COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT CENTRE FOR EXPERIENTIAL LIVING - KUNDAPUR-2

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our partner is a non-profit organization that organizes Volunteer Programs with special themes at different locations, with strategic partners: Government, NGO and Universities all over India. The focus is on constructive learning for the volunteers and benefit to the local community.

Our partner's Volunteer programs deliver extra support to the communities. For e.g., building play parks, construction of sanitation facilities, digital education, providing computers to rural schools, awareness paintings on school walls, distribution of educative materials, medical aid, etc. depending on the specific needs of the present situation.

💼 What the programme involves

The camp will focus on the volunteers to understand the social and cultural aspects of the community they work in. The volunteers will be given experience through interactions, workshops exchange of ideas, need analysis with the support of the team leader, planning and being a part of completing the scheduled work with the group of volunteers to the benefit of the communityand a learning experience to the volunteers.

The camp will consist of community service, Learning, Culture and evaluation.

Activities:

awareness on waste management through street play and mural painting;
crop cultivation, composting, kitchen garden;
medicinal plant cultivation and nursery management;
maintenance and management of organic garden;
cultural sites and local family visits as part of inter-cultural learning;
nature walk to learn about plants and their medicinal values;
non-formal education and renovation work at schools.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation: at FSL-Indias Centre for Experiential Living, with shared rooms.

🍲 Food

Food: South Indian vegetarian and non-vegetarian food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Safe, filtered water is available for drinking.

📍 About the location

Kundapur is located 440 km north-west of Bangalore, near the Arabian Seaand 91 km north of Mangalore.

This town is situated near the beach on the west coast of Karnataka state and is very close to the Western Ghats (a mountain ridge). The Western Ghats is India's prime zone for bio-diversity and is known for its animal and plant species in this region. Our partner has been involved in developing projects for many years in this region and has now formed a very strong network of local partners and local volunteers. Invariably, this is one of the prime locations for our partner to initiate development interventions in partnership with the local NGOs and civil society organizations.

🎒 Leisure activities

An 82-foot statue of Anjaneya, commonly known as Hanuman, the monkey god is worth a visit, as is the Kotilingeshwara temple, an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva. Kodi Beach, one of the most spectacular in Karnataka is where you can catching amazing sunrises and sunsets. Climbup the winding, spiral staircase to the lantern house to enjoy the panoramic view of the ocean and the town beyond from the lighthouse. Gangoli is situated at the confluence of 5 rivers and the harbour is a busy place where you can interact with the fisherman community. Maravanthe is unique in that the Suparnika river flows on one side of the road, with the beach on the other, the only one of its kind in India.Kollur Mookambika and Murundeshwara temple where you can view the 2nd largest statue of Shiva, are popular pilgrim spots. Boating on the backwaters of Kundapur, visits to a cashewnut, rubber or tile factory are some interesting ways to spend your free time. You can also visit Indian families to exchange views on your cultures and participate in the cultural programs of the local community.