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International Voluntary Service (IVS) Work Carried On By Local Community – Kind Hearts Supplied Food For Hungry Stomachs

International Voluntary Service (IVS) Work Carried On By Local Community – Kind Hearts Supplied Food For Hungry Stomachs

It was almost 10 days, and around 40 migrant families at Baikady were worried, staying put in their own little tents. They weren’t going anywhere out of the shelter for work, to bring water, to wash clothes, the children weren’t even going to school! Why were they doing this??? The reason behind this is the Coronavirus, COVID-19. It made them feel fear, panic and worry about their lives and families. But, there was a ray of light in this dark…

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My experience with my little Butterflies at Baikady Tent School Project – Sophie von Rohden, Germany

My experience with my little Butterflies at Baikady Tent School Project – Sophie von Rohden, Germany

Since almost 6 months, I can’t imagine! I have been working in the Tent School Project. It has given me quite a few challenges that I had to face, but even more joyful moments and great experiences I can take with me. For me, especially the first weeks were the most difficult, because I had never taught children before, and didn’t really have a clue how to manage it, and secondly, I had to get used to the circumstances we…

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Our Memorable days at Hand-in-Land, Kundapura!

Our Memorable days at Hand-in-Land, Kundapura!

We are Jang Seeun and Daeum Kim from South Korea. We had an opportunity to visit India, especially Kundapura to do a 2-week work camp at Centre for Experiential Living – FSL India, Shettrakatte. Kundapura is a small town surrounded by the Arabian Sea and backwaters, another side is the Western Ghats and countless temples. It was a peaceful and such a spectacular spot to see! 6th to 19th January – 2 weeks, it was amazing times which we have…

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FSL India’s HBP team visits SELCO Foundation, Manipal

FSL India’s HBP team visits SELCO Foundation, Manipal

We saw a lot of clever machines last week in Manipal! Rope making machine Sewing machine Photocopier Milking machine Pottery machine FSL India’s HBP-Team from Kundapur was invited to SELCO Foundation’s event of presenting a new batch of useful products for small businesses. What all these inventions had in common was their independency from the power grid. Even though many of the inventions shown in this event were technical machines with the need of energy supply, SELCO Foundation managed to…

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Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations at Baikadi Tent School

Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations at Baikadi Tent School

Kannada Rajyotsava or Kannada Day, also known as Karnataka Formation Day or Karnataka Rajyotsava, is celebrated on 1st November of every year. This was the day in 1973, when all the Kannada language-speaking regions of South India were merged to form the state of ‘‘Karnataka.” In memory of that day, we celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava Day along with FSL India’s  volunteers, locals and children at Baikadi Tent School. Rajyotsava day is celebrated with great joy and vigour all over the state…

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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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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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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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