Enriching experiences I made here – Sophie Elisabeth, Germany: Women’s Development Trust – Women Empowerment

Enriching experiences I made here – Sophie Elisabeth, Germany: Women’s Development Trust – Women Empowerment

My name is Sophie. I’m a volunteer from Germany and I live in Tamil Nadu since the last 10 months. I’m working in the NGO Servo Trust, which is a Women Empowerment Project from FSL-India. Servo Trust is working together with the Forest Department of this district, in the Tamil Nadu Bio-Diversity Green Project. It’s an environment program financed by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)  and the government of Tamil Nadu, with the aim of afforestation. Every year, many hundred…

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The Joy of Learning: Raju, Nisarga Grama, Sparsha Trust, Bangalore

The Joy of Learning: Raju, Nisarga Grama, Sparsha Trust, Bangalore

Hello to one and all! My name is Raju. Since April 2018, I am working at Nisarga Grama, Sparsha Trust. As the person in charge of Nisarga Grama, I am responsible for all the 133 children which are living here at the moment. In the morning. the children wake up at 6 am to do yoga and their prayers. After that. they get ready for school, eat their breakfast and leave for school around 9 am. Between 3.30 pm and…

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Environmental Rally at Mavinakatte Village – “To Conserve our Nature for our Future”

Environmental Rally at Mavinakatte Village – “To Conserve our Nature for our Future”

On 17th February, FSL-India’s HBP team and the MSW students from the Master of Social Work Department of Government First Grade College, Tenkanidiyoor visited the Mavinakatte Higher Primary School. Their purpose was to create an awareness about the environmental issues among the village people, along with the schoolchildren which we are facing in our daily life, such as plastic, deforestation, harming the flora and fauna, garbage, pollution etc. A few days before the skit, the MSW students prepared the skit’s…

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Not a monitoring visit!

Not a monitoring visit!

The main focus of FSL-India’s YDP for this month was to visit schools in the Kundapur and Mysore zones. As the title suggests, this was not a monitoring visit. The intention of this visit was: To build relationships with schools Understand receptivity of the methodology by the school and the children To understand the efficiency of session design and how it is playing out in the field Feedback on the facilitation style of our coordinators. What are their strengths? What…

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Volunteering in Germany – Ajith Kumar, Outbound participant

Volunteering in Germany – Ajith Kumar, Outbound participant

I am Ajith Kumar, working as a Weltwärts volunteer, for the German Red Cross. Right now, I am working at Meschede, in an Old Age Home, as an in-house technician. I arrived in Germany on the 21st of November 2018. When I reached Frankfurt airport, the wind and the climate was really cold. But it was a new experience for me, because suddenly, I needed to adapt to the climate. Two German people were waiting for us, and then we met…

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Banana Circle Implementation at Mavinakatte Primary School

Banana Circle Implementation at Mavinakatte Primary School

During the morning of 19th of February, FSL-India implemented 2 banana circles at Mavinakatte Government Primary School. This task was carried out by some of FSL-India’s volunteers – Jan, Florian, Anna and Carlota, as well as Manjesh and Manju – FSL-India’s staff. The team could count on the help and support of the school staff, as well as the huge involvement of some students. The choice to implement a banana circle is because it follows a permaculture design. Permaculture is…

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My volunteering after 6 months – Chantal Steckroth, Germany

My volunteering after 6 months – Chantal Steckroth, Germany

While I am writing this report, I start realising that already more than half of the time in my project is over. The past 3 months were passing by incredibly fast. In this report I will talk about the new aspects in my daily life, my challenges and in addition, I will explain my work at school. So what changed in my daily life? Firstly, I am feeling at home in Anagalli. After a weekend of travelling and then coming…

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Indian Life at Moodu Giliyaru Kota!!- Pia Bremann, Germany

Indian Life at Moodu Giliyaru Kota!!- Pia Bremann, Germany

Hello!!! I‘m  Pia from Germany.  Here, I want to share my life for the last 6 months in India. I changed my project at the end of November into a completely new project. I am the first volunteer for my host family and my project, and the first foreigner in my small village called Giliyaru. That is why the first week was very exciting for everyone.  In my host family, I live together with my host parents, their 2 daughters…

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Indian Life and Pregnancy Function – Carlota Martorell Faus, Spain

Indian Life and Pregnancy Function – Carlota Martorell Faus, Spain

So far, I have been 5 months living in India. In this time, I had the chance to live in an Indian family, an experience that I love specially for the time spent with my host brother and sister, as well as for the conversations with my host parents. I am working in the Youth Development Project, and I am enjoying a lot visiting schools on a weekly basis, and facilitating non-formal education sessions. My favourite part of this project…

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Mid-Term Evaluation at Bali, Indonesia – Dinesha Saranga, FSL-India’s Chief Coordinator, LTV-Kundapur

Mid-Term Evaluation at Bali, Indonesia – Dinesha Saranga, FSL-India’s Chief Coordinator, LTV-Kundapur

Namaskara! I am Dinesha, working in FSL-India. In January 2019, I got the opportunity to attend the Mid-Term Evaluation at Bali, Indonesia. The participating partners were Euroaccion-Spain, Alter Ego-Greece, Scambieuropei-Italy, GAP Synergia-Portugal and Act Global-Indonesia Youth employment is currently the main concern in many developed countries.The objective of this programme is to give training to the Youth for Social Entrepreneurship in countries where there is lack of employment. So, with this program we are promoting social entrepreneurship among the Youth….

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