LTV Orientation at Kundapur – September 2017

LTV Orientation at Kundapur – September 2017

In the month of September 2017, FSL-India, Kundapur hosted 24 Long-Term Volunteers from Sweden and Germany, at our CEL (Centre for Experiential Living), Kundapur. The volunteers participated in practical, theoretical and outdoor sessions for their successful journey in India. The volunteers actively took part in each session. FSL-India’s facilitators took extra care in organizing this orientation, in which some sessions included conflict management, roles and responsibilities, Hindu philosophy, culture and Indian life style, project introduction and preparation with the coordinator….

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Visit of Shri Pramodh Madhvaraj , Honourable Minister for Youth Empowerment & Sports, Karnataka to FSL-India’s Centre for Experiential Living, Shettrakatte, Kundapur

Visit of Shri Pramodh Madhvaraj , Honourable Minister for Youth Empowerment & Sports, Karnataka to FSL-India’s Centre for Experiential Living, Shettrakatte, Kundapur

It is a great pleasure for FSL-India to let everyone know that Shri Pramodh Madhvaraj, our honourable Minister for Youth Empowerment & Sports, Karnataka, visited us today, Thursday 7th September 2017, at our Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur. During his visit, he learned about our projects through a photo exhibition, watching a video about our work and through discussions with our President, Mr. Rakesh Soans. After a walk around our premises, he met the new batch of 30 German and…

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Wish Tree at CEL

Wish Tree at CEL

Here we are letting you know about our hopefully fruitful wish tree! But, what is a wish tree? Everybody has at least one little wish. Some of them can be paid with money and some of them can be paid with time or in means of kind. At FSL India we are a lot of people, so we also have a lot of wishes for our projects. However, some of them are not affordable for us, because even if they…

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Self-Help Group Training at CEL

Self-Help Group Training at CEL

On Friday 1st September, in Kundapura FSL India- CEL, staff, interns from Delhi, MSW students and volunteers, totally 20 members participated in SHG training, conducted by Mr. Doreswamy, Joint Director of FSL-India. In this training, we gained the knowledge of formation and running of SHG and how it is useful for the community. What is SHG? SHG is a group of around 10 to 20 people who come together to save regular small sums of money which can be used…

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Self-made Soap at CEL!

Self-made Soap at CEL!

Hi everyone… greetings from Kundapur! We bring you new updates on our experiments at the Centre for Experiential Living. This time, it’s all about how to make home-made soap. Making soap is easier than one might think. All that is needed is fat, oil or wax, NaOH Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) and water. Instead, one might also use Potasssium Hydroxide (KOH), which will give liquid soap. To make solid soap you first need to mix the NaOH with the water. It…

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Living in an Indian host family – my ‘home away from home’: Nico, Italy

Living in an Indian host family – my ‘home away from home’: Nico, Italy

Travelling is one of the most charming adventures of life – visiting different countries and cultures, discovering new places and habits. But some travels are different – sometimes you feel the need not just to travel to a country, but to live it, purely. That was my idea when first I decided to come to India. In my imagination, it was such a captivating place to experience and I was deeply curious to enjoy Indian culture. However, I had some…

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There’s a New Kid in Town!

There’s a New Kid in Town!

FSL-India has great news from CEL, Kundapur – our goat, called Rani, which means Queen in Kannada (the local language spoken here) has had a little female baby! Everything happened last night, when we heard Rani crying, which does not happen at all in the night. When Gopal, our security man, went to check what was going on, we found out the beautiful news. It is really exciting to have a new member in our CEL family. However, she requires…

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Health and Hygiene session at CEL, Kundapur – August 2017

Health and Hygiene session at CEL, Kundapur – August 2017

And for one more month, FSL-India is happy to inform you about the successful Health and Hygiene session conducted at FSL-India’s Centre for Experiential Living, for high school children from our neighbouring villages. This time, 50 children from IXth standard participated in it, from morning to evening and they learned about personal and community hygiene, physical and psychological, stress management, exam preparation and even sexual abuse, from doctors and interns from the Psychiatry Department of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. These…

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Building Bridges in Blue Mahal

Building Bridges in Blue Mahal

In August 2017, 15 international volunteers from Europe joined the 2 week long ‘Blue Mahal’ work camp at Jodhpur Rajasthan, organized by FSL-India for an Environment / Kids / Culture theme. Around 230 school children benefited from the camp activities of this 2 week program.