Marielle’s valuable service at our Home – Stephen Raj, Project Head, Baby’s Sarah’s Home, Pondicherry

Marielle’s valuable service at our Home – Stephen Raj, Project Head, Baby’s Sarah’s Home, Pondicherry

Ms Marielle Risson, FSL-India’s volunteer fṛom France helped us at Baby Sarah’s Home (a residential home for persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Multiple disabilities and Orphan children) for a period of 3 months, from 11th April 2019 to 27th June 2019. Marielle provided her valuable service at our Home for the orphan and destitute, children with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities by teaching, assisting at the special school, and training our students in various games…

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Transforming the Youth through FSL-India’s 100th Monkey program – Madhuri P, FSL-India

Transforming the Youth through FSL-India’s 100th Monkey program – Madhuri P, FSL-India

22nd July 2019 was my first day as a facilitator. I was going to begin my journey as a facilitator for FSL-India’s 100th Monkey program. The 100th Monkey is a program which focuses on promoting self-actualisation and active citizenship among the youth. The program aims to nurture the abilities and potentials of the youth to its fullest, by using community initiatives and social action as foregrounds. I facilitate 100th Monkey program sessions at 5 Schools in Bangalore, which are funded…

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Solid Liquid Resource Management at Vandse – Manjesh BM, Field Officer, FSL-India

Solid Liquid Resource Management at Vandse – Manjesh BM, Field Officer, FSL-India

On 22nd August, FSL-India’s HBP team visited Vandse, where the Panchayat has built a Centre for Solid Liquid Resource Management (SLRM). The recycling facility is responsible for the whole Panchayat. There is a team who collects the communities’ waste every day, while others separate the different materials. In general, 9 people are working there and they also are able to make a profit by protecting the environment. They do so through fees from the people whose trash they collect and…

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A Cleaning Lesson from French Students in Tribal Village: 8th September, 2019 -Vijaya Karnataka, Mysuru Edition

A Cleaning Lesson from French Students in Tribal Village: 8th September, 2019 -Vijaya Karnataka, Mysuru Edition

The Toilets for Ballenahalli tribal community created awareness about the importance of using a bathroom, learning and Indian culture. 4 engineering students from France built 2 toilets-cum-bathrooms, as well taught English and cleanliness to the children at Ballenahalli tribal village, Hunsur Taluk. HILAP is the humanitarian wing of one of most prestigious civil Engineering schools in France – ESTP. The group of students – Morgan, Mathilde, Riath and Lexane  also gained knowledge on our agricultural methods and activities. They raised…

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Baikady Tent school’s Independence Day celebrations

Baikady Tent school’s Independence Day celebrations

On 15th August 2019, FSL-India celebrated India’s 73rd Independence Day at our Tent school project, with their own special ceremony. Both teachers came to Baikady to be present at this important moment. The community of Baikady helped prepare a temporary flag pole in front of the building. Various members of the community attended the ceremony including the Panchayat President. Speeches were given after the flag was raised and unfurled on high. The teachers brought 2 big bags of sweets, which…

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Travelling as a volunteer – Nirupama Rajan, Outbound Participant

Travelling as a volunteer – Nirupama Rajan, Outbound Participant

Somehow, time has flown past me and it is exactly 10 months to the date since I first set foot on German ground. I still remember that moment, stepping out into the bright September sunshine at Berlin’s Tegel airport, heaving a sigh of relief on seeing somebody right outside holding a sheet of paper with our names (and a friendly little flower) on it, and wondering if the rest of my year in Europe was going to be just as…

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Fundraising for FSL-India’s Tent School Project – Hanan Abou Shakra, Alex Böhm, Felix Keilhack and Linda Pederzolli

Fundraising for FSL-India’s Tent School Project – Hanan Abou Shakra, Alex Böhm, Felix Keilhack and Linda Pederzolli

On Sunday, 14th July, the FSL-India team along with us long term volunteers, organised a fundraising initiative for the tent school project at Bharath Mall, Mangalore. The tent school is a self-sustainable project run by FSL-India since 2006, in the west coast of Karnataka, located in the area of Brahmavara. The tent community is composed of migrated people coming from different part of Karnataka, due to the drought effects in their zones, which bring difficulties to the agricultural work. FSL-India…

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100th Monkey and FSL-India: Manjunath Kannal, Mysore Zone

100th Monkey and FSL-India: Manjunath Kannal, Mysore Zone

Hello, I am Manjunath Kannal, 100th Monkey facilitator from Mysore zone. I am working for the last 4 years with FSL-India, for their long term and short term programs. My first session with the Vijaya High School students was very exciting. I introduced our 100th Monkey program to the children. Some laughed and some smiled because of the whacky name ‘100th Monkey’. So, I decided to share the story of the 100th monkey on the Japanese island of Koshima, from the…

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My Family’s Experience with FSL-India volunteers – Shoba, Host Mother

My Family’s Experience with FSL-India volunteers – Shoba, Host Mother

My name is Shoba, there are 4 people in my family – my husband Annappa, my 2 children Ashwath and Ashwith and myself. I work at Asha Karya Kartha, Gulvady. For the last 4 years, my family and I have been hosting volunteers from FSL-India. So far, we have hosted 12 volunteers from different countries. My family and I have greatly benefited from this experience. I learnt to speak English and so did my children. The volunteers and my children…

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My life in Germany – Ajith Kumar, Outbound Participant

My life in Germany – Ajith Kumar, Outbound Participant

I am Ajith Kumar, working as a Weltwärts volunteer in Germany. Right now, I am working in a small city called Meschede, in an old age home as a house technician. My working hours are from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. I work together with 4 other people and their names are Martin, Uli, Kamphone and Thorsten. I also travelled a lot and made new friends. In February, I visited München and Ochtrup and also went to Holland. I stayed…

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