volunteers – FSL BLOG

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

September 28, 2022 admin

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…

Read More Read More

Covid19 Relief – Vaccination Drive

March 3, 2022 admin

With the spreading of awareness in local areas and schools regarding the importance of being vaccinated, the covid vaccination drives that have been held over the last few months have seen a great increase in the number of vaccinations with the help of Asha Karyakartas and local volunteers. Despite the many challenges in the beginning as the public were scared, unsure and many did not want to get vaccinated due to certain reasons, the awarnesss sessions on the importance of…

Read More Read More

New Moments – by Praveen B

October 30, 2021 admin

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…

Read More Read More

15th Social Leadership Training – Kundapur

October 21, 2021 admin

FSL India organized the 15th Social Leadership Training (SLT) that promotes Social Leadership and Personal Social Responsibility. The training took place at our very own Centre for Experiential Learning at Kundapur on the 9th and 10th of October, 2021. A total of 14 youth from Lakshmi Soma Bangera Government College, Kota – Kundapur, local youth from youth groups and active Panchayat members of Kundapur taluk participated in the training. The facilitators underwent a refresher training that was conducted by Mr….

Read More Read More

Intercultural Exchange Program: “Will it be fun?” – Sarah Daran

October 11, 2021 admin

Initially when I found out about this program, I was scared, meeting new people, talking about our culture and making new friends. All this sounded scary. It has been almost 3 years since we left home, we all have gotten used to the comfortable environment of staying home or at least some of us have. I too didn’t want to leave my comfort zone, I had so many questions like “is it okay to go?” “will it be fun?” or…

Read More Read More