FSL BLOG

Place: Bangalore        Theme: Social /Kids Number of volunteers: 6 (S. Korea, Netherlands and Canada) The volunteers taught children some general English and science; they also interacted with them to teach them songs, dances and games. They cleaned and painted the classrooms. After that they did educational drawing in the walls like solar system, organs of the body, Parliament and India Map. The volunteers said that they enjoyed the intercultural learning and also did wonderful work for the school.    …

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Place: Darjeeling.  Theme: Social / Culture Number of volunteers; 5 (Germany, S. Korea, France and Taiwan) This is one of  the first work camps in Darjeeling. The volunteers had activities with children like singing songs, dancing and playing games of different countries. They also did educational drawing in the village school. They learnt about Indian culture by visiting a Monastery, a Museum, a tea plantation, a tea factory and visited some village people houses.  Volunteers made presentations about their culture…

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Place: Kundapur.       Theme: Sea Turtle Conservation/Environment Number of Volunteers: 2(Denmark and Switzerland) The volunteers had very interesting activities: building turtle information centre on the beach cleaned the beach at Kodi and Mavavante, making educational paintings in Hosadu School, and having puppet shows for children. Most of the activities were about sea turtle awareness. They were working with local people, youth and children.  The local people helped us to build informational center and it was a great experience for them…

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Place: Yercaud.  Theme: Tribal/kids/Environment Number of volunteers: 5(France, Japan and UK) In this work camp the volunteers painted the blackboards, book shelves and walls of the school. They also worked in the garden. They did some activities with the children like singing songs and playing games of different countries. Volunteers made presentations about their culture to the children. On international cooking day, they cooked dishes of their country and shared them with each other. They also learnt about Indian culture…

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