100th Monkey Starts the Journey at Mavinakatte!

100th Monkey Starts the Journey at Mavinakatte!

On 21st June 2019, FSL-India’s 100th Monkey program reached Mavinakatte High School, at Kundapur. Over the next 8 months, FSL-India will conduct 25 1-hour sessions every week for students of 8th and 9th standard. The 100th Monkey program encourages these students to explore their potential, and creates youth who are self-aware and active citizens. This was our first session at Mavinakatte High School. The entire school, including the headmaster and teachers welcomed our facilitators with warmth. The students were especially…

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LTV Cultural Event May-19: Housewarming Ceremony at Hemmadi

LTV Cultural Event May-19: Housewarming Ceremony at Hemmadi

On 6th of May, FSL-India Kundapur organised a Cultural Event for 2 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 Kundapur. This month, the Cultural Event was mainly focused on a housewarming ceremony at Hemmadi. Mrs Geetha, FSL-India’s staff invited us to the housewarming ceremony of her new house on 5th June night, which lasted till 6th morning. The…

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Visit to an Indian Marriage with traditional Indian attire – LTV Cultural Event, April 2019

Visit to an Indian Marriage with traditional Indian attire – LTV Cultural Event, April 2019

On 22nd of April 2019, FSL-India Kundapur organised a Cultural Event for 2 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 Kundapur. This month, the Cultural Event was mainly focused on an Indian Marriage. LTV Coordinator Dinesh’s friend named Bharath was getting married, so he invited FSL-India’s volunteers to his marriage. First, we all met at Kundapura bus station…

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Volunteering in Germany – an unexpected and unimaginable experience: Canute John D’Souza, FSL-India’s Outbound volunteer

Volunteering in Germany – an unexpected and unimaginable experience: Canute John D’Souza, FSL-India’s Outbound volunteer

After having worked at a German language and cultural institute, working with German teachers and interns, while also simultaneously learning the language, for a total of close to 4 years, it only made sense for me to go to Germany to be in the country that I was working for and also virtually surrounding myself with. The most practical option I found was an international volunteering project. Working for a social cause was something that I was always keen on,…

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“Be Kind, Everyone Needs Compassion” – Bosch India’s CSR initiative with CUPA, facilitated by FSL-India

“Be Kind, Everyone Needs Compassion” – Bosch India’s CSR initiative with CUPA, facilitated by FSL-India

Bosch has partnered with CUPA (Compassion Unlimited Plus Action) on several projects, as part of their CSR initiatives. The first CUPA stakeholders’ meeting was held on 19th February 2019, at the Bosch India office, Koramangala, and was facilitated by FSL-India. The objectives of this meeting were to : Promote awareness and a better understanding of CUPA programmes and its centres among Bosch volunteers Explore opportunities for engagement of Bosch volunteers at CUPA Centres Allow Bosch volunteers to select their preferred…

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Eco Brick Bench at FSL-India’s CEL! – A Case Study

Eco Brick Bench at FSL-India’s CEL! – A Case Study

In March 2019, FSL-India’s volunteers at the Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur started to build an Eco Bench. Plastic was collected from nearby shops and local people in order to reuse it for the Eco Bricks. The Eco Brick is a plastic bottle filled with around 300 grams of plastic garbage (milk/snacks packets, plastic bags, chips/candy and cookie wrappers, etc), in order to be strong and solid as a brick. The process of filling the Eco Bricks started with the…

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Women’s Day Celebration at ODP, Mysore – Laura Kirsi Maria Saukkonen, Media & PR

Women’s Day Celebration at ODP, Mysore – Laura Kirsi Maria Saukkonen, Media & PR

On 12th March 2019, Organisation for the Development of People (ODP), Mysore where I’m based as a volunteer, organised an amazing women’s day celebration. 3000 members of the women’s self-help groups supported by ODP were invited. For the occasion, I also decided to wear a saree, a traditional Indian dress. Lucky thing I did, since as a surprise, I was invited on the stage with all the honorable guests and women activists. Everyone I met was very pleased that I…

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Behind the Scenes: FSL-India’s Annual Meet-April 2019: Asha Elisha, Public Relations Officer, FSL-India

Behind the Scenes: FSL-India’s Annual Meet-April 2019: Asha Elisha, Public Relations Officer, FSL-India

Every year, all of FSL-India’s staff are rounded up and taken to one location to celebrate another year of working together. This year, as always, we waited with eager anticipation to find out what our Annual Meet had in store for us. It appeared to be a very hush-hush affair – all queries to HR (nosy or otherwise) were politely squashed, so there was no other go but to wait patiently. The only information we got was that we would…

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LTV’s Cultural Event at Pondicherry – May 2019

LTV’s Cultural Event at Pondicherry – May 2019

On 21st May 2019, FSL-India’s Pondicherry 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 Indian Cooking. Tamil Indian Cooking: A typical Tamil meal consists of many spicy and non-spicy dishes. Many of these dishes are generally mixed and eaten with steamed…

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