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Tent School’s Children Day Celebration & Health Camp Event at Baikadi

Tent School’s Children Day Celebration & Health Camp Event at Baikadi

On 19th November, FSL India’s staff and HBP volunteers were gathered at Baikadi Tent Community to celebrate Children’s Day and help run a Health Camp with the collaboration of Haradi Grama Panchayat, Community Health Centre-Bramhavara, Tent  Community and Master of Social Work  college students from Milagres and Tenkanidiyoor colleges, Udupi. On the occasion of Children’s Day, the Haradi Panchayat  President  – Mrs. Jayalakshmi  A Shetty, Vice-President – Mr Kumar Suvarna, Taluk Panchayat Member – Mrs Vasanathi and  SELCO foundation staff…

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AFS NH-19, IJGD and EG Quarterly Evaluation at CEL

AFS NH-19, IJGD and EG Quarterly Evaluation at CEL

LTV team, Kundapur organised a Quarterly Evaluation for our Long Term Volunteers. The program was held for 3 days, from 27th-29th November 2019.  In total, 30 volunteers from AFS took part in this evaluation. The QTE was organised at FSL India’s Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur. The objective of the QTE is to ensure that the volunteers understand about their project, host family and the intercultural acceptance through evaluation and to help them to prepare themselves for their future actions….

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My Experiences in India – Miriam Seffers, Germany

My Experiences in India – Miriam Seffers, Germany

I am in India for 3 months and I want to report about my experiences here. My project is to teach English in the Government Higher Primary School, Anagalli. There are only 50 students and 3 other teachers. My daily work starts at 9:30 am and is finished at 3:30 pm. All come together for prayer before the lessons start. After that, I teach Nalli Kalli (1st-3rd Standards) and 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Standards. We sing English songs, or…

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Development of the Mindset towards Service – Udayavani, Manipal: 27th November 2019

Development of the Mindset towards Service – Udayavani, Manipal: 27th November 2019

“It is an indispensable need for us to develop a mindset of service and a sense of belonging to our culture.” The programme of the International Volunteer Culture Exchange and Community Service was hosted by FSL India’s Zonal Advisory Committee and Heskathuru School. The event was held on 26th November, at Heskathuru School. Member of the Zillah Panchayat, Mrs SriLatha Suresh Shetty was the speaker. An elaborate welcoming ceremony called ‘Poorna Kumbha Swagatha’ was given to more than 40 foreign…

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Out of the Rat Race! – Manisha Madhukar, Outbound Participant – Weltwärts Programme, Germany

Out of the Rat Race! – Manisha Madhukar, Outbound Participant – Weltwärts Programme, Germany

“Okay, but are you getting paid?” Was one of the first (or easily top 5) questions that were fired at me upon learning that I am volunteering for a year. And for good reason. Coming from a country that often encourages competition and clarity in spheres of education and jobs, climbing up the career ladder seems to take the forefront. That’s why I found it difficult to explain my cloudy, but intuitive choices. But the truth is, yes, I do…

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Winter Camp at Varanashi Organic Farms – Miriam Seffers and Selin Yenice, Germany

Winter Camp at Varanashi Organic Farms – Miriam Seffers and Selin Yenice, Germany

From the 10th-20th October, we worked with 20 German volunteers on Varanashi Organic Farms. Our work was to fertilise different trees: cacao, nutmeg, arecanut and coconut trees. We fed the plants with 45 tons of manure and covered 15 acres with it. We worked in teams of 5-10. So, we split the work in different steps. That was very good and effective. Some people filled the buckets, some drove the trollies with the buckets to the plants and some put…

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LTV Bangalore Zone’s Contact Person & Host Family Workshops – November 2019

LTV Bangalore Zone’s Contact Person & Host Family Workshops – November 2019

FSL India is greatly indebted to our Project Partners and Host Families. Together, we join hands with our LTV team to make each and every volunteer’s journey in India both meaningful and comfortable. Every year, our LTV team organises a Contact Person workshop for our Project Partners and Host Families, to build a stronger relationship with FSL India and help them to have a better understanding of our volunteers. In all, 47 Contact Persons attended the workshops for Bangalore Region,…

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Our Volunteer in our Home – Janet, Contact Person, El-Shaddai Charitable Trust

Our Volunteer in our Home – Janet, Contact Person, El-Shaddai Charitable Trust

FSL India sent 2 volunteers to us from Germany named Sophie Mueller and Veronika Michel. They were staying in our home from August 2018 to June 2019.  During this period, both of them were very helpful to our home. They participated actively in our home activities. They helped us to develop spoken English and communication skills for our children.  They spent quality time with our children. They are good in engaging with our children during play and festival time. They…

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Argentinian university student volunteers visit Mysore & Hunsur

Argentinian university student volunteers visit Mysore & Hunsur

From 30th September to 15th October, 15 Argentinian youth from Universidad Siglo 21, Buenos Aires visited ODP-Mysore and Hunsur to participate in FSL India’s work camp. The theme of the camp was Culture, Education and Nature. The Argentinian youth had an educational and inspiring time during their 3 weeks in India. They began their experience by an exposure visit to an agricultural farm. Here, they watched a demo of bio pesticides and prepared ‘Jeevamruta’ and ‘Panchagavya’ organic fertilisers along with…

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Winter Camp at CEL, Kundapur

Winter Camp at CEL, Kundapur

From 14th-16th of October, about 24 Indian children decided to spend a part of their holidays at the Winter Camp of FSL-India’s Centre for Experiential Living (CEL), Kundapur. Compared to our Adventure Camps, the Winter Camp was aimed not only at having a fun time, but also at education. The children came every morning, participated in all the different activities, got lunch and left around 4 pm. To wake them up, every day started with energisers. Right from the beginning,…

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