WC 840 – An intense experience at Jodhpur

WC 840 – An intense experience at Jodhpur

In this work camp run by FSL-India, we had 5 international volunteers from different nationalities, i.e. Italy, Belgium, Japan and 1 national volunteer.  From 19th August-1st September 2019, Simona Santoro, Sara Traldi, Romane Stiermon, Hikaru Yonezu, Yukako Yamasoto  and Sri Ranjini Raman spent 2 weeks at Jodhpur, where they actively took part in various activities at the Jodhpur  MCC Secondary School. They helped to renovate class rooms, had art and craft sessions with the schoolchildren, painted the school walls and…

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We Felt Welcome All Along – Mathilde Maurichere, Work Camp volunteer at Balenahalli Tribal Village, Hunsur

We Felt Welcome All Along – Mathilde Maurichere, Work Camp volunteer at Balenahalli Tribal Village, Hunsur

I’m Mathilde, I’m 20 years old, and when, with 3 other friends from my school, we sat down in the plane, I didn’t know I was going to live the best experience of my life. How could I even imagine what I was going to live? 6 weeks of amazing meetings, 6 weeks to discover Indian and Karnataka culture, 6 weeks working at Ballenahalli’s work camp. The first person we met was Manjunath, our team leader from FSL-India, the most…

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Project, Host family, Volunteer Intro Meeting – August 2019

Project, Host family, Volunteer Intro Meeting – August 2019

On 17th August 2019, FSL India’s contact persons, volunteers and host families from Kanchipuram, Pondicherry and Mysore met and interacted with each other at their respective locations. This Intro meeting was organised by Bangalore Region’s LTV team, in order to build relationships with each other and ensure support during their volunteering programme. The project staff, host families and our volunteers bonded together very easily thanks to the icebreakers and friendly atmosphere. They got to know about the different projects and…

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Towards the end of our journey – Sneha Susan, Outbound participant

Towards the end of our journey – Sneha Susan, Outbound participant

It has been 1 year since I moved to Germany for the Weltwärts South-North programme. The whole experience has been eye-opening and also inspirational. I got the opportunity to experience many different spaces, cultures and places over the last 1 year. In my project, I was able to interact with children from so many different countries, and also work with people from different places. We got to share stories, experiences from all our countries, and this was an enriching experience….

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100th Monkey Pilot Phase 2 at Anbalaya School, Pondicherry – Nagoor Kani J, FSL-India

100th Monkey Pilot Phase 2 at Anbalaya School, Pondicherry – Nagoor Kani J, FSL-India

As a facilitator for the 100th Monkey programme at Pondicherry, I am delighted to introduce the 2nd Pilot Phase for the wonderful students of Anbalaya School. The Pilot Phase 2 was started from June and until now, around 5 sessions are completed. In this Pilot Phase, we have around 42 students participating from 8th & 9th Standards. Each 100th Monkey session is unique and is designed using Experiential Education methodology for better understanding and knowledge for the students. For the…

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‘Open to the world’ is learning about You – Lexane Payen, Work Camp volunteer at Balenahali Tribal Community

‘Open to the world’ is learning about You – Lexane Payen, Work Camp volunteer at Balenahali Tribal Community

Hello, I’m Lexane and I am 21. I’m from France and for my holidays, I decided to participate at a work camp with the organisation FSL-India. The purpose of this internship was to build bathrooms and toilets for people in an Indian village. We were a team of 4 students from ESTP Paris and we shared this experience together. This trip began at Bangalore where Manju, our coordinator and a member of FSL-India, came to pick us up at the…

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Cultural Day at Maharani’s College, Mysore: FSL-India’s Long Term Volunteers bond with college students

Cultural Day at Maharani’s College, Mysore: FSL-India’s Long Term Volunteers bond with college students

In our Mysore zone, FSL-India’s volunteers were invited to participate in a Cultural Day celebration at Maharani’s College. At the annual cultural event, our volunteers were warmly welcomed by the students. It was good to see the celebrations where the whole college was decorated with colours and all the students were dressed in traditional outfits. As soon as they saw the volunteers, they began to shout out a smiling welcome to them. 5 volunteers participated in this event and FSL-India’s coordinator…

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LTV Orientation – August 2019

LTV Orientation – August 2019

In the month of August, FSL-India hosted 39 Long-Term Volunteers from Germany, from 5th-10th. For this orientation, our LTV team organised different events for the exchange of ICL (Inter-Cultural Learning). The sessions conducted on diverse topics like ‘Indian’ welcome, introduction to FSL-India, local language class, practical information, Indian lifestyle, safety and project information, each volunteer’s role and responsibilities. It was observed that the participants were interested to know about Indian culture and practices. The volunteers actively participated in the orientation….

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Exploring my creativity in Berlin – Grahisha Kairan, Outbound volunteer

Exploring my creativity in Berlin – Grahisha Kairan, Outbound volunteer

My journey here in Berlin is almost over, I can’t believe it’s been 10 months here, feels like just yesterday I was getting ready to come over here. Well, Berlin is very colourful in summer, I enjoyed summer better. I work here in Speilmittel, where they make toys, conduct workshops with kids, seminars etc. I was involved in a lot of creativity involved here. Since I was very interested in creativity, I got to learn a lot from them like…

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A Selfless Environmentalist – Ganesh Poojari, Kundapur

A Selfless Environmentalist – Ganesh Poojari, Kundapur

FSL-India’s CEL team heard about the ‘clean environment’ efforts of Mr Ganesh Poojari, who is a resident of Kannada Kudru Island, Kundapur taluk. So, they visited him to find out what makes him tick. For 10 years, he worked hard in a restaurant at Dubai. A year ago, he came back from Dubai and now runs a bakery at Kundapur. He was fascinated by the example set by Dr A J Kalam, India’s late President, Mrs Sudha Murthy, the well-known…

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