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LTV Cultural Event – Pondicherry, February 2019

LTV Cultural Event – Pondicherry, February 2019

On 20th February 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 Religion and Nature theme, and we took our volunteers to the Botanical Garden, Sri Karaneswara Nataraja Temple, Manakula Vinayagar Temple and Aurobindo Ashram. Sri Karaneswara Nataraja Temple:…

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WC 828 – Kundapura and Goa

WC 828 – Kundapura and Goa

Our Work Camp started on 4th of February, and it finished on 17th of February 2019. Our team leader was  Manjesh and our group was formed by 5 women:  2 Japanese girls – Kiho and Shinoka, 1 girl from Czech republic, Domeneka, 1 Italian- Lilith, and 1 much older woman of 65, from Italy too, Patrizia. The camp began at Goa, Canacona. Our group had been living in 2 small huts on Palolem beach, and every day, we have been…

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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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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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JNTU Students at 22nd HMC, Ananthapuram – Rakesh, Sagar, Meghana & Srisha,Team D

JNTU Students at 22nd HMC, Ananthapuram – Rakesh, Sagar, Meghana & Srisha,Team D

We are Indian students of FSL-India’s 22nd Happy Move Camp – D team members from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University College of Engineering, Ananthapuram (JNTUCEA). We had a very great time and good experience with the South Korean volunteers in the camp and our team leader, Manjunath B from FSL-India The Korean volunteers mingled with us very well, we had great interaction with the Koreans even with the mentors, they were very helpful and caring. We did renovation work at Government…

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Volunteering to teach in India – Paula Sophia Schlarb

Volunteering to teach in India – Paula Sophia Schlarb

Hello everybody, my name is Paula and I am 19 years old. I am from Germany, Aachen and since August 2018, I live in India, Manoor-Padukere. I will stay here until the end of June 2019, and I live in a host family with 2 host sisters (16 & 18 years  and 1 very nice Grandma. I am working at Padukere Government Higher Primary School in Manoor, and every morning, I only need 5 minutes to go there. I decided…

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11 months, 334 days, 8016 hours in India – Thorben Johannes Werner Roth, Germany

11 months, 334 days, 8016 hours in India – Thorben Johannes Werner Roth, Germany

Vanakkam! My name is Thorben Roth and I am a volunteer from Germany, and I came this year, in April, to India. I am doing a social service, which will last 11 months and I came with a group of people, who are also doing the same. My organisation is AFS-Germany, but the partner organisation which is the organization I am working with is FSL-India, located in India. My project in which I am working is a school for special…

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LTV Mid-Term Evaluation-January 2019

LTV Mid-Term Evaluation-January 2019

LTV team-Kundapur organised a Mid-Term Evaluation for 2 Long Term Volunteers. The program was held for 2 days, from 18th-19th January 2019. In total, 2 Erasmus volunteers from Italy and Spain took part in this evaluation. The MTE was organised at FSL-India’s Youth Centre for Experiential Living. The objective was to ensure that the volunteers understand about their project, host family and the intercultural acceptance through evaluation and to help participants to prepare themselves for their future actions. The LTV…

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Happy Movers at Anantapur

Happy Movers at Anantapur

FSL-India has been conducting Happy Move Camps for the last 11 years at Chennia, Delhi and from last year, at Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The purpose of the HMC is to foster global leadership of volunteers through the Happy Move Program, while providing a higher quality of life to the rural communities. The 22nd Happy Move Camp was conducted from 15th-24th January 2019 at Kuruvandlapalli village, close to Penakonda in Anantapur, along with volunteers from Kia Motors, South Korea and students…

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