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Testimonial for the Volunteering Practice done by Ms Leonie Weiler – J Stephenraj – Director, Baby Sarah’s Home, Pondicherry

Testimonial for the Volunteering Practice done by Ms Leonie Weiler – J Stephenraj – Director, Baby Sarah’s Home, Pondicherry

Baby Sarah’s Home, a residential home for persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Multiple disabilities and Orphan children is highly pleased to record this testimonial for the Volunteering Practice done by Ms Leonie Weiler from Germany, for a period of 12 months, from 8th August 2018 to 18th August 2019, through FSL India, Bangalore. Ms Leonie Weiler provided her valuable service at our home for the orphan and destitute, children with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities…

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Transforming the Tent School

Transforming the Tent School

I’m Sophie von Rohden, a 19 year old volunteer from Germany. I have started as a volunteer at FSL India’s Tent School project in the month of September 2019, at Baikady Tent community.                                                                                In the beginning, there were around 7 children who were coming more or less regularly to the Tent School. Right now, there are 5 children who are regularly coming. Sharavathi, who is a teacher and I started with teaching the English alphabet as well as numbers…

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Marine Mammal Stranding Response Best Practices Session – Manjesh BM, Field Officer, FSL India

Marine Mammal Stranding Response Best Practices Session – Manjesh BM, Field Officer, FSL India

FSL India has been a strong contributor towards the conservation of Sea Turtles and the marine ecosystem for more than a decade. In this connection, the HBP team of FSL India’s Centre for Experiential Living had the opportunity to participate in a Marine Life session on ‘Marine Mammal Stranding Response Best Practices’, organised by the Forest Department of Karnataka. The session was held on the 17th of October 2019, at the Forest Department’s office in Kundapura, as a workshop for…

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Volunteering at CEL, Kundapur – Niklas Dupont, Long Term Volunteer, Germany

Volunteering at CEL, Kundapur – Niklas Dupont, Long Term Volunteer, Germany

I arrived here at CEL on 5th August this year, together with around 40 other German volunteers. I was the only one to stay longer than the orientation week. So, I had the chance to get to know the place uninstructed by other foreigners. The Centre for Experiential Living (CEL) is located close (30 minutes) to the town of Kundapura, in the State of Karnataka. It contains a number of dormitories (where people stay during various events like our orientation…

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‘Circle Up, Circle Up’ – Madhuri P, 100th Monkey Facilitator, FSL India’

‘Circle Up, Circle Up’ – Madhuri P, 100th Monkey Facilitator, FSL India’

My sessions usually start with a “Circle Up” song, where everyone forms a circle. Most energisers and activities are conducted in a circle along with the facilitator, as it helps to create inclusion, builds trust, togetherness and safety. However, I have never seen a complete circle formed. There is always a gap between a full circle, forming 2 semicircles, one of which is of boys and the other being girls. This shows the level of comfort they have with each…

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Beach Clean-up at Kundapur by FSL India’s Staff and Volunteers

Beach Clean-up at Kundapur by FSL India’s Staff and Volunteers

On Tuesday, 22nd of October 2019, FSL India’s HBP Staff and Volunteers, Uppunda Panchayat, Rani Bale Fishermen Co-operative Society and Coastal Security Guard unit jointly organised a beach clean-up at Uppunda, Madikal beach. Some of the local fishermen and youth also joined us to help clean up the beach. The beach area where we collected the washed up trash was 100 metres long. The first step included collecting all items that were larger than 2.5 cm and putting them into…

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LTV Cultural visit to Cave Temple at Kamalashile – Dinesh Saranga, LTV Chief Coordinator, Kundapur zone

LTV Cultural visit to Cave Temple at Kamalashile – Dinesh Saranga, LTV Chief Coordinator, Kundapur zone

The cultural visit for FSL India’s Long Term Volunteers was held on 11th October 2019 with Miriam, who came in September and worked on the Sea Turtle Conservation project at our Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur. One of the programmes at FSL India is a cultural visit, where we take our regular volunteers to any cultural and historical places which are located in or around Kundapur. So, in the morning around 8.40 am, we met at the last bus stop…

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A big ‘Thank You’ to Siddivinayaka School for their great support in our 100th Monkey sessions for 8th & 9th Stds

A big ‘Thank You’ to Siddivinayaka School for their great support in our 100th Monkey sessions for 8th & 9th Stds

Last year, FSL India launched a youth development programme exclusively for Indian youth called 100th Monkey. 100th Monkey aims to develop Self Actualisation and Active Citizenship to build youth forces who are conscious and competent citizens of our country. The aims and objectives of 100th Monkey are many and varied. The program aims to: Develop physical, intellectual, emotional and social abilities of the children and assist in Self Actualisation. Assist the children to experience a sense of belonging and ownership….

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Can we call this a Breakthrough? – Ashwini Govind, 100th Monkey Programme Manager, FSl-India

Can we call this a Breakthrough? – Ashwini Govind, 100th Monkey Programme Manager, FSl-India

Most of our sessions start with circle time, where the entire group plays energisers or activities in a circle along with the facilitator. Circle games are acclaimed to create inclusion, build trust, safety and togetherness amongst their participants. The circle time is followed by some purposeful activity, with reflection. At times during the initial sessions, there will always be those two or few who can’t contain themselves to a space in the circle. They are either running from one position…

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