A Volunteer’s diary – Mysore through Spanish eyes: Work Camp with Teens

A Volunteer’s diary – Mysore through Spanish eyes: Work Camp with Teens

Day 1/ July the 5th : We began this diary from the second (and last) plane to India. We’ve done scale in Dubai, because there is no straight flight from Madrid to Bangalore. This journey to India is strange for ourselves, we feel an emotional mixing: a bit of uncertainty, passion and joy. The flight from Madrid to Dubai took 7 hours approximately and the next one to the 5th largest Indian city took 3 1/2 more hours. It seems…

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Case Study: Yellappa, Baikady Tent School

Case Study: Yellappa, Baikady Tent School

My name is Yellappa. I am 12 years old.  My father Yemmannurappa is a mason and my mother Gangamma is a labourer. We live in the Baikady Tent Community. My parents came to Kundapur from Katapur to look for work some years ago. I could not attend regular school because there was no one to advise my parents on the importance of education and also, there was no school close by. So, my parents decided to send me to FSL-India’s…

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AIPC Pandora meets FSL-India!

AIPC Pandora meets FSL-India!

From the 30th of June to the 20th of July, a team of 6 teens from Spain arrived in Bangalore, and started their summer camp journey with FSL-India. The teen group, composed of Paul, Rosa, Martha, Pablo, Manuel and Raquel along with FSL-India’s Manjesh, delved deep into Indian life, with tasting the Indian dishes, riding in the local transport and experiencing the typical Indian lifestyle. Right from the very beginning, the group had a very positive attitude towards Indian life…

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Cherishing Every Moment In Berlin – Sneha Susan, Outbound participant, Germany

Cherishing Every Moment In Berlin – Sneha Susan, Outbound participant, Germany

Every day in Berlin is new and hardly mundane. The things I get to experience and see are so culturally rich, and I am forever grateful to FSL-India for the growth and exposure I have received. The last month, like every other month, has been quite an exciting journey for me. My work with children has been much better, especially with the good weather and all the different activities we get to do with them. My colleagues are quite nice…

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My year in India at El-Shadai Charitable Trust, Chennai – Orphan Children Teaching: Sophie Mueller, Germany

My year in India at El-Shadai Charitable Trust, Chennai – Orphan Children Teaching: Sophie Mueller, Germany

Diverse, intoxicating, engaging – these words describe India on the first sight, very good for me. I’ve never been to a country, where, depending where you are, the landscape, the culture itself, the food and the whole life is so different and still the same. That’s why I was completely overpowered when I arrived. Everything was loud, everything was colorful and everything was full. To be honest, this can be quite exhausting, so I was quite happy when I arrived…

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Our Experience with the Sea Turtles – Linda Pederzolli, Italy & Manjunath B, Field Officer, FSL-India

Our Experience with the Sea Turtles – Linda Pederzolli, Italy & Manjunath B, Field Officer, FSL-India

In the month of March 2019, FSL-India staff got a surprise: a sea turtle nest at Trasi, along the Kundapura shoreline. Everybody felt so happy and since the beginning, the local fishermen, as well as the community, along with the Forest Department, worked together for taking care of the nest. A strong hatchery was built around the nest and informative sign boards were hung up, in order to protect the eggs. We, FSL-India’s long term volunteers along with Venkatesh, FSL-India’s…

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Summer Project at De Mercede – May 2019: Ruth Hamschmidt, Germany

Summer Project at De Mercede – May 2019: Ruth Hamschmidt, Germany

As the summer holidays for the government schools in India last 8 weeks, all the volunteers from FSL-India’s teaching project were sent to a summer project. Paula, Luka, Tabea and I went  to an orphanage called De Mercedes orphanage in Deralakatte, near Mangalore. Our tasks were to teach some English or Maths to the children, paint the windows on the roof as well as some cupboards, to stitch the uniforms for the children for the new school year, and to…

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FSL-India Volunteers Visit Kannada Kudru Island!

FSL-India Volunteers Visit Kannada Kudru Island!

On 19th June during a rainy morning, 3 FSL-India volunteers Hanan, Alex and Linda, along with Venkatesh, Senior Program Manager of FSL-India, set out to discover the beauty of Kannada Kundru, an island around 10 kilometres from Kundapura. This small island is surrounded by salty water and the people living there used to get to the mainland by boats. Since 4 years, it is connected with a long, firm bridge. In this way, the inhabitants can easily get to the…

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Summer Project at Varanashi Organic Farms – Lina Scholz, Germany

Summer Project at Varanashi Organic Farms – Lina Scholz, Germany

During their summer project in April and May, 12 volunteers met at Varanashi Organic Farms. Our working days started with putting out the cocoa to dry and after that, different kinds of work was done. Mainly, they we cleaned the water channels in the cocoa plantations for the rainy season. Fridays were the cocoa pod opening days and later on, in May, we started to prepare the farm for a climbing event called “Psicobloc“. This is a form of solo…

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LTV Orientation and Indian Mariage Visit – Kundapur, May 2019

LTV Orientation and Indian Mariage Visit – Kundapur, May 2019

In the month of May 2019, FSL-India, Kundapur hosted 1 Long Term Volunteer from Germany at our CEL (Centre for Experiential Living), Kundapur. Our volunteer underwent different practical, theoretical and outdoor sessions for his successful journey in India and actively took part in each session. The FSL-India facilitators have taken extra care in organising this Orientation, in which some sessions included conflict management, roles and responsibilities, Culture and Indian life style, Safety Guidelines information, project introduction and preparation with the…

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