📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
FSL India's Home Based project run along with Government and private schools and also projects with Local Partner NGO's.
💼 What the programme involves
Eco-Clubs is a governmental initiative which was introduced 5 years ago in government schools. As part of this initiative, Eco-Clubs were formed in schools and the members are comprised of school children. The aim of the Eco-Club is to introduce environmental concerns and good practices to the school children so as to make them actively involved and to be aware of the necessity to protect nature. However, most government schools lack personnel and financial means to run the Eco-clubs effectively and efficiently. As a result, Eco-clubs have been formed in most schools but do not function as they should have been.
Hence, the FSL-India Eco-Clubs projects were initiated with an objective of supporting schools, the children and the teachers. Since August 2008, volunteers have run regular 5-session programs in different schools in the surrounding areas of Kundapur for the children in the 8th standard. These sessions combine theoretical and practical learning methods and input. Children trained this year, will train the next batch of children to run the Eco-Clubs. At the moment we have potential of about 200 children ready to pursue our work.
As a volunteer your task will be to design and run the sessions in the schools with the help of other volunteers, a field assistant and teachers. You will have to be creative, innovative and love being with children, as they are the primary stakeholders of the project. You will also get the chance to work with the local community in order to organize some outdoor events for the children. The Info-sheet will have more information regarding the individual projects with schedules, and activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You could be staying with local families near to the project. You could be sharing rooms with 2-3 volunteers or staying on your own. Sometimes, projects provide accommodation for the volunteers. The project will provide a room that is shared by other volunteers or with the staff of the project.
📍 About the location
Our projects are spread out across different regions in South India. Your project location could be in any one of the following locations - Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore, North Karnataka or Pondicherry. You will be notified of the location of your project a month prior to your arrival. During the Orientation week, one can find out the leisure activities around your area. There are lots of things to do in south of India.
ℹ️ Additional information
Project starts on the first Monday of each month.