed it was a good opportunity for the contact person to deliberate on various issues of Sea-Turtle conservation.   The primary objective of the meeting is to get to know each other, share experience and best practices on Sea Turtle…

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My Inter-cultural Experience in India

My Inter-cultural Experience in India

I wish to tell you about my time as a voluntary social worker and my inter-cultural experiences in India. First of all I would like to tell about myself.   My name is Simon Bering (19 years old) from Cologne, in West Germany.  My idea to spend a year in India was based on an experience with the help of AFS Germany in Paraguay. As a young boy of fifteen years, I had the pleasure to spend one year in…

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