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“India is a country of rich culture and unity in diversity”

“India is a country of rich culture and unity in diversity”

Three words: “I’m sorry”, “I love you”, “thank you”, are the maxim of Hawaiian philosophy baptized as ho’ponopono. And these words also be the same which we could to summarize our project at Chetana Trust. From August 29th that we landed in India until September 19th we cannot feel more grateful for the welcome, for the kindness, for the hospitality, for making us feel like one of them. Living the experience with a local family contributes to a total immersion…

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New Moments – by Praveen B

New Moments – by Praveen B

I’m Praveen from India. Like many individuals from India who wish to travel abroad but have limited known opportunities. I found myself lucky when I got selected by FSL India for an intercultural project to stay in Berlin, Germany for a year as a volunteer. In Berlin I share the flat with individuals from Denmark, Turkey and Georgia. I can say we are a fun group staying together in a shared flat. It’s been a month in Berlin and I’m…

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

Testimonial for the Volunteering Practice done by Ms Hannah Wild – 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 Hannah Wild from Germany, for a period of 12 months, from 8th August 2018 to 18th August 2019, through FSL India, Bangalore. Ms Hannah provided her valuable service at our home for the orphan and destitute, children with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities by…

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Project, Host family, Volunteer Intro Meeting – August 2019

Project, Host family, Volunteer Intro Meeting – August 2019

On 17th August 2019, FSL India’s contact persons, volunteers and host families from Kanchipuram, Pondicherry and Mysore met and interacted with each other at their respective locations. This Intro meeting was organised by Bangalore Region’s LTV team, in order to build relationships with each other and ensure support during their volunteering programme. The project staff, host families and our volunteers bonded together very easily thanks to the icebreakers and friendly atmosphere. They got to know about the different projects and…

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Summer Project at De Mercede – May 2019: Ruth Hamschmidt, Germany

Summer Project at De Mercede – May 2019: Ruth Hamschmidt, Germany

As the summer holidays for the government schools in India last 8 weeks, all the volunteers from FSL-India’s teaching project were sent to a summer project. Paula, Luka, Tabea and I went  to an orphanage called De Mercedes orphanage in Deralakatte, near Mangalore. Our tasks were to teach some English or Maths to the children, paint the windows on the roof as well as some cupboards, to stitch the uniforms for the children for the new school year, and to…

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Fund raising for Mavinakatte Kindergarten – Hanan Abou Shakra, Sweden

Fund raising for Mavinakatte Kindergarten – Hanan Abou Shakra, Sweden

My name is Hanan and I am a volunteer from Sweden, with FSL-India. I have been living in India for about 3 months, and I really love being here. I love everything with India, it’s amazing! For the last 3 months, I have been working in a kindergarten. My project is in Mavinakatte. It’s a very small kindergarten, with almost 40 children, 1 teacher and 1 teacher’s assistant. The aim for my work is to teach the children English.  So…

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My experiences from the last month – Hannah Wild, Germany

My experiences from the last month – Hannah Wild, Germany

I’m in India since 6 months and I already got so many impressions, met so many nice people and learned so much about the culture. In addition to the regular language class, I can learn a lot from the children in my project, and from the people I work with. My knowledge of the language Tamil is not very big, but it is enough to talk to the children and for the daily life. For example, to buy fruits or…

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