LTV Cultural visit to Cave Temple at Kamalashile – Dinesh Saranga, LTV Chief Coordinator, Kundapur zone

LTV Cultural visit to Cave Temple at Kamalashile – Dinesh Saranga, LTV Chief Coordinator, Kundapur zone

The cultural visit for FSL India’s Long Term Volunteers was held on 11th October 2019 with Miriam, who came in September and worked on the Sea Turtle Conservation project at our Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur. One of the programmes at FSL India is a cultural visit, where we take our regular volunteers to any cultural and historical places which are located in or around Kundapur. So, in the morning around 8.40 am, we met at the last bus stop…

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A big ‘Thank You’ to Siddivinayaka School for their great support in our 100th Monkey sessions for 8th & 9th Stds

A big ‘Thank You’ to Siddivinayaka School for their great support in our 100th Monkey sessions for 8th & 9th Stds

Last year, FSL India launched a youth development programme exclusively for Indian youth called 100th Monkey. 100th Monkey aims to develop Self Actualisation and Active Citizenship to build youth forces who are conscious and competent citizens of our country. The aims and objectives of 100th Monkey are many and varied. The program aims to: Develop physical, intellectual, emotional and social abilities of the children and assist in Self Actualisation. Assist the children to experience a sense of belonging and ownership….

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Can we call this a Breakthrough? – Ashwini Govind, 100th Monkey Programme Manager, FSl-India

Can we call this a Breakthrough? – Ashwini Govind, 100th Monkey Programme Manager, FSl-India

Most of our sessions start with circle time, where the entire group plays energisers or activities in a circle along with the facilitator. Circle games are acclaimed to create inclusion, build trust, safety and togetherness amongst their participants. The circle time is followed by some purposeful activity, with reflection. At times during the initial sessions, there will always be those two or few who can’t contain themselves to a space in the circle. They are either running from one position…

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The aura of Auroville: LTV’s Cultural Event at Pondicherry – October 2019

The aura of Auroville: LTV’s Cultural Event at Pondicherry – October 2019

On 17th October 2019, FSL-India, Pondicherry’s coordinator organised a Cultural Event (CE) for our regular LTV volunteers. Every month, we organise a cultural event for our regular volunteers and we take them to any cultural and historical places which are located in and around Pondicherry. This month, the Cultural Event was focused on Nature/Religion. Auroville (City of Dawn) is an experimental township in Villupuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India with some parts in the Union Territory…

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SH-19 Mid Term Evaluation -October 2019

SH-19 Mid Term Evaluation -October 2019

LTV team, Kundapura organised a Mid Term Evaluation for FSL India’s Long Term Volunteers. The programme was held for 2 days, from 17th and 18th October 2019. In total, 4 volunteers from AFS took part in this evaluation. The MTE was organised at FSL India’s Centre for Experiential Living. The objective of the MTE was to assess the progress of our volunteers, how they are doing in their project and host family, to offer solutions to overcome any hurdles, as…

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Adventure camps for Indian schoolchildren at FSL India’s CEL

Adventure camps for Indian schoolchildren at FSL India’s CEL

3rd October was the first day of our first adventure camp for Indian school children between the ages of 9 to 16, the second camp started one week later. The camps lasted for 3 days, and included their stay at our Centre for Experiential Living and all meals. Right from the beginning, FSL India played energisers with the children in order to get them to know each other. They also aimed to make them feel comfortable in the new surroundings….

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Mural painting at the Tent School

Mural painting at the Tent School

On 26th & 27th September, FSL India’s Home Based Project volunteers did a mural painting at Baikady Tent School.  It was nice to paint on the Tent School walls with colours. We created awareness and education aids like alphabets, numbers, weeks and months, educational trees, health and hygiene to give the message to the community. It also created a good environment for the children and it made them to feel proud that it is their own school. It also created…

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Testimonial for the Volunteering Practice done by Ms Hannah Wild – J Stephenraj – Director, Baby Sarah’s Home, Pondicherry

Testimonial for the Volunteering Practice done by Ms Hannah Wild – J Stephenraj – Director, Baby Sarah’s Home, Pondicherry

Baby Sarah’s Home, a residential home for persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities and orphan children is highly pleased to record this testimonial for the volunteering practice done by Ms Hannah Wild from Germany, for a period of 12 months, from 8th August 2018 to 18th August 2019, through FSL India, Bangalore. Ms Hannah provided her valuable service at our home for the orphan and destitute, children with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities by…

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Introduction to Agricultural methods at FSL-India’s Centre for Experiential Living

Introduction to Agricultural methods at FSL-India’s Centre for Experiential Living

Some days ago, our CEL shared some of their favourite agricultural methods with new, international volunteers, i.e. NADEP composting and Permaculture. NADEP compost is a type of compost consisting of 4 different layers: green leaves, kitchen waste, cow dung and soil. NADEP method of making miracle compost was first invented by a farmer named Narayan Deotao Pandharipande (also popularly known as “Nadepkaka”) living in Maharashtra, India. The NADEP method uses a permanently built tank of mud, or cement to make…

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