{"id":20382,"date":"2022-07-18T14:42:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?p=20382"},"modified":"2022-07-18T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:13:08","slug":"my-volunteering-experience-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/my-volunteering-experience-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"My Volunteering Experience In Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Ganesh Arunachalam, I am 25 years old and I come from Auroville, a city in the south of India. Since the beginning of August I have been a weltw\u00e4rts volunteer sent by FSL India to accompany with the German Red Cross, at the DRK social services in Meschede. I support the caretaker team on site in my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0018.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20383\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0018.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20383\" class=\"wp-image-20383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0018.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0018-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0018-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My working day starts at 8 a.m., first we have breakfast together in the canteen. Every morning we get a list of tasks and the associated room numbers that we work through during the day. Sometimes there are problems with the TV, the water is dripping or the light does not go on. We also take care of garbage disposal 3 times a week and provide tables and chairs for events. Outside we mow the lawn and keep it clean, cut the bushes and take care of the outdoor area, fixing broken furniture\u2019s and other things, painting, electrical repairs, sometimes we also go to a school to mow the lawn there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0010-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20389\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20389\" class=\"wp-image-20389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0010-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0010-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0010-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0010-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0010.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0009-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20390\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20390\" class=\"wp-image-20390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0009-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0009-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0009-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0009-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0009-152x270.jpg 152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0009.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0003-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20391\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20391\" class=\"wp-image-20391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0003-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0003-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0003-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0003-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0003-152x270.jpg 152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0001-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20392\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20392\" class=\"wp-image-20392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0001-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0001-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0001-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0001-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0001-152x270.jpg 152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0001.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0006-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20393\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20393\" class=\"wp-image-20393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0006-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0006-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0006-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0006-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0006-152x270.jpg 152w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0006.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0012-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0012-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0012-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0012-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0012-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0012-1-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0012-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meschede is a beautiful small town surrounded by beautiful mountains and channels of water stream, it\u2019s a very quiet and peaceful place who loves to be nature. It has a railway station and few supermarkets for a small town which I find amazing for shopping and travelling connection is not a stressful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0013-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20384\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20384\" class=\"wp-image-20384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0013-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0013-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0013-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0013-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0013-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0013.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0014-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20385\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20385\" class=\"wp-image-20385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0014-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0014-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0014-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0014-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0014-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0014.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0016-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20386\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0016.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20386\" class=\"wp-image-20386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0016-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0016-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0016-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0016-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0016.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through my life in Auroville, I know a lot of people in Germany whom I visit on the weekends. Because weltw\u00e4rts volunteers from Germany come to Auroville every year to work on a wide variety of projects for a year. Through this opportunity of volunteering in an exchange program through FSL India, I was able to learn about the culture, language, could visit new places and visit old friends in and around Germany.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Ganesh Arunachalam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0015-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0015-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0015-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0015-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0015-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG-20220602-WA0015.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Ganesh Arunachalam, I am 25 years old and I come from Auroville, a city in the south of India. Since the beginning of August I have been a weltw\u00e4rts volunteer sent by FSL India to accompany with the German Red Cross, at the DRK social services in Meschede. I support the caretaker team on site in my work. My working day starts at 8 a.m., first we have breakfast together in the canteen. Every morning we get&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/my-volunteering-experience-in-germany\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"Closed","ping_status":"Closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,49,397,26,451,439,12],"tags":[220,1615,316,630,6,1579,489,1623,1606,517,926,1617,398,275],"class_list":["post-20382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fslnews","category-ltv","category-newsletter","category-outbound","category-projects","category-training-awareness-exposure-visit","category-volunteer-voice","category-volunteers","tag-cultural-diversity","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-experiential-learning","tag-experiential-living","tag-fsl-india","tag-fsl-india-programs","tag-german-culture","tag-german-red-cross","tag-germany","tag-indian-lifestyle","tag-life-in-germany","tag-life-of-a-volunteer","tag-outbound","tag-volunteering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20398,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20382\/revisions\/20398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}